Texts: Favre also sought welfare money for football facility
Former NFL quarterback Brett Favre speaks to the media in Jackson, Miss., Oct. 17, 2018. The governor of Mississippi in 2017 was “on board” with a plan for a nonprofit group to pay Brett Favre more than $1 million in welfare grant money so the retired NFL quarterback could help fund a university volleyball facility, according to a text messages between Favre and the director of the nonprofit in court documents filed Monday, Sept. 12, 2022. (Rogelio V. Solis/AP, File)
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS, Associated Press
Originally Published: September 27, 2022 12:35 p.m.
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