Green Bay Packers legend and Super Bowl winner Clay Matthews delivered a &#8220;message&#8221; he joked came from President Donald Trump aimed at rival Chicago Bears on Thursday night during the opening night of the NFL Draft.
Ahead of the first pick of the draft, Matthews, who played linebacker for the Packers for 10 seasons, took to the podium at the draft in Green Bay in front of NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell to take a well-timed shot at the Bears.
&#8220;I&#8217;m gonna go off script here real quick &#8230; Roger,&#8221; Matthews said, flanked by other former Packers greats up on stage. &#8220;I just got off the phone with the president, Donald Trump. He asked me to pass a message along to all 32 NFL franchises. Let me tell you what it reads here, alright.&#8221;
&#8220;It says, &#8216;My fellow Americans, the Bears still suck!'&#8221; Matthews chanted into the microphone to the cheering crowd.
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This is great. 😂
Former Packers linebacker Clay Matthews surprised the crowd at the NFL Draft by jokingly telling them he had a message from Trump for all 32 NFL teams.
&quot;Roger, I just got off the phone with the President, Donald Trump.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/Ojhz5mSPLf">pic.twitter.com/Ojhz5mSPLf</a>
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Matthews made the comments as he was surrounded by other former Packers like Jordy Nelson, Mason Crosby, Ahman Green, and James Jones. Earlier in the night, the former Packers linebacker had biked out onto the stage alongside Goodell, mimicking a Packer tradition where players ride young fans&#8217; bikes during training camp.
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Roger Goodell led former Packers and Lil Wayne out on stage on bikes 😂 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/NFLdraft?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#NFLdraft</a> <a href="https://t.co/vqTWNG8G63">pic.twitter.com/vqTWNG8G63</a>
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As a Packer, Matthews went 16-3 against the Bears as he played from 2009-2018 during the Aaron Rodgers era. In 2011, Matthews and the Packers defeated the Pittsburgh Steelers in the Super Bowl 31-25. In that game, Matthews forced a fumble in the fourth quarter that proved to be a critical turning point.
Other Packer legends have developed a close association with Trump in recent years. Three time MVP and Super Bowl winner Brett Favre <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/packers-legend-brett-favre-rallies-for-trump-time-to-bench-kamala" target="_blank" rel="noopener">was outspoken</a> about his support for Trump during the 2024 presidential election. The former quarterback even appeared at an event in Green Bay days before the election to rally support for Trump.
“I can tell you one thing, I knew I would come back to Green Bay at various times, but I never thought I would come back in this setting,” Favre said at the time. &#8220;Much like the Packer organization, Donald Trump and his organization is a winner. The United States of America won with his leadership.&#8221;
Trump ended up defeating Kamala Harris by just under 30,000 votes in Wisconsin.

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Former President Barack Obama endorsed liberal Judge Susan Crawford on Tuesday in her race against conservative candidate Brad Schimel for a seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. 
In a statement on X endorsing Crawford, Obama claimed that the “fundamental rights” of Wisconsinites were at stake in the race. The race between Crawford and Schimel, who previously served as Wisconsin&#8217;s attorney general, will determine the ideological slant of the court, which currently leans 4-3 liberal. 
“If you live in Wisconsin – or have friends or family who do – there’s an important Supreme Court race happening right now. And there’s only one candidate ready to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of Wisconsinites: Judge Susan Crawford,” Obama posted. 
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If you live in Wisconsin – or have friends or family who do – there’s an important Supreme Court race happening right now. And there’s only one candidate ready to protect the fundamental rights and freedoms of Wisconsinites: Judge Susan Crawford.
We’ve all seen how important…
— Barack Obama (@BarackObama) <a href="https://twitter.com/BarackObama/status/1904625349511512074?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 25, 2025</a></blockquote>
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The outcome could determine how the court is likely to rule on issues from election maps, abortion, voter ID laws, and union reform.
Wisconsin GOP Executive Director Andrew Iverson said that Obama’s endorsement of Crawford highlighted her base of support from “out-of-state liberals.”
“A vote for Susan Crawford is a vote for a Dangerously Liberal Democrat agenda,” Iverson said. “Wisconsin voters are already running up the score for Brad Schimel to protect normalcy. Schimel’s support shows he will protect hard-working Wisconsinites and put our values first. With support from over 80 Wisconsin sheriffs, to President Trump to Wisconsin farmers, sportsmen, and small business owners, Schimel is a Wisconsinite through and through.”
Trump officially endorsed Schimel last Friday, and has urged his supporters to get out and vote early for Schimel. 
“In the Great State of Wisconsin, a Radical Left Democrat, one who is insistent on bringing hardened CRIMINALS, that we removed to far away places, back into our Country, allowing men into women’s sports, Open Borders, and more, is running against a strong, Common Sense Republican, JUST CALL HIM BRAD, for the Wisconsin Supreme Court,” Trump <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/114212434987437462" target="_blank" rel="noopener">posted</a> on Truth Social.
The April 1 race has already attracted a record amount of money, with leftist megadonors like George Soros stepping in to back Crawford’s campaign and Elon Musk’s America PAC running ads to support Schimel. According to <a href="https://www.wispolitics.com/2025/supreme-court-race-spending-tops-76-million-with-two-weeks-to-go/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reporting</a> by WisPolitics, around $76 million has been spent on the race so far, making it the most expensive state Supreme Court race in history. 
Musk&#8217;s ads have highlighted Crawford&#8217;s record of giving sex offenders much lighter sentences than allowed by statute, including one case where she <a href="https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/2025/02/11/what-to-know-about-the-court-cases-in-brad-schimels-supreme-court-ads/78214352007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sentenced</a> a man convicted of sexually assaulting two young girls in a pool to just four years in prison, well below what prosecutors had requested and the maximum penalty that could have been imposed.

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NFL legend Brett Favre said it’s “absolutely insane” that President Donald Trump had to sign an executive order to keep men from competing in women’s sports.
In a video posted on <a href="https://x.com/BrettFavre/status/1889831543008534540">X</a>, the NFL Hall-of-Famer gave credit to Trump for signing an <a href="https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2025/02/keeping-men-out-of-womens-sports/">order</a> banning trans-identifying males from competing in girls’ sports by threatening to rescind funds from schools that allow this, saying it “results in the endangerment, humiliation, and silencing of women and girls and deprives them of privacy,” as previously reported.
Favre said as the father of two daughters &#8212; who’ve advised him to not share everything on social media &#8212; this was an issue he thought it was important to speak out about and stand up for what he believes in.
&#8220;And it’s crazy because most of it is common sense and to think we’re having a discussion that our president has to sign (an executive order) to keep men out of women’s sports is absolutely insane,” the legendary QB said.
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Here’s a few reasons why I think it was important to speak up for <a href="https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@realDonaldTrump</a> needing to sign an executive order to keep men and out of women’s sports and kudos to <a href="https://twitter.com/Riley_Gaines_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Riley_Gaines_</a> for standing her ground. <a href="https://t.co/oLLvFUxhXp">pic.twitter.com/oLLvFUxhXp</a>
— Brett Favre (@BrettFavre) <a href="https://twitter.com/BrettFavre/status/1889831543008534540?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 13, 2025</a></blockquote>
&#8220;But that’s the world we’re in right now,” he added. “We bought ourselves some time in the next four years. We’ll see how that plays out. But the common sense part of our country and the decisions that are being made, right now, are becoming more stable and back to the norm.”
“I feel like the more we speak up and back common sense thinking, the better off we’re gonna be,” Favre concluded.
Favre captioned his post explaining why he needed to speak up after Trump signed the executive order and gave credit to outspoken women’s sports advocates like Riley Gaines for “standing her ground.”
The Super Bowl-winning QB previously spoke out against transgenderism and the radical activists pushing it, calling it “wrong” that a trans-identifying man can use a women’s bathroom.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-wrong-nfl-hall-of-famer-brett-favre-slams-transgenderism" target="_blank" rel="noopener">‘This Is Wrong’: NFL Hall Of Famer Brett Favre Slams Transgenderism</a>

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Brett Favre Says It’s ‘Absolutely Insane’ Trump Has To Sign Order To Keep Men Out Of Women’s Sports

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Hall of Fame football legend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brett-favre">Brett Favre</a> weighed in on whether the NFL will crack down on players who have celebrated victories by doing the viral “Trump” dance.
On Tuesday, speaking to <a href="https://x.com/foxnews/status/1858903118349476245?s=46&amp;t=yVg_AIbZC0FnyCtU4qPVYw">Fox News</a>, the 55-year-old former Green Bay Packers star QB was asked about the dance that’s sweeping the sports world and whether he thinks the league will fine players or institute some kind of ban to get <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/nfl-reportedly-looking-into-fine-against-bosa-for-flashing-maga-hat-on-tv" target="_blank" rel="noopener">players to stop showing support</a> on the field for Trump.
“I find it hard to believe that the NFL would crack down on this ‘Trump’ dance,” Favre told the outlet. “I really do. I would hope that they wouldn’t.”
NFL players from across the league have also started celebrating their individual victories by doing the <a href="https://x.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1858267401533714552">dance</a>, which has become a viral sensation. 
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INSTANT REPLAY: <a href="https://twitter.com/BrettFavre?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BrettFavre</a> shares his reaction to the viral Trump dance taking the NFL by storm — and whether the league will punish players for showing their apparent support of the president-elect on the field. <a href="https://t.co/4APO7Xh6Q7">pic.twitter.com/4APO7Xh6Q7</a>
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It became a trend on social media after supporters made videos of themselves doing the same dance moves that Trump often did when he danced to the Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” at his numerous campaign rallies.
Las Vegas Raiders tight end Brock Bowers did the Trump-esque dance moves when he scored a touchdown on Sunday, after he caught a 23-yard pass late in the third quarter to give the Raiders 12 points against the Miami Dolphins&#8217; 17.
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And while those watching the game live saw Bowers’ dance in the end zone — and then a shot of Raiders’ owner Mark Davis reacting to the TD — the victory celebration seemed to be missing from the post “NFL on CBS” made on X, <a href="https://www.outkick.com/sports/nfl-cbs-caught-editing-trump-dance-out-raiders-touchdown-celebration">OutKick</a> noted.
The <a href="https://x.com/NFLonCBS/status/1858239347444564173">social media post</a> showed the 23-yard catch and then cut straight to the shot of Davis in his suite.
But Bowers wasn’t the only NFL player rocking the dance moves.
During the Detroit Lions game, Za’Darius Smith and Malcolm Rodriguez celebrated their team’s defensive stop on Sunday against the Jacksonville Jaguars, also by doing the funny <a href="https://x.com/Lions/status/1858247510399095080">Trump-esque dance</a> moves.
Tennessee Titans players Calvin Ridley and Nick Westbrook-Ikhine busted out the Trump moves ahead of what appeared to be a touchdown during the team’s game against the Minnesota Vikings.
The viral dance even made an appearance on Monday at the Concacaf Nations League Quarterfinals in St. Louis, when U.S. men’s soccer star Christian Pulisic <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-usa-soccer-player-does-trump-dance-after-goal">celebrated</a> making the first goal in the team’s 4-2 victory against Jamaica by rocking the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/viral-trump-dance-takes-over-nfl-ufc">viral dance moves</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/viral-trump-dance-takes-over-nfl-ufc" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Viral ‘Trump’ Dance Takes Over NFL, UFC</a>

Brett Favre Weighs In On Whether Or Not NFL Will Crack Down On ‘Trump’ Dancing

Brett Favre Weighs In On Whether Or Not NFL Will Crack Down On 'Trump' Dancing

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Former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/green-bay-packers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Green Bay Packers</a> quarterback <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brett-favre" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brett Favre</a> slammed President Joe Biden on Wednesday for calling supporters of former President Donald Trump “garbage.”
Favre, a three time NFL MVP and Super Bowl winner, made the comments during a rally in Green Bay in support of Trump. As Favre opened up his remarks, cheers of “Go Pack Go” echoed throughout the Resch Center where the rally was being held.
“I can tell you one thing, I knew I would come back to Green Bay at various times, but I never thought I would come back in this setting,” Favre said. “There’s never been a more important time in our lives than right now in this election.”
”Much like the Packer organization, Donald Trump and his organization is a winner. The United States of America won with his leadership,” Favre added.
The former quarterback then turned to address <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-slammed-after-calling-74-million-americans-garbage" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Biden’s comments</a> on Tuesday where he referred to Trump supporters as “garbage.”
“I can assure you we’re not garbage,” Favre said. “How dare he say that. Looking out, I see police officers, teachers, nurses, grandparents, students. I see everyday Americans that make this country great.”
During his remarks, Favre pointed to high inflation, the fentanyl crisis, and foreign policy as reasons to back Trump.
“The stakes are incredibly high,” he said. &#8220;Families across Wisconsin are struggling to make ends meet. People’s salaries haven’t kept up with inflation. It’s getting harder for younger people to buy their first home. People are losing hope in the American dream.”
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“And it’s not just about money. People are losing their lives,” he added. “Last year, 50 people here in Brown County died of a fentanyl overdose. That’s 50 too many. And our kids face the prospect of World War III.”
Favre said that it would be “insane” to give Vice President Kamala Harris four more years in the White House, saying that “its time to bench Kamala and put in the star quarterback Donald Trump.”
“I have lived the American dream,” he said. “But I want to make sure the future generations get to as well. And that would be my grandson Parker and his two brothers. So remember this: let’s make America great again.”
Favre spent one season with the Atlanta Falcons, 16 seasons with the Packers, one season with the New York Jets, and two with the Minnesota Vikings. He was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 2016. He played a record 299 consecutive games and threw for 508 touchdowns and 71,838 yards in his career.
Both Trump and Harris have spent significant time in Wisconsin as it is again projected to be close.

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Former Green Bay Packers quarterback <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brett-favre" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brett Favre</a> is set to speak next week at a rally for former President Donald Trump in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wisconsin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wisconsin</a>.
The Trump campaign announced Friday that Favre, a Super Bowl winner and three-time NFL MVP, would be a special guest at a rally at the Resch Center in Green Bay on Wednesday. Favre, who played 20 seasons in the NFL, previously backed Trump’s 2020 campaign.
&#8220;My Vote is for what makes this country great, freedom of speech and religion, the second amendment, hard-working tax-paying citizens, police and military. In this election, we have freedom of choice, which all should respect. For me and these principles, my vote is for [Trump],” Favre <a href="https://wfin.com/fox-sports/nfl-legend-brett-favre-to-speak-at-trump-rally-in-wisconsin/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in 2020.
Favre has advocated to keep transgender-identifying males from participating in female sports and prioritizing American citizens.
“If you’re born in the USA or an American citizen and you put other countries above us, then that’s unpatriotic. That’s it,” Favre posted on X last month.
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Last year, Favre said that the country was in “better shape” when Trump was president.
“I think Donald was a non-political president, and I liked that about him. Was he perfect? Absolutely not. Am I perfect? Absolutely not. I&#8217;m flawed just like the rest of them,” he <a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/nfl/article-14004543/brett-favre-donald-trump-rally-wisconsin.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on the &#8220;Fearless&#8221; podcast. “We&#8217;re all flawed. But I really felt like he had our country in a better place and really cared about our people in our country.”
“Black, White, Hispanic, Asian — you name it. I think if you were an American citizen, he cared about you, first and foremost. I don&#8217;t know if our current president has the same mentality,” he said.
Last month, Favre revealed in front of Congress that he had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.
&#8220;I felt my arm, the strength was there, but I could not guide it,&#8221; Favre <a href="https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/41438487/brett-favre-received-parkinson-diagnosis-january" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> of his condition. &#8220;And it was the most frustrating thing, so those two really kind of, eventually, I was like, you know I&#8217;m just gonna get it checked.&#8221;
Favre spent one season with the Atlanta Falcons, 16 seasons with the Packers, one season with the New York Jets, and two with the Minnesota Vikings. He was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 2016.

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Legendary NFL quarterback Brett Favre revealed during a congressional hearing this week that he has recently been diagnosed with Parkinson&#8217;s disease.
The Hall of Fame quarterback made the revelation during testimony in front of the House Ways and Means Committee while discussing Prevacus, a company making a concussion drug that improperly received millions of dollars of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) funds from the Mississippi Department of Human Services.
&#8220;Sadly, I also lost an investment in a company that I believed was developing a breakthrough concussion drug I thought would help others,&#8221; Favre said during opening remarks. &#8220;And I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll understand why it&#8217;s too late for me, because I&#8217;ve recently been diagnosed with Parkinson&#8217;s. This is also a cause dear to my heart.&#8221;
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Former NFL MVP Brett Favre reveals he’s been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease while testifying at a House hearing examining welfare reform.
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Parkinson&#8217;s disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that gets worse over time and impacts a patient&#8217;s mind and body.
While the disease starts slowly and symptoms may be mild or barely visible to others, they progress over time and can include tremors, slowed movement, rigid muscles, difficulty with balance, loss of automatic movements, changes with speech, memory problems, changes in handwriting, depression, anxiety, sleep problems, digestive issues, fatigue, and more.
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Favre was drafted in the second round of the 1991 NFL Draft by the Atlanta Falcons and was traded to the Green Bay Packers after his rookie season.
Once in Green Bay, Favre played 16 years for the Packers and subsequently played one season with the New York Jets and two with the Minnesota Vikings.
He played in &#8220;a record 299 consecutive games, posted totals of 6,300 completions, 10,169 attempts, 71,838 yards, and 508 touchdowns in his 302-game NFL career,&#8221; according to the <a href="https://www.profootballhof.com/players/brett-favre/">Pro Football Hall of Fame</a>.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/could-have-diagnosed-him-from-across-the-mall-neurologist-tells-nbc-biden-has-parkinsons-degeneration-of-the-brain">‘Could Have Diagnosed Him From Across The Mall’: Neurologist Tells NBC Biden Has Parkinson’s, ‘Degeneration Of The Brain’</a>

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nfl">NFL</a> Hall of Famer Brett Favre made it clear where he stands when it comes to transgenderism and the radical activists pushing it, calling it &#8220;wrong&#8221; that a trans-identifying man can use a women&#8217;s bathroom.
During the 53-year-old&#8217;s recent appearance on Jason Whitlock&#8217;s &#8220;Fearless&#8221; podcast, Favre said some of the things leftists promote are &#8220;beyond belief,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/sports/brett-favre-says-usa-better-place-trump-president-says-athletes-afraid-trans-backlash">Fox News</a> reported.
&#8220;To think that a young man who identifies as a girl, I don&#8217;t understand it — just hear me out — can go into a girl&#8217;s bathroom and use the restroom with girls, and for us to think that&#8217;s OK, I think is wrong,&#8221; said Favre.
&#8220;I&#8217;m sorry…&#8221; he added. &#8220;I just think some things we&#8217;re allowing in this country are beyond belief… Some of the thoughts and beliefs we&#8217;re seeing are crazy.&#8221;
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&#39;IT&#39;S SCARY&#39;: Pro Football Hall of Famer <a href="https://twitter.com/BrettFavre?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@BrettFavre</a> calls out the Left&#39;s woke ideology, including letting biological males use the girl&#39;s bathroom. <a href="https://t.co/759RDf2fRZ">https://t.co/759RDf2fRZ</a> <a href="https://t.co/MPO1lgaHZY">pic.twitter.com/MPO1lgaHZY</a>
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The former Green Bay Packers quarterback&#8217;s conversation with Whitlock then turned to the debate of biological trans-identifying males being able to compete against women in female sports, with both blasting the idea.
&#8220;I think maybe vast majority [of athletes] are afraid of what it&#8217;ll do to their career,&#8221; Favre said when asked why athletes aren&#8217;t speaking out. &#8220;And it&#8217;s not affecting them directly. Not yet, at least.&#8221;
&#8220;Who knows where this country&#8217;s going?&#8221; he added. &#8220;It may affect them somewhere down the road. Is it too late? I don&#8217;t know. It&#8217;s scary.&#8221;
Favre joins the likes of tennis legend <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/its-not-fair-tennis-legend-blows-up-at-lia-thomas" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Martina Navratilova</a>, actor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/monty-python-alum-goes-viral-after-tweeting-about-unfair-advantage-biological-men-have-in-womens-sports" target="_blank" rel="noopener">John Cleese</a>, and comedian <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-s-has-to-stop-comedian-rob-schneider-says-stop-making-girls-compete-against-trans-identifying-men" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rob Schneider</a> who have said biological males competing in women&#8217;s sports is &#8220;not fair&#8221; and has to &#8220;stop.&#8221;
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&#8220;Lia Thomas Says Her Critics Using &#8216;Feminism&#8217; Claims To Hide Transphobia- NEWSFLASH Lia- it&#8217;s not fair,&#8221; Navratilova tweeted in her recent viral post.
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Lia Thomas Says Her Critics Using &#39;Feminism&#39; Claims To Hide Transphobia- NEWSFLASH Lia- it’s not fair. We shouldn’t have to explain it to you over and over. Also- stop explaining feminism to feminists…. <a href="https://t.co/vZxEva3rm2">https://t.co/vZxEva3rm2</a>
&mdash; Martina Navratilova (@Martina) <a href="https://twitter.com/Martina/status/1651276033994244101?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 26, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;We shouldn&#8217;t have to explain it to you over and over,&#8221; she added. &#8220;Also- stop explaining feminism to feminists….&#8221;
Her comments came in response to biological male transgender athlete Lia Thomas who called out critics for pushing &#8220;transphobic beliefs&#8221; under the &#8220;guise of feminism.&#8221;
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/they-sold-us-a-bill-of-goods-megyn-kelly-says-transgender-movement-has-gone-too-far" target="_blank" rel="noopener">&#8216;They Sold Us A Bill Of Goods&#8217;: Megyn Kelly Says Transgender Movement Has Gone &#8216;Too Far&#8217;</a>

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The attorney for NFL Hall of Fame quarterback <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brett-favre" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Brett Favre</a> told The Daily Wire’s “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/crain-and-company" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Crain and Company</a>” podcast Monday that his client has an open and shut case against two of the biggest names in sports media. 
Eric Herschmann joined the hosts of the sports podcast to discuss Favre’s recent legal challenges stemming from allegations that the former Green Bay Packers star misused state welfare funds to help build a volleyball facility for his alma mater, Southern Miss, where his daughter played volleyball. Herschmann argued that the state, not Favre, was at fault for mishandling millions of dollars and that sports media personalities Shannon Sharpe and Pat McAfee defamed his client when discussing the case. 
“Brett never got any of this money. They’re suing him for $5 million that went from the state agency that’s responsible for welfare funds and ended up in the pocket of another state agency, Southern Miss, and there’s some way they think that’s theft,” Herschmann argued.  
“There may be a problem within Mississippi … but this really has nothing to do with Brett,” the attorney added. Immediately after discovering the funds were taken from the state welfare agency, Favre returned the money, according to Herschmann.
Last September, former Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Human Services John Davis pleaded guilty to conspiracy and theft relating to the $77 million welfare scandal, which is Mississippi’s largest public corruption case ever, <a href="https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/brett-favre-scandal-explained-ex-nfl-qb-is-accused-of-misusing-of-mississippi-state-welfare-funds/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to CBS. The Department of Justice accused four others of conspiring with Davis but did not name them. Favre has not been charged with any criminal wrongdoing. 
Following allegations that Favre was involved in the scandal, the Hall of Famer was dragged by Sharpe and McAfee. On his Fox Sports show with Skip Bayless, Sharpe referred to Favre as a “sleazeball” and said the quarterback must be “a sorry mofo to steal from the underserved.” Favre <a href="https://www.pennlive.com/sports/2023/02/brett-favre-suing-shannon-sharpe-pat-mcafee-for-saying-he-was-stealing-from-the-poor-people-of-mississippi.html">claims</a> that McAfee, who hosts his own show on Sirius XM, falsely referred to Favre as a “thief” who stole “from the underprivileged people of Mississippi.”
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You have to be a sorry mofo to steal from the underserved <a href="https://t.co/3oIhDABo8P">pic.twitter.com/3oIhDABo8P</a>
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Favre sued both Sharpe and McAfee along with Mississippi’s state auditor last month for defamation. McAfee responded to the lawsuit on his show on February 27, but Sharpe has yet to comment on the lawsuit publically.  
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I have officially been served by Brett Favre<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/PMSLive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#PMSLive</a> <a href="https://t.co/2O8fhU8dpe">pic.twitter.com/2O8fhU8dpe</a>
&mdash; Pat McAfee (@PatMcAfeeShow) <a href="https://twitter.com/PatMcAfeeShow/status/1630253718045065217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 27, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Herschmann told the “Crain and Company” hosts that McAfee has dug a hole for himself by continuing to discuss the scandal, and the attorney believes he has a “slam dunk” case against the media personality.
“Pat McAfee keeps talking about it. In all my years of being an attorney and being a prosecutor previously, I don’t think I’ve ever seen a defendant build a case against himself the way Pat is.” 
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Brett Favre Attorney Confident HOF QB Has ‘Slam Dunk’ Defamation Case Against Pat McAfee, Shannon Sharpe

Brett Favre Attorney Confident HOF QB Has 'Slam Dunk' Defamation Case Against Pat McAfee, Shannon Sharpe

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Sports figures were warning against biological males making a mockery of female sports long before <a href="https://www.dailywire.com">The Daily Wire</a>’s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/author/matt-walsh">Matt Walsh</a> stumped the Left by asking, “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/what-is-a-woman-official-trailer">What is a Woman?</a>”
Fighting, weightlifting, tennis, swimming, and every other sport that rewards speed and strength give unfair advantages to biological males, according to luminaries like podcast king <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-rogan">Joe Rogan</a>, NFL Hall of Famer <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brett-favre">Brett Favre</a>, former tennis superstar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tennis-legend-martina-navratilova-says-allowing-emily-zanotti">Martina Navratilova</a>, and another legend who was once the best athlete in the world.
“I mean, you can wear all the lipstick you want,” Rogan, also a UFC announcer, said in 2013 of trans woman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/biopic-of-trans-mma-fighter-fallon-fox-in-the-works">Fallon Fox</a>, who was dominating women’s mixed martial arts — even <a href="http://whoatv.com/transgender-fighter-fallon-fox-sends-opponent-to-hospital/">reportedly</a> leaving one opponent with a fractured skull. “You want to be a woman and you want to take female hormones, you want to get a boob job, that&#8217;s all fine. I support your life to live, your right to live as a woman.”
But hormones and even operations don’t erase the natural advantages biological males have over women, Rogan said.
“The operation doesn&#8217;t shave down your bone density,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It doesn&#8217;t change. You look at a man&#8217;s hands and you look at a women&#8217;s hands and they&#8217;re built different. They&#8217;re just thicker, they&#8217;re stronger, your wrists are thicker, your elbows are thicker, your joints are thicker. Just the mechanical function of punching, a man can do it much harder than a woman can, period.”
<div id="attachment_213558" style="width: 918px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-213558" class="wp-image-213558 size-large" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FallonFox-908x576.png" alt="NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 13: Mixed martial artist Fallon Fox attends the 2013 Emery Awards at Cipriani Wall Street on November 13, 2013 in New York City." width="908" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2021/04/FallonFox-908x576.png 908w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2021/04/FallonFox-300x190.png 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2021/04/FallonFox-768x487.png 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2021/04/FallonFox-1536x975.png 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2021/04/FallonFox.png 1560w" sizes=" (max-width: 908px) 100vw, 908px" />UFC fighter Fallon Fox, a biological male who identifies as female, has an unfair advantage in the ring, according to Joe Rogan. (Cindy Ord/Getty Images)</div>
More recently, Rogan railed against what he considers “an assault on women’s sports.”
“Women are so frustrated because if you – or parents if your daughter is competing and they’re competing against trans women, it’s not fair,&#8221; <a href="https://www.foxsports.com.au/more-sports/its-not-fair-joe-rogan-slams-transgender-athletes-competing-in-womens-sport/news-story/f1e618764a72673670bdbde51b05dab6">Rogan said in an April podcast</a>. “It’s not fair no matter what anybody says. There’s a reason why we have a distinction between men and women’s sports.”
In “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/what-is-a-woman-official-trailer">What is a Woman?</a>” Walsh interviewed a University of Pennsylvania swimmer and member of the women’s team who said she was disillusioned about having Lia Thomas, a biological male who only transitioned last year, on the team. Thomas, who has not had a sex-change operation, won an NCAA championship in the 500-yard freestyle in March.
“If you even bring up the fact that Lia’s swimming might not be fair, you’re immediately shut down and called a hateful person, or transphobic,” the swimmer, whose identity was shielded to protect her from retribution, told Walsh.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/what-is-a-woman-official-trailer">The documentary</a> shows how trans high school track athletes and basketball players dominate girls’ competition, leaving biological females dispirited. Selina Soule, a high school track star from Connecticut, recounted to Walsh how she was edged out of a chance to go to the New England Regional Championships in the 55-meter dash when two biological male athletes finished ahead of her.
&#8220;Once the gun went off, the two transgender athletes took off flying and left all of us girls in the dust,&#8221; she told Walsh. &#8220;After so many losses, it just gets to the point of &#8216;Why am I even doing this?'&#8221;
The phenomenon Walsh spotlights in &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/videos/what-is-a-woman-official-trailer">What is a Woman?</a>&#8221; has bothered top athletes for years.
Last year, NFL legend Favre spoke his mind as transgender weightlifter Laurel Hubbard represented New Zealand in the <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/topic/tokyo-2020-olympics">2020 Olympic Games</a> in Tokyo.
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&#8220;It&#8217;s a man competing as a woman,&#8221; the longtime Green Bay Packers quarterback told co-host Eric Bolling on their Bolling with Favre podcast. &#8220;That&#8217;s unfair. It&#8217;s not fair for a man, even if this person wants to be a woman or feels compelled—if you want to become the opposite sex, that&#8217;s fine. I’ve got no problem with it. But you can&#8217;t compete against—males cannot compete against females.&#8221;
Navratilova, widely considered one of the greatest tennis players of all time, in a <a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-rules-on-trans-athletes-reward-cheats-and-punish-the-innocent-klsrq6h3x">2019 column for the Sunday Times of London</a>, said enough was enough with trans athletes competing against women.
“A man can decide to be female, take hormones if required by whatever sporting organization is concerned, win everything in sight and perhaps earn a small fortune and then reverse his decision and go back to making babies if he so desires,” she said.
The same year, British swimming star swimmer Sharron Davies, a silver medalist in the 400-meter individual medley at the 1980 Olympics in Moscow, spoke out against the trans trend in sports.
“If you just ignore that potential benefit, women, XX-born natal females, will not be able to win any of their medals, any of their sports scholarships, any of their profile opportunities to be able to get a platform,&#8221; Davies told <a class="Link" href="https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-48368630">the BBC</a>. &#8220;How is that fair? We are in a society where 50% of us are women.&#8221;
Davies, who also represented Great Britain in the 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics, said it is a matter of preserving the integrity of female sports.
“I believe there is a fundamental difference between the binary sex you are born with and the gender you may identify as,” Davies said. “To protect women’s sport, those with a male sex advantage should not be able to compete in women’s sport.”
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Perhaps no one is better qualified to speak about the advantage biological males who identify as women have in sports than Caitlyn Jenner. In the 1970s, Jenner identified as a male named Bruce and was regarded as the best athlete in the world after winning the decathlon at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal.
&#8220;I have said from the beginning, I don&#8217;t think biological boys should compete in women&#8217;s sports,” Jenner <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/01/19/caitlyn-jenner-on-lia-thomas-ncaa-needs-protect-womens-sports/">told Fox News</a> earlier this year. “It&#8217;s just not fair.&#8221;

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The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/mississippi">Mississippi</a> Department of Human Services has sued <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/nfl">NFL</a> Hall of Fame quarterback <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/brett-favre">Brett Favre</a> and a trio of ex-professional wrestlers in connection with a long-running dispute over their roles in promoting a taxpayer-funded program for the poor.
The lawsuit, filed Monday Hinds County Circuit Court, alleges the defendants &#8220;squandered&#8221; more than $20 million from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program, part of what Mississippi Auditor Shad White has called the largest public corruption case in the state in decades. Favre had paid back speaking fees he was given for promoting the program, but the state claims he still owes $228,000 in interest.
“I love Mississippi and I would never knowingly do anything to take away from those that need it most,” Favre said in 2020, when the allegations first came to light that he accepted money but did not follow through on his obligations.
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The lawsuit says retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre along with several other people “squandered” more than $20 million in money from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families anti-poverty program <a href="https://t.co/zAlLFEiZH0">https://t.co/zAlLFEiZH0</a>
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Monday&#8217;s lawsuit was filed weeks after a mother and son who ran a Mississippi nonprofit pleaded guilty to state criminal charges tied to the misspending. Nancy New, 69, and Zachary New, 39, agreed to testify against others in the case.
The case dates back to early 2020, when News and her son, former Mississippi Department of Human Services executive director John Davis, and three others were charged with diverting welfare money to items such as drug rehabilitation for former pro wrestler Brett DiBiase. DiBiase is a defendant in the lawsuit, as are his father and brother, Ted DiBiase Sr. and Ted &#8220;Teddy&#8221; DiBiase Jr., who also were pro wrestlers.
Ted DiBiase Sr. was a prominent World Wrestling Federation star known as the &#8220;The Million Dollar Man&#8221; in the 1980s. He is now a Christian evangelist and a motivational speaker who was given a $1.7 million grant in 2017 and 2018 to promote the welfare program, according to the lawsuit.
Last year, White ordered DiBiase, Favre and others to repay $77 million of misspent welfare funds. Favre, who lives in Mississippi and was hired to promote the program, was ordered to return $1.1 million, which he did. The Green Bay Packers great has not been charged with any criminal wrongdoing.
White said Favre was paid for speeches but did not show up and still owes interest on the money he was paid. Favre has said he did not know the money he received came from welfare funds and has touted charity work his foundation has performed in the state as evidence he would never cheat the poor.
&#8220;I applaud the team filing this suit and am grateful the state is taking another step toward justice for the taxpayers,&#8221; White said. &#8220;We will continue to work alongside our federal partners &#8212; who have been given access to all our evidence for more than two years &#8212; to make sure the case is fully investigated.&#8221;
State prosecutors said Favre sought to have Nancy New use money from the program to fund Prevacus, a Florida-based company trying to develop a concussion drug in which Favre was the leading investor.
Favre allegedly hosted a Prevacus stock sales presentation at his home in January 2019, attended by VanLandingham, Davis, Nancy New, Zach New and Ted DiBiase Jr., though it was not clear if or how much money from the welfare program was diverted to Prevacus.

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Brett Favre is a part of the old-guard NFL. In his playing days, he was the prototypical iron-man, starting at quarterback for a record 297 consecutive games. 
His toughness on the field is the stuff of legends, but the Hall of Famer is doing what he can to protect the younger generation from experiencing the head trauma he experienced from his years of playing tackle football. 
Favre has partnered with the “Concussion Legacy Foundation” in order to encourage parents to prevent their children from playing tackle football before the age of 14. According to the <a href="https://concussionfoundation.org/Favre4Flag">CLF</a>, a &#8220;child’s odds of developing Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) double every additional three years they play tackle football.&#8221;
“Having kids play before high school is just not worth the risk,” Favre <a href="https://concussionfoundation.org/Favre4Flag">said</a> in a statement. ​​​”CTE is a terrible disease, and we need to do everything we can to prevent it for the next generation of football players.”
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Is letting your child play tackle football before age 14 ever a good idea? Brett Favre says no. <a href="https://t.co/E6rav9nO1p">https://t.co/E6rav9nO1p</a> <a href="https://t.co/gOKjZAefO0">pic.twitter.com/gOKjZAefO0</a>
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Favre joined the crew at NBC on “<a href="https://www.today.com/video/brett-favre-urges-no-tackle-football-for-kids-under-14-in-new-psa-118859845821">Today</a>” to discuss his partnership as well as the impacts of CTE. 
“I don’t know what normal feels like,” Favre said when asked how he’s feeling. “Do I have CTE or early-onset? I really don’t know, but I can’t complain. I’m able to do and function as I please for the most part.” 
“Concussions are a very, very serious thing. And we’re just scraping the service of how severe they are and what are the repercussions.” 
Favre does not have sons of his own, but he does have three grandsons and he was asked what he would say to them about waiting until they’re 14 to play tackle football. 
“Well, they’re 11, 7, and 4, and have not mentioned playing football at all. I am not going to mention it as well. If they choose to play, I will support them, but I am not going to encourage them in any way to play. I’m just fearful of what concussions can do. And it only takes one … It’s just too risky.” 
“Concussions are going to happen. Whether it be the playground, in the car, elderly falling, sports,” Favre continued. “All sports have concussions. So, I’m not going to encourage them to play until there’s a treatment. Right now it’s all prevention and as we know, you can only do so much and concussions are going to happen.” 
The discovery of CTE has had a large impact on the way the game of football has been played over the past several years. Both college football and the NFL have made major rule changes with the intention of minimizing injuries to the head. 
The targeting rules in college football were implemented in 2013, with players that are flagged for the penalty being ejected from the game with an automatic 15-yard penalty. In the NFL, removing the use of the helmet when tackling has been a major focal point by the league. According to the NFL Communications <a href="https://nflcommunications.com/Documents/Fact%20Sheet%20-%20Use%20of%20the%20Helmet.pdf">website</a>: 
<blockquote>Contact does not have to be to an opponent&#8217;s head or neck area — lowering the head and initiating contact to an opponent&#8217;s torso, hips, and lower body, is also a foul. Violations of the rule will be easier to see and officiate when they occur in open space — as opposed to close line play — but this rule applies anywhere on the field at any time.</blockquote>
Favre has said that he probably had &#8220;thousands&#8221; of concussions in his playing career and that he does experience symptoms that can be attributed to the repeated blows to the head.
“I feel as though I’m lucky, to this point, but … I find that my short-term memory, someone I met six months ago, it has gotten a lot worse,” Favre <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/early-lead/wp/2018/04/12/brett-favre-says-he-suffered-probably-thousands-of-concussions/">said</a> in 2018. “Simple words that would normally come out easy in a conversation, I’ll stammer.”
Joe Morgan is the Sports Reporter for The Daily Wire. Most recently, Morgan covered the Clippers, Lakers, and the NBA for Sporting News. Send your sports questions to <a href="mailto:Sports@dailywire.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">sports@dailywire.com</a>.

Brett Favre Encourages Parents To Keep Kids Away From Tackle Football Until Age Fourteen

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