a local reporter uncovered the whole thing. it is fucking wild and so consistent with rich people looting public funds to further enrich themselves at the expense of the most vulnerable.
and it’s obvious he knew how fucked it was, because he texted the ringleader to make sure it wouldn’t get out. guy is a phenomenal piece of shit with a carefully crafted public image so far from reality, it exists in a theoretical dimension.
yeah, it’s crazy. i think i heard about it around ~2 years ago, because a friend of mine clued me in to the coverage. at the time we both worked in “The Academy” and are both into watching the ways in which academia is being used as a tool of neoliberalism to maintain the capitalist structure, so the granular details of federal Temporary Assistance aka direct distributed money for need families–which Mississippi rejects 90% of to keep its underclass even more desperate–be pipelined to do capital investment for university expansion of sports infrastructure with that money was like… i dunno, the holy grail of corruption and graft. i mean, it was so bad that some of the central figures got caught, indicted, and convicted. if you’re rich, white, famous and still manage to end up hip deep in shit for screwing over broke minorities in mississippi… you really went too hard.
the fact that it was an NFL grifter with hundreds of millions of his own money that pressured for and brokered the deal while also pocketing a few million from the cut as a sweetener was just
the university, the state apparatus, and some aspects of sports media have done much to try and memoryhole it through underreporting, both to protect the institutions as well as a bankable celebrity property/“local hero” from a connected family (Favre)… but the fact that the shitwizard in the middle decided to roll over and cooperate after facing 35 YEARS in prison, releasing tons of communications and texts has troubled those attempts… because a lot of shit is now public record.
This is also on the state of Mississippi, given that they can basically take the funds and do whatever they want with them as long as they justify it as a “welfare service”.
What did Brett Favre do?
diverted state of Mississippi funds earmarked for food stamps and welfare funds to his own bullshit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_welfare_funds_scandal
a local reporter uncovered the whole thing. it is fucking wild and so consistent with rich people looting public funds to further enrich themselves at the expense of the most vulnerable.
here’s a video account summary (~18 mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Efp3_TjHuYY
additional update (~9 mins) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=haGZ96LyB0I
and it’s obvious he knew how fucked it was, because he texted the ringleader to make sure it wouldn’t get out. guy is a phenomenal piece of shit with a carefully crafted public image so far from reality, it exists in a theoretical dimension.
Wow, what a shitstain
yeah, it’s crazy. i think i heard about it around ~2 years ago, because a friend of mine clued me in to the coverage. at the time we both worked in “The Academy” and are both into watching the ways in which academia is being used as a tool of neoliberalism to maintain the capitalist structure, so the granular details of federal Temporary Assistance aka direct distributed money for need families–which Mississippi rejects 90% of to keep its underclass even more desperate–be pipelined to do capital investment for university expansion of sports infrastructure with that money was like… i dunno, the holy grail of corruption and graft. i mean, it was so bad that some of the central figures got caught, indicted, and convicted. if you’re rich, white, famous and still manage to end up hip deep in shit for screwing over broke minorities in mississippi… you really went too hard.
the fact that it was an NFL grifter with hundreds of millions of his own money that pressured for and brokered the deal while also pocketing a few million from the cut as a sweetener was just
the university, the state apparatus, and some aspects of sports media have done much to try and memoryhole it through underreporting, both to protect the institutions as well as a bankable celebrity property/“local hero” from a connected family (Favre)… but the fact that the shitwizard in the middle decided to roll over and cooperate after facing 35 YEARS in prison, releasing tons of communications and texts has troubled those attempts… because a lot of shit is now public record.
This is also on the state of Mississippi, given that they can basically take the funds and do whatever they want with them as long as they justify it as a “welfare service”.
I found YouTube links in your comment. Here are links to the same videos on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:
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The worst sin of all, playing for the Minnesota Vikings!
real answer
Sexual Harassment while still a player, and doing all kinds of wellfare fraud/public fund embezzlement scams after retirement
Psh, he’s a Packer QB. Y’all own that shit