ESPN Special Report on Brett Favre's involvement in Mississippi Welfare Scandal

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[@moniquewrites9046]

Thank you so much for sharing this story. This is good old fashioned journalism that keeps democracy and capitalism honest! Ida B. Wells would be proud.

[@journeydodge5812]

This has been going on for too long. Lock him Up. ENOUGH is ENOUGH.

[@dabbydabby6484]

*Jail Time is needed for that 🤡*

[@HARVEY_1988]

👍🏾👍🏾

[@unapologeticmanhood]

You believe everything you hear dummy instead of the facts!

[@dwjoseph59]

👍👍👍

[@jashanestone]

He has the money, the fame and the *complexion for protection* Yeah. That part that's strongly denied by the "majority".

[@Justinn..]

Stealing from poor people.. how low can u go ..

[@AllAloneFighting]

That’s what the government does everyday

[@Zack_410]

​@@AllAloneFighting That's what billionaires do every day. That's how they become billionaires. Nothing new in America.

[@moniquewrites9046]

This kids were so precious.

[@braxtonsauls2511]

Have you seen his race documented history? Got it honest

[@KadeemG61]

I used to like Brett Favre, arguably one of the best quarterbacks in NFL history. But man, what a fall from grace after the scandal broke out.

[@Ray__E]

He's always been a scumbag. Look at his history.

[@jashanestone]

Most selfish QB's in Hall of Fame and in history.

[@hunterhancock6752]

Interception goat

[@MisterMooster]

@@hunterhancock6752 Yes, the interceptions bring him down the list a ways- he might be top ten but not top five. But he's a lock for being one of the top five or ten worst people who have played in the nfl.

[@TheHuskyK9]

Stealing from the poor when you already have money is just a scumbag move. Even if he was aware or not, he still didn't give back the money and ran with it. Scumbag behavior from a scumbag person.

[@mikeyo3377]

This Right here is said perfectly. Scumbag is the only word that covers it.

[@Braktooth]

Couldn't agree more.

[@pedrogates3189]

N then he had the nerve to file a lawsuit against ESPN Shannon sharpe and others for defamation of character 😂

[@fitzroygeorge9157]

You said it yourself "even if he was aware or not" is a dead giveaway. Saying that he knowingly did this is a lie. This is unfair what they are doing to this man. Can't stand the dam media

[@pga176]

Fucxinx republican !!!!

[@MrShanester117]

When you put people on a pedestal they will begin to feel entitled. But we will never learn that lesson

[@Ray__E]

Well said. So many people have been exposed in the last several years of being just a s**tty person. Celebrity worship is a mental illness in my opinion.

[@CoCoFantastique]

There a plenty of celebrities that have used their influence to help people without using corrupt means. Rich and Poor people can be scummy.

[@MrShanester117]

@@CoCoFantastique Ok. But nobody puts poor people on a pedestal so I’m not even sure what your point is

[@jamanwashington6426]

​@@CoCoFantastique this have nothing to do with nobody but Brett farve. We are not going to use anybody as an escape goat. Farmers did this to himself

[@lukesmith3618]

Put Farve, and the government officials in prison for a long time.

[@HeartlessWon506]

People died when that $ went missing. Literally, people in Mississippi died behind this scandal & he still hasn’t been charged with a crime. Sad times we live in.

[@anonymoususer4376]

literally? who died?

[@oluyomifadipe5634]

If they charge him they gotta charge all the people involved. He is responsible for 10%, who took the other 90%?

[@UCeddWhat]

@@anonymoususer4376 look it up

[@UCeddWhat]

@@oluyomifadipe5634 Charge em all

[@anonymoususer4376]

@@UCeddWhat I did. No names of people who died as a direct result of this scandal.

[@tmotivate]

Just when you thought a legendary quarterback couldn’t be more offensive

[@armani8347]

Jail time for him

[@SojiRo23]

An age old story for Mississippi. Very very sad. I hope to see some sweeping changes.

[@akibetha3637]

Arrest the man

[@franj8690]

Brett Favre continued to pressure for volleyball facility funding even after being told it was possibly illegal.

[@jondoe7674]

Bret Frave was very persistent for the deal to go through, which leads me to believe this man is in tuned with his finances, therefore he knew exactly where the money was coming from.

[@k-way8471]

And the nerve of him trying to sue when 6 people have been found guilty

[@JoeyBeanzLittle]

😞😡😢 These are the emotions I have. Brett is one of my favorite quarterbacks. Being involved knowingly or unknowingly with stealing from less fortunate children and families is sad. This will tarnish his overall legacy.

[@kinggordon8762]

He didn't steal anything. He got a building funded. Nothing wrong with that

[@gmanwop9744]

​@@kinggordon8762 he got a building funded with funds that wasn't for rich kids having even more. I wonder if you have these same opinions for the BLM women. Lol, I know.

[@twalk2008]

⁠@@kinggordon8762 he took welfare money and misused funds. He wasn’t suppose to have the money in the first place. You’re either being disingenuous or you don’t know what you’re talking about

[@JoeyBeanzLittle]

@@kinggordon8762 Just him being involved with this scam knowingly or unknowingly is sad and it will stain his overall legacy. I loved Brett Farve play on the field always pushed for him.

[@JoeyBeanzLittle]

@@gmanwop9744 I definitely don’t support BLM, in my opinion it’s a scam. I don’t see any difference being attempted to be made with the funds that have been donated.

[@iandhr1]

I am going to choose my words carefully just in case Farve or his lawyers are reading this. I don't want to get sued like Shannon Sharpe and Pat McAfee, Like any other citizen of this country, Farve is entitled to his day in court. And if what he allegedly has done turns out to be true he should go to jail for a long time. But something tells me if he wasn't a rich white good ol boy he would've been charged a long time ago.

[@johnmcfadden9442]

The text messages indicated that he knowingly understood that what he was doing was wrong. Some of the people he was conspiring in those text are already in custody.

[@mikeyo3377]

Exactly and John, of course he knew. All of his text messages were cloak and dagger. My favorite is "how are we going to keep the press from finding out?"

[@chicagokid8735]

U know 😂it 1000% white America

[@whodat4lyfekris]

The Biden Administration cracked down on PFP Loan Frauds of upwards to 100K this man took millions and still is able to roam free *LET THAT SINK IN*

[@BeanieDoggerson]

You aren’t special…. Nobody cares about you to even sue you

[@robertriteman3227]

One of the sad things about this matter is that Favre turned out to be the person I thought he may be- sometimes it would be nice to be wrong

[@whodat4lyfekris]

When ya a Southern Old White Male a leopard can't change his stripes down here unless he chooses to not be a stereotype 🤷🏿

[@Ray__E]

I never liked him as a player. He always gave me a bad vibe. It was the same with Jon Gruden. You could sense they were vile and disgusting racists and creeps. None of this stuff coming out against them the past several years surprises me.

[@thegraken]

Shad, stop ignoring the elephant in the room! Legislators, stop making accessing TANF funds so hard to access!!! With a less than 5% approval rate, y’all know there is more you can do in our state that’s the poorest in the Union.

[@Khadijah459]

He KNEW

[@franksaldana6570]

This story makes my skin crawl. Sure he may not have known where the origin of the funds came from initially, but he had an opportunity to do the right thing when the source of the money came to light and chose not to, which honestly might be worse.

[@Ray__E]

No excuses. Favre has resources and attorneys on standby that other people will never have the privilege of having access to. He did not get his attorneys or accountants to vet the source of the funds because he knew exactly where it was coming from. He just didn't think he would get caught.

[@ryotanu]

"Is there any way the media will find out about this?" Brett favre. He knew exactly where this money came from.

[@lb_obviously2953]

Throw him in jail

[@dbreeze2816]

If it was a black player the media would be dogging him every day

[@728GT]

Nah he would be locked up and forgotten about by now

[@TrollAlert-xv6qg]

Liar

[@Juluis1786]

What greed does to people. He needs to help accountable. Let the justice system prove his innocence.

[@louiswomble5609]

It’s just so shameful to take from the poor when you already have $$$! However, with that being said, I hope many of these athletes, sports teams, ceos of big companies and celebrities donate to that boys and girls club to get the things they need for those kids and their future after seeing this.

[@Ray__E]

Enough is never enough for some people. Their greed is a sickness.

[@DThornDigital]

Shannon Sharpe screaming at his phone with a Lebron jersey on

[@CensorTube84]

Then people wonder why crime is high in certain neighborhoods.

[@728GT]

Exactly

[@nxzhang]

Insightful

[@UncomplicatedFellow]

2 wrongs don't make a right.

[@nickolasdugginsjr7523]

It's more like cause and effect ​@@UncomplicatedFellow

[@victorramos3000]

Feel so bad for the kids 😢.

[@DudeFromCleveland]

Im very surprised espn covered this for some reason

[@jordanalexander5275]

I love how the politician says, there was a time when rich and powerful people misuse tainted public funds, like it doesn't happen anymore.

[@DEONTEFORD]

Is this supposed to make us feel bad for him?? Because I don’t.

[@memepapi]

No

[@fazeorange4623]

bro what? they are literally showing the people he took money from.

[@Zack_410]

No. It's supposed to make you feel bad from the people him and his partners stole from.

[@Pascii4life]

🤡 post…

[@ericstaib8035]

How was THAT your impression???

[@MisterMooster]

Most people who stole this amount of money would be charged and would serve very long prison sentences- he is just an evil person, through and through, he has shown this again and again, with how he treats women and now this. He has tons of money and could he used his money for these purposes easily- his net worth is estimated at $100 million.

[@geriannefontenot-mp7ed]

Mississippi is 50th of 50 in education, healthcare and air/water quality. Now the whole country knows, too. And we now know why.

[@adonis8701]

They dust this under the rug smfh

[@jankelsey9738]

Lifelong Packer fan. Favre was always a great player, as well as a tacky, classless, pig & selfish person. Turns out that was giving him too much credit. He’s a truly horrible human being coupled with all those MS politicians. Sad but not surprising.

[@screechpryor]

This vudeo needs to be seen...❤

[@swisschoco25]

They should’ve gotten Shannon Sharpe to give commentary. Shannon Sharpe read Brett for filth.

[@undrwtrbsktwvn1110]

Well Pat McAfee who just signed a deal with ESPN is the other guy who favre is trying to sue. Not surprised at all that ESPN is airing this out since then. This will be interesting now that McAfee has a big wig behind him.

[@eddiemarinelarena]

What kind of individual steals from the less fortunate.. I hope he stays behind bars.

[@-As4me]

It would be nice if Southern Mississippi Universities would sponsor this boys and girls club. Bring some of their resources to help provide for the athlete needs of this boys and girls club. The money that was used to build a ball court was taken from these kids. Not that it’s the University’s fault but this is a great opportunity for the University to connect to the community. Take that negative and turn it into a positive!

[@superkat460]

Another example of blatant consequential double standards.

[@BigPerk19]

Can't believe ppl aren't tuning in as heavy and it's not pushed as much as other stories.

[@bigcat7979]

Finally ESPN is reporting on this. Shame on Brett

[@313drepeso313]

Dirty... Swear the media doesn't address this enough!

[@henryerrol1]

If this is true, he should be reprimanded from the Hall of Fame. Truly disgusting allegations.

[@avataraang360]

Espn out of sports news and now “cares” about this even though its been like a year.

[@angelasmith7139]

The new arena needs to be torn down to punish him & the school. He needs to be jailed.

[@ezekielross1990]

This happens in every state in some form...yet I'm paying taxes and bills to help these crooks...smh. Momma always did say these are the end times...🤦🏾‍♂️

[@northw3st78]

Your mother is a wise woman, and you are blessed with a powerful and prophetic name

[@ezekielross1990]

Thank You🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@DuecePiece]

He needs to do a decade or two in a terrible Mississippi prison for what he's done, plain and simple!

[@mikethomas860]

ESPN must want to get sued by Brett Favre.

[@leestreet1627]

Wow!!! @ESPN actually said something about it longer than 3 minutes????

[@bacon-Pancakes1]

About time they speak on this

[@ebotfu]

ALLEGEDLY

[@jmack20]

Wow they been doing this.

[@klassvice9752]

Dear Brett, You gonna sue ESPN too?

[@ssddurdan1621]

Favre knew what he was doing and he also knew this was in the STATE of Mississippi. (no geographical reference, promoting the STATE of being or intent). Think about it yall, he was not alone in this trick. Folks still looking for accountability in a place where their regard has been deemed unaccountable. And the band plays on......

[@mrburney1212]

I guess he is going to sue ESPN now huh.

[@dsteele2332]

Amazing how this just died down so quickly

[@phillanager6245]

Greedy.

[@marsspacex6065]

What Brett favre did is shameful.

[@jadarriushodges1282]

Yep. Mississippi. The hospitality state.

[@JAK85E]

"Allegedly".....

[@matthewthompson1653]

This happens all the time.but it's so sad american family have to suffer.

[@Demrks]

Now they say something

[@aliraid1295]

Who could’ve thought the guy from there’s something about Marry would do such a thing😢

[@Jaywrites23]

This report took wayyyyy too long. Guess better late than never

[@RobertoCruz45]

Boo, bad ESPN.

[@kevinporter5146]

If he's so innocent, Why was he worried about the press finding out

[@adriancancino3745]

He should be stripped from the hall of fame, this been going on and there barely bringing it to light

[@twaingriffin9848]

So sad

[@jjmcg9184]

The REAL welfare king.

[@michaelmitchell7350]

This will blow over in a few years and they will go back to doing the same thing in Mississippi.

[@newmsartstop]

"misspent" is one way of saying it. Stolen is the other.

[@EJgemini504]

He suing ESPN next😂😂😂

[@SPACEKNOCKERZ76]

His daughter better be sick at volleyball.

[@lyndonfair9850]

Put him in jail

[@williebrown6]

He should be in jail.

[@ALGreeneHTown]

Smh 🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️

[@OptimumCarDetail]

Espn, expect a letter from farves lawyer

[@GmkSuperstars]

80 million owed to the poorest ppl in the poorest state any involvement makes you worse than the worse. Ppl died because of this.

[@liferealgood]

Ah man he gonna sue ESPN too.

[@fitzroygeorge9157]

As he should. He is not guilty of nothing.

[@sheilagilbert3742]

Mfs look down on people on TANIF but all I hear now is crickets! He knew!

[@RevengeoftheVirgo]

Let this have been an ordinary citizen, they'd be in jail.

[@moniquewrites9046]

Just want to highlight the people in Jackson, MS who were disowned by their one Governor. They deserve to have drinkable water.

[@austinshannon4197]

Brett Favre won’t go to prison or jail because it’s Brett Favre.

[@sheilagilbert3742]

Bryant and Nancy needs to go to jail and pay back the money too!

[@ajwalker2842]

What happened

[@goingtofalador]

For once a media outlet stays on these types of stories.

[@CarolinaBlood704]

He needs to be removed from the HOF.

[@fitzroygeorge9157]

You crazy, leave that man alone

[@jermanietedo]

The History of MS repeats itself.

[@my.0224]

All these restrictions but release it to an unethical former professional football player. Remove those in charge of welfare funds.

[@PaulyThomas90]

Get him out the Hall of Fame, plain and simple.

[@deluxe1of1]

Farve single handedly ruined his legacy because of greed. What a shame,

[@ericthompson5468]

What's worse. Being incompetent or losing to someone who's incompetent?

[@MrPrimus004]

This is such a f*cked up story. The only punishment that'll come from this is, once again, the kids.

[@middlechamber3574]

That 'Disgraceful Former Backwoods QB' should go to jail...PERIOD!!!

[@jonbeltrami6616]

How many people can you feed with 80 million? And these same thieves out here talking about "we need work requirements" yall need to stop saying you are Christian, and go to jail. Stop blaming poor people.

[@jamalwilliams3228]

one for one.... idgaf how ol'boy spin it..."it ain't looking good for the home team"...he asked if i get paid for.... can they find out....ITS MEEEEE!!!!!!......(me tryna get noticed thru what i post...

[@jamalwilliams3228]

as long as they don't know he got paid for the sin(taking pub assistance 4 v-ball tho he played f-ball😮😮😮

[@RLFLOWS]

Mississippi vs. Brett Favre? Hilarious.

[@doctorkhumalo7730]

Y'all are about to get sued 😂😂😂😂