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Retired NFL Quarterback Brett Favre Says He Has Parkinson’s Disease
September 24, 2024 12:45 PM EDT
WASHINGTON– Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre has actually been detected with Parkinson’s illness, he informed a congressional committee Tuesday.
Favre made the disclosure as part of his testament about a well-being misspending scandal in Mississippi. Favre, who does not deal with criminal charges, has actually paid back simply over $1 million in speaking costs moneyed by a well-being program in the state and was likewise a financier in a biotech business with ties to the case. The biotech company has stated it was establishing concussion treatments.
The previous football star informed the committee that he lost his financial investment in the business “that I thought was establishing an advancement concussion drug I believed would assist others.”
“As I’m sure you’ll comprehend, while it’s far too late for me– I’ve just recently been detected with Parkinson’s– this is likewise a cause dear to my heart,” Favre stated.
What triggers Parkinson’s illness is unidentified, and it is uncertain if Favre’s illness is linked to his football profession or head injuries. He stated in 2022 that he approximates he experienced “thousands” of concussions in his twenty years in the NFL.
Favre appeared at the Republican-led House Ways and Means Committee hearing to promote reform of the federal well-being system to much better avoid scams.
“The obstacles my household and I have actually dealt with over the last 3 years– since particular federal government authorities in Mississippi stopped working to safeguard federal TANF funds from scams and abuse, and are unjustifiably attempting to blame me, those difficulties have actually harmed my reputation and are even worse than anything I dealt with in football,” Favre stated.
Home Republicans have stated a Mississippi well-being misspending scandal including Favre and others indicate the requirement for an overhaul in the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.
Favre has actually stated he didn’t understand the payments he got originated from well-being funds and has actually noted his charity had actually offered countless dollars to bad kids in his home state of Mississippi and in Wisconsin, where he played the majority of his profession with the Green Bay Packers.
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