Favre’s New Contract to Include Stipulation

Green Bay quarterback Brett Favre is seeking a contract extension on par with Troy Aikman’s $50-million deal, but any new pact would include a stipulation that he forfeit some of that money if he violates the NFL’s substance abuse policy, according to his agent.

“Logically, the team would like to have some protection. That’s understandable and Brett has no problem with that,” said James “Bus” Cook, the Hattiesburg, Miss., attorney who represents Favre.

Favre, in the third year of his five-year, $19-million contract, entered the NFL’s substance-abuse program in May to be treated for an addiction to painkillers.

Favre also can’t use alcohol for two years and recently told the Green Bay Press-Gazette that he is being tested for drugs and alcohol as often as four times a week.

Favre, 26, was the NFL’s most valuable player last season while leading the Packers to the NFC title game. He threw an NFC-record 38 touchdown passes in 1995.

He’s seeking a new deal that would put him on a par with Dallas’ Aikman ($50 million over eight years), New England’s Drew Bledsoe ($42 million over seven years) and Denver’s John Elway ($29.5 million over five years).

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The Philadelphia Eagles signed quarterback T.J. Rubley and guard Guy McIntyre and waived running back Vaughn Hebron.

Rubley spent the exhibition season with the Denver Broncos before being released Monday. He played with the Los Angeles Rams for the first three years of his career before spending the 1995 season with the Green Bay Packers.

McIntyre started all 16 games for the Eagles last season after spending most of his career with the San Francisco 49ers.

Hebron was sidelined all of last season because of a knee injury.

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Cincinnati linebacker Andre Collins ended his holdout and reported to the Bengals, who gave him a one-year, $770,000 contract.

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Longtime Raider executive Al LoCasale, who had four-way heart bypass surgery six days ago, said from his room at Cedars Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles that he’ll soon be going home.

“I’ll probably be here another day or two, then head home for recuperation,” he said. “I got lucky. I recognized some warning signs and we got the tests done before there was any damage done to the heart muscle.”

LoCasale, 63, had an angiogram Aug. 9 that determined he needed the four-way bypass surgery. He was moved out of intensive care Monday, and out of a monitored situation Wednesday.

LoCasale said it will be at least two months before he returns to work.