New court documents show that Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre attempted to gain access to state welfare funds to build a new indoor practice facility at the University of Southern Mississippi, Favre’s alma mater. The Associated Press reported the news Monday.
Favre allegedly requested money from the Mississippi Department of Human Services in July 2019 but was denied the request. The request for funds, which were to be misappropriated for the football practice facility, coincides with the university’s recruitment of one of Deion Sanders’s sons.
Favre, who played quarterback at Southern Miss before being drafted by the NFL in 1991, texted with then-Mississippi governor Phil Bryant that a new indoor practice facility would give the school’s football program “instant credibility.