Mississippi is the poorest state. They give 1.1M to a millionaire football hero. Money from the state welfare fund. Mississippi is 50th in state welfare. This is wrong on so many levels.
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So, Farve doesn’t face any charges, but others will? WTF?
Story needs to be more detailed…
With the 33rd selection of the 1991 draft, the Atlanta Falcons select “Brett Favor” quarterback Southern Mississippi.
Both nonprofit groups gave welfare money to a trio of wrestlers, Ted DiBiase, Ted DiBiase, Jr. and Brett DiBiase – some of it for work never performed, some for “unreasonable” travel costs.
Shit unbelievable lmao
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You mean the government is shitty at spending other people’s money? You don’t say…
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I bet he bought Jenn Sterger some bad ass jewelry with that money.
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He wasn’t the one that hired him. The people that wasted the money should get nailed.
But Farve should give the money back if in fact he never had to do the appearances etc.
I mean, if somebody wanted to pay me money for a series of speaking engagements and appearances they were planning I would take the money. But if those never ended up happening I would have to agree that it should be returned. Nothing wrong with taking the money if there was an expectation you were going to have to do the stuff you were paid for. But nothing wrong with giving it back if that never happened also
It’s hard to believe that Brett Favre is complicit in this scheme. I mean, what’s so hard about giving a few speeches for a million bucks. I’d even set an alarm for that.
I’d need a whole lot more information before I hung him. He wouldn’t be the first athlete to let someone manage his finances and pay no attention to it. Did he even know he had an obligation to give speeches?
Yes. I mean, I doubt somebody sent Farve money and said “Hey, Here’s $1.1M…you don’t have to do anything for it…I just wanted to give you this” and he went “OK Thanks”
You can bet some idiot at the state government had the idea of having Farve do some public appearances and some our all of it was paid up front…because…it wasn’t his money.
If somebody says "We want you to do x number of public appearances and speeches and PSAs for $2.2 Million and here is 50% down…of course he is going to take the money and wait for them to say “here is the schedule” or whatever.
I am no giant Farve fan but I doubt he extorted the money or knew he was getting paid for nothing. Unless there is some evidence that the government official and Farve were up to something illegal like “hey, I got $2.2M to spend, I will give you $1.1M and I will keep $1.1M but don’t tell anybody.” Barring something like that coming out I would say this is pretty much on the people that wasted the money.
But Farve should give it back at this point
But he’s the MILLION DOLLAR MAN! He has to maintain the name bro!
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Let’s not jump to conclusions, he very possibly sent dick pics in return, so the debt has probably been paid.
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I have zero issue with this …If he was booked for an engagement or appearance , if in this case 2 of them and he was no show and never made the appearance the only issue was he at fault …If he was booked and contract signed and the verbiage was one that locked in payment and the event was cancelled …so be it.
They book events and have to deny many due to scheduling conflicts …I would expect payment if my contract said so.
It’s a bad look, bad looks are not criminal .
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Yeah to me it just comes down to a simple fact… If he knew there was never going to be any appearances made from the get go…thats a problem
If he believed he needed to do what he was paid for when he took the money…it’s no a problem
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Great clip. Man I don’t know who that Brett Favor guy is but that Nagle kid looks like a sure thing
I hate the picture being painted by the media …speculating while causing image damage with out the proof needed to do so …for website visits & clicks.
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I’m with Jaded here. My initial thought was how is Farve at fault here.
Whoever gave him the money is where the fault lies. Then whoever didn’t follow up and make sure he earned it is also to blame.
I’m sure there is a lot more to this story but I see no fault on Farve. However he should give it back and I would bet he does.
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My nature would have been to give it back. That is the righteous thing to do, regardless of followup or lack thereof
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More will be revealed in due time. Favre has so little to gain and so much to lose from ripping off the poor folks of Mississippi. I’d be hugely surprised if he is a “player” in the scheme, but we shall see…
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All we need to know was that two payments totaling $1.1 million were given to him from a poor state’s treasury for which he did nothing in return. There’s really no excuse. He didn’t “forget” and he wasn’t asking any questions. And I would be shocked if his agent didn’t bring it up at least once, although I suppose said agent wouldn’t want to have to return his ten percent. Dirty all around, from the state to the agent to Favre.
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There’s lots of things that could be at this point.
It’s also possible that Brett Favre could be like many other athletes who have been scammed by their agents or financial advisors, perhaps trading on his name without his knowledge. Would someone who avoids glitz, fame and the trappings of money while choosing to live a low profile life in Mississippi when he has plenty of options—would that person be a party to such a straightforward swindle? It seems unlikely to me.
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