The welfare scandal in Mississippi in which Brett Favre was a willing participant has sparked calls to get the legendary football player to be removed from the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
The NFL legend is feeling the heavy backlash from the court of public opinion after a state auditor revealed that $70 million in welfare funds were dished out to a multimillionaire athlete, a professional wrestler, a horse farm, and a volleyball complex. From that money, $8.1 million was allegedly given to entities tied to Favre.
Favre was paid $1.1 million in federal welfare funds in 2017 and 2018 for motivational speeches he allegedly never gave. Last week, text messages suggested former Gov. Phil Bryant helped take $5 million of the state’s welfare funds into a volleyball stadium project for Favre and the University of Southern Mississippi, his alma mater.
Because of his actions, many fans would like to see him removed from the highest honor in football.
The Pro-Football Hall of Fame has fielded “about a dozen” calls asking for Brett Favre be removed, per NYT.
“There’s no question this has outraged a number of fans.”
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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.
The state has filed a civil lawsuit against Favre and others to recover more than $20 million in misspent welfare money intended to help needy people in one of the country’s poorest states.