Brett Favre and Brad Childress Act Unprofessional In Recent Signing

What's bugging me this week? How about the whole story behind QB Brett Favre's return to the NFL.

For the last couple of months, anyone who follows the NFL has been trying to figure out whether or not Favre was going to show up for training camp with the Minnesota Vikings.

After he came out with a statement at the end of July claiming he would stay retired and not sign with the team, it appeared the Favre roller coaster came to a complete halt and we would not have to worry about hearing his name involved with playing in the NFL again.

Wrong!

Favre is similar to those Chuck Norris jokes, where only he is capable of performing tasks that no other human being could perform. In a way, Favre has become the Chuck Norris of the NFL.

Favre may be the only player in NFL history capable of convincing the NFL and the rest of the world that he planned on staying retired, only to come back weeks later and sign a two-year deal worth $25 million—with the division rival of the Green Bay Packers, a team he played for 16 years.

The one thing about Favre and football that no one will ever be able to take away is his passion for the game.

The man has shed tears and played through numerous injuries because of his love for the game. Unfortunately, Favre has one major flaw that has made fans across the country love to hate him—his inability to make a firm decision on whether or not to continue playing football.

The whole issue about Favre never being able to make up his mind may be more of the media's fault than his own. Still, the future Hall of Fame quarterback has gone from one of the most loved players in NFL history to a guy that nobody can stand to hear about anymore.

It's hard to deny Favre the right to want to play football one more season. However, with the legacy he established with the Packers throughout his career, signing with the Vikings—who are apparently one of the most hated teams in Wisconsin according to fans—may have turned some of the long-time Favre fans into absolute Favre-haters.

It's easy to understand Favre's frustration with the Packers after the way things ended between him and GM Ted Thompson. Before the beginning of last season, Thompson said he didn't want Favre returning to the Packers after he retired for the first time, simply because he wanted to "move on" and begin the Aaron Rodgers era in Green Bay.

Despite the excitement that has been going on for the Vikings and the city of Minnesota in the last 24 hours with the recent Favre signing, there is still one issue that is not only bugging me, but a lot of players around the organization as well.

According to a report from ESPN's Chris Mortensen from Tuesday, Favre decided to sign with the Vikings on Tuesday because he didn't want to put himself through the two weeks of training camp and sleep overnight in the dorms with the rest of the team.

As a kid who played sports growing up, my coaches always stuck with a policy that if you didn't show up to practice, you will never play in the game. Apparently, Childress does not believe in this type of policy.

So while the rest of the players have busted their butts for the last two weeks while trying to make a name for themselves on the Vikings' squad, Favre gets to show up when he wants and misses arguably one of the most intense parts of the season. Not to mention that he does all this and still gets the privilege of being named the starting quarterback for the upcoming season.

From the non-stop stories on ESPN Tuesday, it seems as if Favre and Childress knew that this was how the situation was going to go down. If this is the case, then no players must feel worse than Vikings' QBs Tavaris Jackson and Sage Rosenfels.

The Vikings traded for Rosenfels in the offseason in hopes that he would give Jackson some competition for the starting job. Now that Favre is on the roster, it appears the Vikings will shop Jackson around. It would be foolish to trade for Rosenfels since his contract guarantees him $3 million.

Before Favre signed with the Vikings, Rosenfels was hoping to finally receive a chance to be a starter, after playing the backup role in Houston for so many years. Now that Favre is on the squad, that dream will have to wait a little longer.

However, one can't help but feel bad for Rosenfels if Childress knew Favre was going to sign with the Vikings the entire time. All this time believing that the coach is finally giving you the chance to shine as the starting quarterback—only to find out that it was never really going to happen.

After today, it's safe to say that Favre may be judged for purposely waiting until now to sign with the Vikings, all so he could miss out on an intense two weeks of training camp. As far as Childress is concerned, if he did know about Favre's plan the entire time, he may be facing some trust issues with his players and staff.