The nation's poorest state used welfare money to pay Brett Favre for speeches he never made – NBC News
ProfileSectionstelevisionFeaturedExtra From NBCObserve NBC InformationBrett Favre earned practically $140 million as a star NFL quarterback over twenty years and tens of millions extra in product endorsements.However that didn’t cease the state of Mississippi from paying Favre $1.1 million in 2017 and 2018 to make motivational speeches — out of federal welfare funds supposed for needy …