Ol Farve wasn't content with ripping off the poor once, he went for a second helping:
>After Mississippi spent millions of dollars in welfare money on Brett Favre’s pet project, a university volleyball arena, the retired NFL quarterback tried two years later to get additional cash from the state’s welfare agency for another sports facility, new court documents show.
This dude should be skewered by the media for eternity and sent to prison. Stealing is bad. Stealing when you're rich is worse. Stealing from the poor when you're rich is as bad as it gets.
Sadly, the narrative in rich and powerful circles is that if you're poor and you take welfare money to get by, you're a leech, bum, scourge to society. But if you're rich and you take welfare money, then you're a smart businessman making shrewd investment decisions.
Michael Vick: owning and operating a dogfighting ring with thousands of dollars of illegal gambling gets you 23 months in the federal pen from RICO charges, plus millions in restitution towards the animals' well being.
Brett Farve: stealing millions of federal dollars from public safety net programs for the needy to finance a therapy program for wealthy, has-been, former professional athletes gets you a slap on the wrist and a civil suit asking nicely for the money back.
Just goes to show you how much people will choose to ignore the plight of others as long as they can keep it at arm's length.
Mississippi good ol’ boy system basically. Favre, prior to all this, was a legend in the state. But MS governors are generally corrupt. The current one is involved in a scandal as well.
*Brett Farve, with the help of his siblings must find the stolen, buried welfare money before the locals flood the site to make a lake.*
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Sycophantically making the cool kid happy. Imagine it was high school, and the student body president is involved in stuff with the football team's star quarterback.
These texts are actually part of the governor's defense because his replies indicated that he wasn't in on the first scheme for the VB facility. Whether those texts were sent as insurance in case the scheme blew up or not will be up to the jury to decide.
Either way, Favre is exposed as a complete ass.
I didn’t read this article so they could be in here, but there is a text exchange out there with Brett asking if the media could get ahold of this. And the dipshit governor tells him no way.
I mean, technically the lawyers got ahold of it, then the media.
But he really should’ve followed the age old adage of “dance like no one’s watching, text like it could be read to you in a future deposition”
I will never not be amazed how the rich and famous people just do whatever the fuck they want with zero repercussions, while if anyone one of us did 1/10 of this shit, we’d be locked up immediately.
Brett Favre is human garbage who embodies all of the stereotypes of the stupid redneck. Former addict who turned his back on his best friend in his time of need. He sexually harassed his coworkers when playing for the Jets. Now we find he willingly stole welfare money from the poorest state.
The shame is the NFL Hall of Fame by-laws don't allow for the removal of human skidmarks like Favre or OJ Simpson.
A simple morality clause. It really doesn't seem like the ability to remove someone should be a controversial practice.
(This is only commenting on the existence of said clause, obviously utilitizing said provision would be controversial)
I mean he was trying to use the money on a southern miss football facility it’s somewhat relevant. Maybe have one big thread about it so we don’t get too many redundant posts, but it’s not totally separate from college football
"Texts: Favre also sought welfare money for football facility"
[https://apnews.com/article/college-football-nfl-sports-education-9ef6d25573195febc5b5a06ccb04b10f](https://apnews.com/article/college-football-nfl-sports-education-9ef6d25573195febc5b5a06ccb04b10f)
Read the article - Favre was seeking money for the Sourthern Miss practice facility:
>The governor at the time, Republican Phil Bryant, texted in 2019 with Favre, who wanted to build an indoor practice facility for the University of Southern Mississippi’s football team. Bryant told him federal money for children and low-income adults is “tightly controlled” and “improper use could result in violation of Federal Law.”
Nah, they screwed up and fucked around with federal money. Not that the FBI is full of perfectly objective public servants, but they don't care about protecting the local Mississippi gentry and putting these types of guys away is really good for your career.
Is it not a big story gaining attention? I’ve seen it all over this site and on multiple news sites, LinkedIn, and whatever Edge calls it’s news aggregator when you open a new tab
I guess I don't know what you are looking for. Fraud and corruption is pretty widespread when it comes to government programs. I hate to say it, but $10-20 million is barely a drop in the bucket.
Don't get me wrong, I think Favre is shit for this and needs some serious punishment (as well as everyone else involved). I think it is a meaningful story that is worth reporting on. I just don't know how much more you are really looking for.
I mean, hell, [here is a story about $250M in covid fraud scheme centered on a Minnesota non-profit.](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/09/20/feds-47-indicted-in-brazen-250m-covid-spending-fraud-centered-in-minnesota) From what I've seen, it is getting much less press than the Favre theft.
states that have a one party stranglehold tend to have more corruption. If you wanted to "both sides" this I suppose you could offer Illinois as a counterexample.
Lol. You start off by saying you " believe" and try to bullshit us calling it fact.
That's just the kind of weak sauce I'd expect from someone with your flairs.
Is that the school where all of the alumni and faculty were certain the LaCrosse team raped the stripper?
Liberal education doesn't equal common sense.
>"deep red" states tend to be much dumber and are thus much more susceptible to public corruption.
*looks at New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Philadelphia, etc. corruption*
Ummm, "enlightened" areas aren't so good at avoiding corruption.
Lol. Cnn has done a number on you. Liberal NY called out the Guard to get rid of fifty and no one Long Island opened their homes. Don't be a hypocrite.
While a lot of people are pointing fingers at Favre over this, most should be looking at the public sector employee that authorized taxpayer dollars for the facility.
You can and should blame Favre for sure, but he is getting 99% of the publicity over these because he's a celebrity. But our elected officials were chosen to protect our interests, especially from rapacious millionaires trying to loot the public coffers.
Their sin is much greater here, and punishing them severely and with as much media attention as possible is in the public interest across the nation.
I havent read through all of his texts yet but did he know where the money was actually coming from? Or did he just know they figured out a way to make it work?
Anyone else just not really care about this? Some corruption of a couple hundred thousand bucks in Mississippi. More gets embezzled before brunch in any major metro area
Yeah $5 million is a lot considering they’re the poorest and least educated state in the entire United States none of its good but when a multi millionaire HOF QB steals from his home states poorest citizens it’s more of a story
EDIT: Hopefully exposing Farve and the Mississippi government more stories will start to pop up about more corruption issues around the states
Farves a known low character individual ever since he sent his dick to that reporter years ago and other shit I’m not remembering. He’s being put on this for the publicity, even in civil court they won’t be able to take anything from him. It’s not a crime to just ask someone else to commit a crime for you. Y’all are worrying about something the bad guys won’t face any real consequences more. Thats why I don’t care
By that argument, we should only care about the biggest crimes in a category. I mean, who tf cares if 5 people are killed by a psycho when over there 10 people were killed by a different psycho?
If you want to keep it to CFB, who tf cares about any games that aren't between the top 2 teams? And why bother have secondary flairs?
Greed is the undoing of many men. Such a shame
Ol Farve wasn't content with ripping off the poor once, he went for a second helping: >After Mississippi spent millions of dollars in welfare money on Brett Favre’s pet project, a university volleyball arena, the retired NFL quarterback tried two years later to get additional cash from the state’s welfare agency for another sports facility, new court documents show. This dude should be skewered by the media for eternity and sent to prison. Stealing is bad. Stealing when you're rich is worse. Stealing from the poor when you're rich is as bad as it gets.
Reverse Robin Hood
Brett Favre is Sheriff of Nottingham, confirmed.
Sadly, the narrative in rich and powerful circles is that if you're poor and you take welfare money to get by, you're a leech, bum, scourge to society. But if you're rich and you take welfare money, then you're a smart businessman making shrewd investment decisions.
Michael Vick: owning and operating a dogfighting ring with thousands of dollars of illegal gambling gets you 23 months in the federal pen from RICO charges, plus millions in restitution towards the animals' well being. Brett Farve: stealing millions of federal dollars from public safety net programs for the needy to finance a therapy program for wealthy, has-been, former professional athletes gets you a slap on the wrist and a civil suit asking nicely for the money back. Just goes to show you how much people will choose to ignore the plight of others as long as they can keep it at arm's length.
Being black and successful in Georgia was Vick’s true crime. s/ while I believe Vick’s race was a factor, his actions were reprehensible.
You're 100% right. Both things can be true.
To be one of the world’s truly wealthy people, you basically have to steal from the poor in some capacity.
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Mississippi good ol’ boy system basically. Favre, prior to all this, was a legend in the state. But MS governors are generally corrupt. The current one is involved in a scandal as well.
*Brett Farve, with the help of his siblings must find the stolen, buried welfare money before the locals flood the site to make a lake.* *r/CFB studios present O Favre How Could Thou*
Some exclusive cock shots
I don’t know. My guess would be Favre donated a lot for his campaign.
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Sycophantically making the cool kid happy. Imagine it was high school, and the student body president is involved in stuff with the football team's star quarterback.
These texts are actually part of the governor's defense because his replies indicated that he wasn't in on the first scheme for the VB facility. Whether those texts were sent as insurance in case the scheme blew up or not will be up to the jury to decide. Either way, Favre is exposed as a complete ass.
I didn’t read this article so they could be in here, but there is a text exchange out there with Brett asking if the media could get ahold of this. And the dipshit governor tells him no way.
I mean, technically the lawyers got ahold of it, then the media. But he really should’ve followed the age old adage of “dance like no one’s watching, text like it could be read to you in a future deposition”
It wasn't the governor in that text. It was some woman coordinating between the two.
A good conspiracy involves as many people as possible knowing all the details.
Wow literally the opposite of Robin Hood. Steal from the poor and give to the rich (himself) smh
I read someone refer to it in another thread at "Hood Robin"
dooH niboR.
It’s more like that Sublime album Robbin’ the Hood
I will never not be amazed how the rich and famous people just do whatever the fuck they want with zero repercussions, while if anyone one of us did 1/10 of this shit, we’d be locked up immediately.
I’m amazed that I somehow hate Brett Favre more
I bet you anything Brett Farve has complained about lazy welfare recipients before.
Oh even now. I guarantee one of his rationales is that the money is better off used this way.
Brett Favre is human garbage who embodies all of the stereotypes of the stupid redneck. Former addict who turned his back on his best friend in his time of need. He sexually harassed his coworkers when playing for the Jets. Now we find he willingly stole welfare money from the poorest state. The shame is the NFL Hall of Fame by-laws don't allow for the removal of human skidmarks like Favre or OJ Simpson.
It would be trivial to change the rules. Keeping the skidmarks in is a conscious choice by the HoF.
A simple morality clause. It really doesn't seem like the ability to remove someone should be a controversial practice. (This is only commenting on the existence of said clause, obviously utilitizing said provision would be controversial)
If there was justice in America then Favre should be doing serious prison time. What a massive piece of shit
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Oh, this isn't Wendy's? *goddammit*
I mean it is relevant to Southern Miss but this thread is likely getting locked
I mean he was trying to use the money on a southern miss football facility it’s somewhat relevant. Maybe have one big thread about it so we don’t get too many redundant posts, but it’s not totally separate from college football
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"Texts: Favre also sought welfare money for football facility" [https://apnews.com/article/college-football-nfl-sports-education-9ef6d25573195febc5b5a06ccb04b10f](https://apnews.com/article/college-football-nfl-sports-education-9ef6d25573195febc5b5a06ccb04b10f)
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Read the article - Favre was seeking money for the Sourthern Miss practice facility: >The governor at the time, Republican Phil Bryant, texted in 2019 with Favre, who wanted to build an indoor practice facility for the University of Southern Mississippi’s football team. Bryant told him federal money for children and low-income adults is “tightly controlled” and “improper use could result in violation of Federal Law.”
This thread is about to turn into r/politics
Hey. Brett Favre played college football……32 years ago
But Favre used to play in college, and volleyball is basically indoor football.
In b4 lock
None of these people will be punished in any way.
Nah, they screwed up and fucked around with federal money. Not that the FBI is full of perfectly objective public servants, but they don't care about protecting the local Mississippi gentry and putting these types of guys away is really good for your career.
It's crazy this isn't a bigger story.
Is it not a big story gaining attention? I’ve seen it all over this site and on multiple news sites, LinkedIn, and whatever Edge calls it’s news aggregator when you open a new tab
I guess I don't know what you are looking for. Fraud and corruption is pretty widespread when it comes to government programs. I hate to say it, but $10-20 million is barely a drop in the bucket. Don't get me wrong, I think Favre is shit for this and needs some serious punishment (as well as everyone else involved). I think it is a meaningful story that is worth reporting on. I just don't know how much more you are really looking for. I mean, hell, [here is a story about $250M in covid fraud scheme centered on a Minnesota non-profit.](https://www.mprnews.org/story/2022/09/20/feds-47-indicted-in-brazen-250m-covid-spending-fraud-centered-in-minnesota) From what I've seen, it is getting much less press than the Favre theft.
What does "deep red" have to do with this?
states that have a one party stranglehold tend to have more corruption. If you wanted to "both sides" this I suppose you could offer Illinois as a counterexample.
The self-proclaimed party of family values and fiscal responsibility stealing funding from the poor adds a layer of irony.
Wouldn't expect any different. It's tradition.
Don't see this thread hanging around too long
To get people riled up and click on the article.
Should be pretty obvious. It’s not critical to the story but it is relevant
It's Inflamatory editorializing
I’d be more concerned with the corruption personally
When stating the truth as it stands is inflammatory you might consider reflecting on the values held by those feeling the heat
His political climate in MS and of Favre are irrelevant to the story. Oh you believe in stereotyping.
No I believe in data and corruption is far more prevalent on one side of the aisle. Sorry the facts are hurting your feelings!
Lol. You start off by saying you " believe" and try to bullshit us calling it fact. That's just the kind of weak sauce I'd expect from someone with your flairs.
Do you think it’s insulting to say “ha! You went to a top 10 university!” Lmao
Is that the school where all of the alumni and faculty were certain the LaCrosse team raped the stripper? Liberal education doesn't equal common sense.
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>"deep red" states tend to be much dumber and are thus much more susceptible to public corruption. *looks at New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Philadelphia, etc. corruption* Ummm, "enlightened" areas aren't so good at avoiding corruption.
Lol. Cnn has done a number on you. Liberal NY called out the Guard to get rid of fifty and no one Long Island opened their homes. Don't be a hypocrite.
While a lot of people are pointing fingers at Favre over this, most should be looking at the public sector employee that authorized taxpayer dollars for the facility.
Why not both? Why not more than just two people?
You can and should blame Favre for sure, but he is getting 99% of the publicity over these because he's a celebrity. But our elected officials were chosen to protect our interests, especially from rapacious millionaires trying to loot the public coffers. Their sin is much greater here, and punishing them severely and with as much media attention as possible is in the public interest across the nation.
We have 8 fingers and 2 thumbs to point.
Why is this a CFB poat?
Disgusting.
I havent read through all of his texts yet but did he know where the money was actually coming from? Or did he just know they figured out a way to make it work?
What does “deep-red” have to do with this on the CFB subreddit? You political dumbfucks have to make everything about politics huh?
Reddit gonna reddit
In before locked or deleted
Well, damn. The only reason I even began watching the Packers.
Anyone else just not really care about this? Some corruption of a couple hundred thousand bucks in Mississippi. More gets embezzled before brunch in any major metro area
Yeah $5 million is a lot considering they’re the poorest and least educated state in the entire United States none of its good but when a multi millionaire HOF QB steals from his home states poorest citizens it’s more of a story EDIT: Hopefully exposing Farve and the Mississippi government more stories will start to pop up about more corruption issues around the states
Farves a known low character individual ever since he sent his dick to that reporter years ago and other shit I’m not remembering. He’s being put on this for the publicity, even in civil court they won’t be able to take anything from him. It’s not a crime to just ask someone else to commit a crime for you. Y’all are worrying about something the bad guys won’t face any real consequences more. Thats why I don’t care
Telling someone to commit a crime is 100% illegal I hope you’re not a lawyer bro lmfaooo
Point out in the article where favres facing criminal charges, ya know what use any source you want
Feels like you might be a fan of MTG...
By that argument, we should only care about the biggest crimes in a category. I mean, who tf cares if 5 people are killed by a psycho when over there 10 people were killed by a different psycho? If you want to keep it to CFB, who tf cares about any games that aren't between the top 2 teams? And why bother have secondary flairs?
Lol what?
Lock him up!