Favre Allegedly Received Mississippi State Funds for Non-Appearances

[rondoman]

Dude has always been a money hungry scumbag.

 

From shilling pseudoscience devices to this.

 

He should be prosecuted but we know most likely nothing will happen.

 

https://sports.yahoo.com/audit-brett-favre-paid-11-m-in-welfare-funds-for-appearances-he-didnt-make-015403643.html

[pacopete4]

Seems like a bit of a reach and overreaction at this point.

[adambr2]

Yeah, let's maybe see what culpability Favre himself has in this before making these kinds of declarations. Let the evidence come out,; if he did in fact commit a crime, by all means prosecute him.

 

I'm curious to hear the rest of the story on this. Seems odd that the article would plainly say that Favre isn't facing any criminal charges from this, so I'm hoping it will be better explained what actually happened.

[burnzy24]

Seems like a bit of a reach and overreaction at this point.

 

There isn't really a good explanation that Favre can fall back on for this one. Either he entered into a deal he knew he didn't have to fulfill or he took taxpayer money and blew off the speaking engagements. The fact there were multiple events is hard to rationalize.

[adambr2]

Seems like a bit of a reach and overreaction at this point.

 

There isn't really a good explanation that Favre can fall back on for this one. Either he entered into a deal he knew he didn't have to fulfill or he took taxpayer money and blew off the speaking engagements. The fact there were multiple events is hard to rationalize.

 

There's actually a lot of possible explanations. Maybe it's part of one of many memorabilia deals. Maybe it was set up for a foundation in his name by his representatives without any real knowledge on his part of it.

 

Or maybe he's a scumbag and knew all about everything. I really don't know. But can we at least hear what happened before we draw definite conclusions?

[brewcrewdue80]

Maybe it's his manager who set this up and the money went elsewhere...like a Daughter's college buyin.

[pacopete4]

Yeah, I’m always amazed at those that will jump to a conclusion without any real information pushed out. Has society always been this way or does it just suck now?

[nodakfan17]

Didn’t Favre also get duped into making a Cameo video for a white supremacist group? I think poor management is the more likely cause of these media black eyes.

[Outlander]

Certainly worthy of mentioning and obviously part of a much bigger issue with Mississippi Funds as a whole but not sure how any judgment can be made at this point regarding Favre's role. Pretty piss poor topic title.

[PeaveyFury]

Yeah, I've modified the title to reflect the topic itself, rather than a personal opinion.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Yeah, I’m always amazed at those that will jump to a conclusion without any real information pushed out. Has society always been this way or does it just suck now?

 

If the story were about Aaron Rodgers there would be a lot more people from WI playing defense on this one.

[rondoman]

Yea scumbag athlete who's always been a scumbag gets benefit of the doubt.

 

News at 11.

[pacopete4]

Yeah, I’m always amazed at those that will jump to a conclusion without any real information pushed out. Has society always been this way or does it just suck now?

 

If the story were about Aaron Rodgers there would be a lot more people from WI playing defense on this one.

 

I’m not even defending Favre, just more so a wait and see what the heck this actually is before saying much. I hope he had nothing going on because no matter what, this situation was in the wrong.

[OldSchoolSnapper]

Brett Favre probably has no idea any of this ever happened. The entire arrangement was probably set up by his handlers and never made it back to him. I couldn't care less about defending him. He just doesn't seem like the type to be making big business deals on his own. Like Brett Favre ever put in a lick of work into "Prevacus." His agent gave him a script and said show up and read this and you get paid.

[pacopete4]

Favre repaid the money already. Like mentioned above. He probably had no idea of the situation but his name makes the story that much juicer.

[adambr2]

Yea scumbag athlete who's always been a scumbag gets benefit of the doubt.

 

News at 11.

 

Exact quote from the actual person who was in charge of the audit:

 

""I want to applaud Mr. Favre for his good faith effort to make this right and make the taxpayers and TANF families whole,'' White said in a statement Wednesday. "To date, we have seen no records indicating Mr. Favre knew that TANF was the program that served as the source of the money he was paid.''

[homer]

Seems odd he'd get a million bucks and not know why nor ask anybody about it.

[LouisEly]

Seems odd he'd get a million bucks and not know why nor ask anybody about it.

Favre never struck me as someone who was very financially savvy. The article said that it went to Favre's company, Favre Enterprises, but not specifically to him. I would bet money that Brett is not in charge of the financials for Favre Enterprises.

[pacopete4]

Source: Favre’s Twitter:

“My agent is often approached by different products and brands for me to appear in one way or another. This request was no different, and I did numerous ads for Families First.“

 

“I have never received monies for obligations I didn’t meet. To reiterate Auditors White’s statement, I was unaware that the money being dispersed was paid for out of funds not intended for that purpose, and because of that I am refunding the full amount back to Mississippi.“

 

“I have spent my entire career helping children through Favre 4 Hope donating nearly $10 million to underserved and underprivileged children in Mississippi and Wisconsin.“

 

“It has brought a ton of joy to my life, and I would certainly never do anything to take away from the children I have fought to help! I love Mississippi and I would never knowingly do anything to take away from those that need it most.”

[MrTPlush]

If he isn’t following the financials on a regular basis and has a lot of money going in/out it isn’t hard to believe he never really noticed getting a free million. I doubt he makes the deal to do the speeches and I really doubt he watches the accounts. Former athletes making $1mil to speak twice have people to do that for them.

[adambr2]

Yeah, I have no problem believing Favre, particularly because of the auditor's own admission that they found no wrongdoing from him.

 

I will say I think in the future it would serve him well to pay a little more personal attention to what is happening with foundations and assets in his name. Things can happen like this that reflect badly on his name, or worse, the wrong person is going to end up taking advantage of him if they haven't already.

[HiAndTight]

Yeah, I’m always amazed at those that will jump to a conclusion without any real information pushed out. Has society always been this way or does it just suck now?

 

I think we've always been this way. Think of lynch mobs back in the old days.

 

But now...we hear a small piece of some information and we just run with it.

[HiAndTight]

Yeah, I’m always amazed at those that will jump to a conclusion without any real information pushed out. Has society always been this way or does it just suck now?

 

If the story were about Aaron Rodgers there would be a lot more people from WI playing defense on this one.

 

 

Do you think Rodgers is that much more popular in the state than Favre? Seems to me the Packers fans love that Aaron Rodgers is their QB...but that Favre was the more beloved player, the guy who represents their values more. But that's just the opinion I get from people I know.

 

Favre never struck me as someone who was very financially savvy. The article said that it went to Favre's company, Favre Enterprises, but not specifically to him. I would bet money that Brett is not in charge of the financials for Favre Enterprises.

 

I don't know, I thought he had a piece of those Copper compression sleeves for your knees, ankles, etc...

 

From what I've heard, there's no indication that Favre actually knew who this money came from. If someone is embezzling money and they go to Favre and say, "show up at a couple of events, you don't have to speak," or it's just a memorabilia deal, that probably wouldn't be out of the norm for Favre.

[OldHeidelberg]

I don't think $1.1 million is a drop in the bucket for Favre that he wouldn't be aware of, that much is clear from the fact that he is paying the majority of it back in installments. He says he never received money for obligations he didn't meet but they audit says they couldn't find any evidence that he attended the events. I don't know, I guess I can believe that he didn't know the source and it's good that he is paying it back, but I would like to know just why he is involved in a scheme that spent money meant for the poor on "lobbyists, concerts and sports tickets". It just seems like a lot of money, if it was $100K I would say yeah nothing to see here.

[adambr2]

I loved and appreciated Favre when he was with the Packers and love and appreciate Rodgers now. For a time, when he was with the Vikings I disliked Favre simply because of the Packer/Viking rivalry but enough time has passed where I look at his career with a lot of appreciation again.