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Packers Want Vikings Investigated for Tampering
Three minutes after I posted my vicious attack on Mike Florio of PFT for a seemingly random tampering accusation against Darrell Bevell…well, this came across (via Fox Sports):
The Packers have filed tampering charges with the league office against the Minnesota Vikings for alleged communication with Brett Favre, still technically a member of Green Bay, FOXSports.com has learned. The league, according to a source, is currently in information-gathering mode, speaking to members of both teams.
The Vikings were informed late last week that the allegation is that Favre has had inappropriate dialogue with Minnesota offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell, a close Favre friend and former assistant coach with the Packers. Favre has sought his release from Green Bay and several rumors have swirled that Minnesota is his targeted landing place, largely due to his relationship with Bevell.
League sources say the Vikings vehemently denied any wrongdoing and are awaiting the league’s next step in the process. The Packers, meanwhile, have supplied the league with their version of wrongdoing.
Should the league find the Vikings guilty of tampering, they could lose draft picks and/or face fines.
First off, let me apologize for my intemperate (but, you have to admit, pretty funny) remarks about Florio. Second of all…let me explain something to Darrell Bevell. You work for the Vikings. Brett Favre, though retired, is still technically under contract to the Packers. If you talk to Favre about coming to the Vikings, you are tampering. And this is your brain on drugs. Any questions?
I wouldn’t worry too much about it. The only example I can think of when a team actually faced punishment for tampering was the Lance Briggs case this past spring — proving that any tampering actually occurred is very difficult, so I doubt anything much will happen.
July 17th, 2008 at 12:14 am