FoxSports.com reported July 16 that Packers management alleges "inappropriate dialogue" took place between Favre and Vikings offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell.

Although Favre is on the league's reserve-retired list, he is under contract with the Packers for three more years. Favre said in a July 14 interview with Greta Van Susteren of Fox News Channel that he is prepared to come out of retirement, but he has yet to formally file a letter with the league office requesting reinstatement.

Favre previously sent a letter to the Packers asking for his unconditional release, after general manager Ted Thompson and head coach Mike McCarthy made it clear that the team was moving on with Aaron Rodgers as its starting quarterback. Green Bay denied the request, thus scuttling a possibility of Favre's reuniting with former Packers quarterbacks coach Bevell in Minnesota.

The Vikings denied any wrongdoing after the tampering charges were lodged.

Head coach Brad Childress reserved comment when the topic of Favre was broached on a TV show in the Twin Cities.

When asked would the Vikings be interested in Favre if he's available, Childress responded: "I really can't answer it. But, it's an interesting soap opera to watch from the hinterland up here and watch it transpire down south."

Rodgers, meanwhile, has been trying to lie low the last few weeks amid all the talk of a Favre comeback and mounting standoff between the three-time MVP and the Packers.

"It really doesn't concern me that much," said Rodgers, interviewed by ESPN on July 16 in Los Angeles for the taping of the ESPY Awards. "I'm affected by it, but it's really between Brett and the organization. I've had a great experience with the Packers for three years, a great experience learning from Brett. When a decision finally comes, then we'll just go from there."

Rodgers planned to arrive in Green Bay a week before training camp commences July 28 to get a few workouts in.

--Favre was still expected to be back in Green Bay on July 19 for the Packers Hall of Fame induction banquet at Lambeau Field.

Favre is a presenter for friend and former center Frank Winters. Onetime defensive tackle Gilbert Brown and longtime video director Al Treml are the other inductees.

--A handful of prominent athletes from football and other sports chimed in with their opinions of the Favre saga while in Wisconsin for various functions. All endorsed a Favre comeback in a Packers uniform.

Dallas quarterback Tony Romo: "Years past, all of the quarterbacks that have come through and moved on ... if you get a guy playing at that level, it's hard to come by him. As long as you can have someone playing at that level, I would probably keep him around."

Pro golfer Joe Ogilvie: "It seems to be the no-brainer. If you're a general manager, you probably are going to get killed if Brett Favre goes to another team and plays well. If he goes and has success, I wouldn't want to be that general manager. I'd have to hire a lot of security."

Former Olympic wrestler Dennis Hall, a Wisconsin native: "If they don't bring him back, they better release him and let him join any team he wants. The guy's done more for the Packers organization than any clown in history. It drives me nuts. ... I just love his tenacity and his passion for the game. He ain't faking the passion and the fun. To me, that's what sports are about."

QUOTE TO NOTE: "It'll all play itself out. There's no need to really get too gung-ho one way or the other. Things will happen the way they're going to happen, and we'll just deal with how things work out. But, as of this point, there's been a lot of talk and a lot of speculation, but there's been nothing concrete. Until you get to camp and actually see if Brett is at camp, then that's a whole another story. But, right now, it's kind of useless for us to even get involved in it." -- Packers right tackle Mark Tauscher, in an interview July 16 at a pro-am golf event for the U.S. Bank Championship in Milwaukee, on the ongoing soap opera involving Brett Favre and whether he will come out of retirement and be welcomed back by an apparently indifferent Green Bay organization as its starting quarterback.

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