[vincesanity82]

Bob McGinn of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reported earlier this week that, indeed, Favre had been using a team-issued cell phone, and that the records showed contact with Childress and Bevell. We promptly pointed out that a team-issued cell phone would create a salary cap violation, unless the value of the phone were included in the player’s reported salary.
And it’s not a violation of the cap rules only if the unreported value of the cell phone would have pushed the Packers over the spending limit. If any money or thing of value is given to a player and not disclosed, the cap rules have been broken.
So it’s no surprise that the Green Bay Press-Gazette is reporting now that Favre wasn’t using a team-issued cell phone, that he was never issued a cell phone by the team, and that no Packers player has a team-issued cell phone. Frankly, we believe that the Packers are scrambling to avoid a finding that they violated the cap rules.


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[Lefty Noob]

Well, the layers just keep coming off of this thing, and now it's actually getting interesting. A team-issued cell phone would violate the salary cap? Well, considering that multiple media outlets seem to be able to confirm the existance of said team-issued cell phone, and that it is also the cause of the Vikings tampering investigation, it'll be interesting to see what the league winds up doing about the Packers as well. Good find, vince!

[vincesanity82]

Originally Posted by Lefty Noob

Well, the layers just keep coming off of this thing, and now it's actually getting interesting. A team-issued cell phone would violate the salary cap? Well, considering that multiple media outlets seem to be able to confirm the existance of said team-issued cell phone, and that it is also the cause of the Vikings tampering investigation, it'll be interesting to see what the league winds up doing about the Packers as well. Good find, vince!

Thanks, Looks like the packers were trying to sneak by clean after calling out favre and the vikings but its gonna backfire on them..