Favre's Concealed Injury in 2008 Results in Harsh Fines from NFL

Last week, former New York Jets quarterback and current Minnesota Vikings quarterback Brett Favre revealed that his former team concealed his injury status during the final month of the 2008 regular season during a press conference. Teams are required by rule to disclose all injury information on an official injury report each and every week of the season.

As a result of this misconduct, the National Football League has fined the New York Jets organization $75,000, New York Jets General Manager Mike Tannenbaum $25,000 and former New York Jets head coach and current Cleveland Browns head coach, Eric Mangini, $25,000 for their roles in covering up Favre's injury.

Favre suffered a torn biceps tendon in his throwing arm late last season but opted to play through the injury and wait to consider surgery until the season was over. His production was drastically affected during the final four games of the 2008 season but there was not much suspicion of a potential injury since he had endured struggles towards the end of each of the past three seasons.

Both Tannenbaum and Mangini have stated that they never placed Favre's name on the team's injury report since Favre's arm did not require daily treatment and there was never any doubt that he would start the following week.