Brett Favre: Screwed Blue and Tattooed

Yes, really.  Favre is a victim of the Mississippi Swamp, a Southern version of the DC Swamp.

...Favre has lost his endorsements because of lies from the press. They accuse him of stealing welfare funds. The Huffington Post called Brett a “welfare queen,” and wrote, “This wealthy football player stole welfare money to build a volleyball center for his kid.” Deadspin said Favre “stole from poor Black people in Mississippi.”

So what’s the truth? Is the former Green Bay Packers star a fraudster that stole money from black people? No, of course not. A careful look at the facts of the case show that Brett Favre truly did nothing wrong...

What actually happened?

 ...The $5 million grant to the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) is at the heart of most attacks on Brett Favre. The claim is that Brett “stole welfare money” to build a volleyball stadium at USM while his daughter played volleyball there.

Brett indeed helped secure $5 million in funding for a volleyball facility at USM, but it was a deal that was supported by state officials at every stage. The state attorney general’s office, the governor, the university, and the Mississippi Department of Human Services all approved of the $5 million in funding.

The Mississippi Department of Human Services devised the funding plan. The agreement was drafted by lawyers at USM. The Governor was aware of the source of the funding and supported it. The state attorney general’s office approved the funding....

Frankly, if there are that many State officials (especially State lawyers) who approve of a project, your best bet is to run away.  Fast.  Don't look back.

But Favre didn't, because like most honest people, he thought most people are honest.

They are, of course, unless they're in government.

 ...The money, however, turned out to be funded by Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) aka welfare funds. This is a big deal. Money for needy families is not supposed to go towards building volleyball stadiums. But, how is this Brett Favre’s fault? Why is Brett supposed to know something was amiss with the funding that the state not only approved, but cheered on?

“Following final approval, Southern Miss publicly announced the plans for the State-owned Wellness Center and lauded [Mississippi Community Education Center (MCEC)] support for the project. Not one public Mississippi official or lawyer expressed any objection to or concern about the funding and plan,” Favre’s attorneys note in one filing....

Then Brett got hung out to dry, and the reason will be very, very, familiar.

... If you haven’t put it together yet, the reason Brett is a target is that is a white conservative man. Brett defended Derek Chauvin, spoke in support of Tucker Carlson, and is a Trump backer. The attacks on Favre often deal with race. Favre seems to function almost as a get-out-of-jail free card for black athletes and coaches that are in trouble....

Yes, it's disgusting.  And there's the old Democrat Double Standard, too!  (Not that you need more proof of Swamp schemes....)

...Brett somehow is guilty of “knowingly stealing $5 million” when the state grants $5 million to another state institution in a transaction approved by the state?

The ironic thing is that this transaction was modeled after a similar grant done at Alcorn State University, an HBCU in Mississippi. Money from MCEC went to Alcorn State University. Is that HBCU racist for getting a grant from MCEC? That’s the standard applied to Brett.

In fact, internal emails show that USM based the funding agreement for the volleyball arena on the state’s project at Alcorn State that occurred a year prior. No one has ever sued anyone or claimed that MDHS’s funding of the construction of Alcorn State’s building was illegal or improper....

Short version:  Mississippi officials were caught doing the dirty, so they sprayed a helluvalot of foo-foo dust in the air and blamed Favre for what they did.

There's a lesson here:  don't do "good works" with swamp rats.  You'll probably come up screwed blue and tattooed.  And like all rats, they'll survive and be looking for their next victim.