We’ve resisted mentioning this one ever since our friends at Sports By Brooks gave us the head’s up on Tuesday.  Not because it’s not intriguing, but because we don’t care to sift through another 1,000 e-mails and/or comments begging us to allow the Great and Powerful Favre to remain retired.

Still, just in case it means Favre is secretly plotting a return, we need to mention this one.

Favre committed in May to participating in the American Century Celebrity Golf Tournament, which will be held on July 11 through 13 in Lake Tahoe.  Five days ago, his people advised NBC that Favre is “probably not coming,” due to a scheduling conflict. 

But if Favre is secretly planning to show up for the start of training camp, he’d still be able to play in the tournament.  Training camp doesn’t open until July 28.

So we don’t think it’s evidence of anything, other than that Favre has changed his mind about spending a weekend in Tahoe.  He still might change his mind about being retired, but the two events are, in our view, unrelated.