Report: Favre's phone didn't belong to team
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A story in the Green Bay Press-Gazette refutes reports from earlier in the week related to allegations of tampering by the Vikings in pursuit of the disgruntled Packers quarterback.
Citing sources from the NFL and an unnamed person close to Favre, the paper reported the retired-for-now future Hall of Famer does not have a cell phone issued by the Packers. Such an arrangement could have had salary-cap implications that might have drawn league penalties against the club if the arrangement was not spelled out in his contract.
"One-hundred percent, without a doubt, no Packers-issued phone," the source close to Favre told the paper.
In filing tampering charges against the Vikings, the Packers reportedly cited conversations between Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and Favre before the QB's request for his release July 11 and also conversations between Favre and Vikings head coach Brad Childress. Several reports said the Packers' evidence consists of records they have from a phone the team gave Favre.
However, the two sources said Favre's phone isn't paid for by the team. Thus, the Packers shouldn't have access to any of Favre's phone records and will have to rely on the NFL to review the Vikings' phone records in its investigation of the tampering charges.
The Star-Tribune in Minneapolis reported that NFL staffers were at the Vikings' headquarters on Tuesday to investigate the tampering charges.
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