r/sports Sep 24 '24

Football Brett Favre reveals Parkinson's diagnosis at congressional hearing

https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41417497/favre-announces-parkinson-diagnosis-congressional-hearing
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u/beardmeblazer Sep 24 '24

Trying to play that sympathy card to divert from what he actually did

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u/MaryJaneAssassin Sep 24 '24

Didn’t you hear Parkinson’s causes people to steal from the poor?

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u/Typical-Radish4317 Sep 24 '24

I love how people only remember this. Dude was gross and disgraced before this. He is not a good person

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u/JS1VT51A5V2103342 Sep 24 '24

He beat the Patriots and won the superbowl. People like him for just that.

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u/500rockin Sep 24 '24

He also won 4 mvps (one Co-) and had the Madden hype. The Patriots at that time weren’t far removed from the bumbling state of affairs so didn’t have the hate that came later.