Brett Favre's latest denial isn't really a denial at all

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Favre needs to be prosecuted and kicked out of the NFL Hall of Fame

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Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre has been getting torched in the media as reports of his alleged grifting have come to light. This week, he finally broke his silence, but I don’t suspect the remarks will help his cause.

First, a quick reminder: Favre is at the center of a massive welfare scandal in Mississippi, in which millions in federal tax dollars set aside for poor families instead went to associates of former Gov. Phil Bryant and fellow members of the Republican’s administration. Favre allegedly sought and obtained millions of dollars from the state welfare program, some of which was used to build a volleyball facility at the University of Southern Mississippi, where his daughter played the sport.

The Hall of Famer also received more than $1 million for motivational speeches he never gave. He has since returned that money......

Favre claimed that the fact the funds were passed through various agencies suggested there was no impropriety, saying: “I was told that the legal work to ensure that these funds could be accepted by the university was done by State attorneys and State employees.”

But with the sheer size of the investigation, the fact that multiple officials might have been involved doesn’t mean this wasn’t an illegal scheme. It just says this could be a far-reaching one.

Read between the lines of Favre’s recent statements and you’ll find they’re more deflection than denial. His continued insistence that he didn’t knowingly take welfare funds sounds revealing — and leaves open the possibility that he took money improperly, even if you take him at his word that he didn’t know precisely where it was coming from.

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1. O.J. Simpson is still in the NFL Hall of Fame.

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2. The fact that he took $1m for speaking engagements ...

… he never showed up for, and only repaid it when he was caught, is all you need to know about his character. He’s a piece of shit.

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3. My understanding is that Favre repaid the money, but not the interest

Mississippi says Favre still owes something like $30,000. Republicans will get bent out of shape if some single mother gets $7 too much in SNAP benefits, move heaven and earth to get the money back, and threaten the woman with prison for stealing taxpayer money. Brett Favre pockets seven figures and what's the big deal?