Hometown Broadcasting Sports Thursday 5/7/20
7 May 2020 Sports
Brett Favre is paying Mississippi back $1.1 million in welfare money he received for speaking engagements and other purposes, according to State Auditor Shad White.
White said the former Green Bay Packers quarterback paid his office $500,000 on Wednesday and he would “repay the remainder in installments over the next few months.” The auditor said the money will eventually be sent to the Mississippi Department of Human Services for welfare-related expenditures.
Favre received funds from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, or TANF, in 2017 and 2018, according to a report the auditor released Monday. The money came through the Department of Human Services and a nonprofit, the Mississippi Community Education Center, or MCEC. The audit said the nonprofit paid Favre’s company, Favre Enterprises, $1.1 million for appearances, promotions, autographs and speaking engagements that he didn’t attend.
Auditors wrote that Favre “did not speak nor was he present for those events.” They added the amount he made in the deal was “unreasonable.” Favre has also faced scrutiny in recent months for his other links to MCEC, including its funding of a Southern Miss volleyball facility and ties to a Florida concussion drug company, Prevacus. He has not responded to the Clarion Ledger’s requests for comment.
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Green Bay Packers Head Coach Matt LaFleur has established a minority coaching fellowship, a yearlong, full-time position for young and aspiring minority coaches. LaFleur announced on Wednesday that former NFL wide receiver Ruvell Martin is the first hire for the fellowship.
Martin, who will work with the offense and assist with the wide receivers during his yearlong fellowship, played in the NFL for seven seasons for the Green Bay Packers (2006-08), St. Louis Rams (2009), Seattle Seahawks (2010) and Buffalo Bills (2011-12). He saw action in 82 regular-season games with nine starts and registered 76 receptions for 1,129 yards (14.9 avg.) and seven touchdowns. Martin also played in two postseason contests with one start for the Seahawks, recording two catches for 28 yards (14.0 avg.). He originally was signed as an undrafted free agent out of Saginaw Valley State in 2004 by the San Diego Chargers. In 2005, Martin was allocated to NFL Europe and helped the Amsterdam Admirals win the World Bowl after leading the league in receiving yards (679) and receiving TDs (12).
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Outdoor enthusiasts have overwhelmingly rejected Wisconsin wildlife officials’ proposals to dramatically change the state’s gun deer hunting regulations. The Wisconsin Conservation Congress’ spring survey asked if people would support extending the current nine-day gun season by 10 days or creating a 16-day gun season that would open in mid-November. Respondents rejected the 10-day extension by a nearly 3-to-1 margin and a 16-day season by more than a 2-to-1 margin. They also rejected a proposal to suspend the archery and crossbow seasons during the gun season.
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The Green Bay Packers’ request for a wall to stop people inside the new Resch Expo from watching practice at Clarke Hinkle Field ran into opposition Tuesday by the village’s Site Plan Review Committee and Plan Commission. The under-construction Resch Expo, on the and Shopko Hall, is across the street to the north of Hinkle Field. It includes a glass-enclosed second-floor area, facing south. Craig Cornell, of Ziese Construction, said the Packers are concerned about the prospect of cheating. He noted previous incidents, specifically mentioning the New England Patriots, while describing the need to block off the view of closformer site of the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arenaed practices. The Packers usually use Nitschke Field for practices open to the public. During the season, once practices are closed to the public, it often uses Hinkle Field, along Oneida Street.
The proposal calls for adding another 14 feet of metal wall atop the current eight-foot fence. It would include a catwalk for team staff to record practices. It would extend from the Don Hutson Center, west towards Oneida Street, ending at the existing scoreboard.
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NBA commissioner Adam Silver and National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts will host a call for all players on Friday, sources told ESPN. That’s the same day the league has permitted teams to reopen practice facilities for voluntary, social-distanced workouts in areas where that has been permitted by local public health officials, in accordance with the detailed safety protocols that the NBA shared with teams from guidance from public health officials, the CDC and infectious disease specialists.
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