♪ ♪
>> Bomani: MICHAEL JORDAN ISLOOS
EVER GOING TO COME CLOSE TO HIS
SCORING RECORD AND HE WANTS TO
FIGHT THEM ALL.
>> YOU THINK MICHAEL JORDAN
COULD YOU TAKE ON GIANNI
LUKA?
>> Bomani: I THINK OF ALL HE
HAD TO DO WAS WORRY ABOUT
PLAYING THAT ONE GAME.
HE WOULD NEVER GET TO PLAY
ANOTHER GAME AGAIN AFTER
THIS ONE GAME, HE WOULD LIGHT
THEM ALL ON FIRE.
>> HE IS NOT LOSING.
IS HE PUTTING UP 50-60?
>> Bomani: DOING WHATEVER IT
TAKES TO NOT LOSE.
>> OKAY.
>> Bomani: IN BAGGY ASS JEANS,
WHATEVER IT TAKES.
[LAUGHTER]
♪ ♪
LAUSE]
>> Bomani: THANK YOU!
THU!
WELCOME TO "GAME THEORY."
A LOT OF THINGS HAPPENING IN THE
SPORTS WORLD THI.
BUT NOTHING'S GOT ME MORE WORKED
UP THAN THESE MEDIA DUDES TRYING
TO MINIMIZE THE GREATNESS OFTRI.
>> HONESTLY, IF PATRICK HOLMES
LOSES A FOURTH STRAIGHT GAME, HE
WILL HAVE TO BEND THE KNEE.
>> FIVE STRAIGHT FC TITLE GAMES
TO HE HAS ONLY WON TWO OF THOSE
FIVE.
>> MOST TALENTED QUARTERBACK IN
THE NFL, TAKEN FIRST PICK EVERY
SINGLE TIME.
WHEN IT COMES TO QUARTERBACKING
STUFF?
JOE BURROW IS THE BEST
QUARTERBACK IN THE NFL.
>> Bomani: YEAH, THAT'S LIKE
BEING LIKE SHAQ IS THE TALLEST,
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO BEING TALL?
LIKE, DOING THE MOST WITH YOUR
HEIGHT?
KEVIN HART, BABY.
[LAUGHTER]
MAHOMES IS HEADED TO HIS FIFTH
CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN
FIVE SEASONS.
PROBABLY GOING TO WIN HIS
SECOND MVP.
AND YOU OUT HERE TELLING ME THAT
JOE BURROW IS BETTER THAN HIM?
I MEAN, I KNOW JROW THINKS
HE IS BETTER THAN MAHOMES.
THAT IS PART OF HIS CHARM.
BUT IT'S ONLY COOL WHEN HE SAYS
IT.
OTHERWISE, YOU'RE JUST A HATER.
REMINDER THIS: WHEN THE SEAHAWKS
WERE DOMINATING THE PACKERS,
DID YOU HEAR ANYBODY SAY
RUSSELL WILSON WAS BETTER THAN
AARON RODGERS?
AND MAHOMES IS LIKE PRIME
AARON RODGERS, EXPE EXCEPT HE IS
JOIN A CULT.WAY LESS LIKELY
BUT I GET IT: IT GETS BORING
SAYING THE SAME THINGS.
THE MEDIA GOT TO GET ON TV AND
ARGUE ABOUT SOMETHING.
I MEAN, WE DID THEAME THING TO
TIGER WOODS.
DAVID DUVALL AND PHIL MICKELSON,
SOME KID AT YOUR GOLF CLUB YOU
SAW ONE TIME AND THOUGHT IT WAS
GOOD, IT'S LIKE SEEING SOMETHING
YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE MEANS
THERE HAS TO BE ANOTE
AROUND HERE SOMEWHERE.
THERE IS NOT.
WE DID THE SAME THING TO
SERENA WILLIAMS.
MARIA SHARAPOVA BEAT HER TWICE.
AND WE CREATED A WHOLE FAKE
DEBATE.
AND THEN THAT POOR RUSSIAN LADY
GOT DOGWALKED 19 TIMES IN A ROW.
[APPLAUSE]
SO, FOR MAHOMES, THE ONLY
SOLUTION APPARENTLY IS THE ONE
THHAEL JORDAN HAD: WIN THE
CHAMPIONSHIP EVERY YEAR.
BECAUSE IF THE BULLS HAD EVER
LOST TO THE CAVS, THEY'D HAVE
PUT MJ ON THR WITH
MARK PRICE OF
"SPORTS ILLUSTRATED,"
TALKING ABOUT, WHO YOU GOT?
BUT ALL YOU'RE DOING IS TAKING A
COOL WHITE DUDE LIKE JOE BURROW,
AND NOW YOU GOING TO MAKE BLACK
PEOPE HIM.
THEN WHO IS GOING TO TELL HIM
HOW TO DRESS?
[LAUGHTER]
ALSO, WE GOT A NEW MOVIE COMING
OUT ABOUT MICHAEL JORDAN.
KIND OF.
>> NIKE IS THE SUBJECT OF A NEW
MOVIE STARRING MATT DAMON AND
BEN AFFLECK.
"AIR" TELLS THE STORY ABOUT HOW
NIKE PARTNERED WITH
MICHAEL JORDAN TO CREATE ITS
FAMO JORDAN BRAND.
AFFLECK DIRECTED THE MOVIE AND
ALSO STARS AS NIKE FOUNDER
PHIL KNIGHT.
>> Bomani: HOW THE HELL YOU MAKE
A MOVIE ABOUT MJ'S SHOES BEFORE
YOU MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT MJ?
IT'S LIKE DOING A MOVIE ABOUT
BRUCE LEE BUT THROUGH THE EYES
OF THE DOJO CUSTODIAN.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT YOU SEE IT, YOU DOING THAT
"LAST SAMURAI" THING AGAIN, JUST
EXCUSE TO MAKE A MOVIE ABOUT
WHITE PEOPLE.
WHO HAPPEN TO BE DORKS.
THIS IS A CONTINUATION OF THE
WORST PART OF THAT WHOLE
"MONEYBALL" FASCINATION, PEOPLE
MORE INTERESTED IN THE SUITS
THAN THE ACTUAL PLAYERS.
I'VE GOT BAD NEWS FOR A LOT OF
YOU DORKS.
LIFE REALLY IS LIKE HIGH SCHOOL.
WHICH IS TO SAY, THE JOCKS ARE
COOLER THAN US.
[LAUGHTER]
THINK ABOUT MICHAEL JORDAN
PLAYING BASKETBALL.
THEN THINK ABOUT PHIL KNIGHT
MAKING A PRESENTATION TOHE
BOARD.
WHICH ONE OF THOSE THINGS SOUND?
[LAUGHTER]
NOW, I CAN THINK OF SOMETHING
WORSE THAN A MOVIE ABOUT THE
EXECUTIVES BEHIND
MICHAEL JORDAN: A MOVIE ABOUTMI.
[LAUGHTER]
JUST SCENE AFTER SCENE OF HIM
SAYING HOW HE COUL EVERY
PLAYER ON HIS TEAM, HIM BEING
RIGHT, BUT NOT SEEING HE
PROBLEM IS.
LAST BUT NOT LEAST: HOW 'BOUT
THEM COWBOYS?
>> COWBOY FANS.
IT'S A FAMILIAR FEELING,
DIFFERENT ROUTE.
SAME DESTINATION:
DISAPPOINTMENT.
HE LOCKER ROOM, ONCE FULL OF
HOPE, WAS A GHOST TOWN.
TRASH BAGS AND BOXES ARE NOT
STRONG ENOUGH TO CARRY THE
WEIGHT OF 27 YEARS.
THE LAST TIME THE COWBOYS MADE
IT PAST THE DIVISIONAL ROUND OF
THE PLAYOFFS.
>> I'M SO DISAPPOINTED FOR OUR
FANS.
WE'RE SICK.
IT'S SICK.
>> WHAT DID YOU THINK OF?
>> SICK.
>> Bomani: JERRY AIN'T BEEN
THAT SAD SINCE HIS PLAYERS WERE
KNEELING.
I GOT AN UNPOPULAR OPINION,
THOUGH.
I KIND OF LIKE COWBOYS FANS.
OH, NOBODY AGREES.
LOOK, ONLY THE RAIDERS FAN BASE
SEEMS TO BE DIVERSE, AND
COWBOYS FANS ARE ONLY HALF AS
TERRIFYING.
THEY ARE INCREDIBLY LOYAL.
CLEARLY!
[LAUGHTER]
THEY ARE BASICALLY THE LOVABLE
LOSERS OF THE NFL.
THEY'VE ILL GOT HOPE.
IT'S KIND OF SWEET.
THE PROBLEM IS, IT IS SO MANY
COWBOYS FANS.
AND MOST OF THEM ARE CHILLING.
THEY ARE NOT LIKE FANS.
KNICKS FANS GO ON A
THREE-GAME WINNING STREAK AND
SPIKE LEE HAS TO COVER HIS LAP
WITH A JACKET SO HE WON'T MAKE A
SCENE.
[LAUGHTER]
BUT I'M THINKING ABOUT YOU,
>> THANK YOU, I AM A COWBOYS
FAN.
>> Bomani: OH, I AM SORRY FOR
YOUR LOSS.
>> I HAVE BEEN HEARING THAT FOR
28 YEARS.
BEING A COWBOYS FAN IS LIKE
BEING A MAKE-A-WISH KID KNOWING
NO ONE IS COMING TO YOUR
HOSPITAL ROOM.
ON BEHALF OF COWBOY NATION, IF
Y'ALL COULD GIVE US PRIVACY
DURING THESE HARD TIMES, STOP
SENDING US MEMES.
WE'VE SEEN THEM ALL.
>> Bomani: I'VE GOT YOU.
CHECK WITH YOU IN 12 MONTHS AND
WE HAVE THE SAME CONVERSATION.
NOW A LOOK AHEAD.
>> "GAME THEORY," FEBRUARY 5TH,
THE DAY YOU WAKE UP THINKING IT
IS THE SUPER BOWL BEFORE
REALIZING IT IS ACTUALLY NEXT
WEEK.
ON FEBRUARY 11TH, YOUTUBER
TURNED BOXER JAKE PAUL WILL
ANNOUNCE WHICH OVER-THE-HILL
ATHLETE HE PLANS TO FIGHT NEXT.
>> HE REALLY IS THE CHOSEN ONE.
WE CHOSE HIM TO GET HIS ASS
BEAT.
>> ON FEBRUARY 14TH, IT IS
VALENTINE'S DAY, IT IS NOT
SPORTS-RELATED, BUT IF YOU MESS
THIS DAY OF ALL YOU WILL HAVE
LEFT HIS SPORT PLAYER.
ON FEBRUARY 18TH, IT IS THE 2023
NHL STADIUM SERIES.
YOU KNOW, THE DAY WE HAVE TO
PRETEND IT IS INTERESTING THEY
ARE PLAYING HOCKEY OUTSIDE.
>> THE SCENE IS QUITE COOL,
>> NO ONE CARES.
ALSO, ON FEBRUARY 18TH, THE
DAY ANTHONY DAVIS IS SHUT DOWN
FOR THE YEAR WITH HIS ANNUAL
SEASON-ENDING INJURY.
>> MAYBE GRABBING HIS BACK
THERE, RJ.
>> STREET CLOSE AD IS BACK,
BABY.
FINALLY, FEBRUARY 28TH, THE NFL
CELEBRATES NOT HAVING TO MENTION
A MORE BLACK HISTORY FACTS.
YOU DID GOL.
THAT IS THE "GAME THEORY"
CALENDAR FOR THE MONTH
OF FEBRUARY, AND AS ALWAYS, TALK
YOUR SHIP, BOMANI.
omani: ALL RIGHT,
TONIGHT'S GUEST IS A
HOST OF "GOOD MORNING, FOOTBALL"
ON THE NFL NETWORK, AND THE
PODCAST, "KYLE BRANDT'S
BASEMENT."
HE WAS ALSO A RUNNING BACK AT
PRINCETON, WHICH MEANS HE'S FAST
AND SMART!
WELL, THAT DOESN'T MEAN HE'S
FAST.
GIVE IT UP FOR KYLE BRANDT.
>> Kyle: I AM NOT THAT FAST!
I LOVE THIS CROWD, I LOVE THIS
SHOW.
I'M SO EXCITED FOR YOU.
VE NEVER BEEN ON HBO BEFORE.
I WAS RAISED ON HOME BOX OFFICE,
I LOVE IT, AND VERY EXCITED TO
BE H
>> Bomani: HE IS GOING TO DO
SOME REAL SEX STUFF ON HERE IT
IS GOING TO GET INCREDIBLY
WEIRD.
>> Kyle: FOR REAL, TAXICAB
CONFESSIONALS.
I AM SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.
>> Bomani: I AM GLAD TO HAVE
YOU, WE GO BACK.
>> Kyle: I AM THE KIND OF GUEST
THAT LISTENS TO THE OPENING
MOE, I'M NOT SITTING ON MY
PHONE.
THE FIRST PERSON WHO DOES NOT
LIKE JOE BURROW IN THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
>> Bomani: NO, NO, NO, DON'T
DO THIS.
IS IS WHAT I AM SAYING.
I ACTUALLY LOVE JOE BURROW.
LET ME TELL YOU, I SAW
JOE BURROW PLAY ONE GAME
HIS SENIOR YEAR AT LSU, THIS WAS
BEFORE EVERYBODY CAUGHT ON AND
RYAN CLARK COME LSU, TWO THINGS
ARE GOING TO HAPPEN.
IF THEY BEAT ALABAMA, JOE BURROW
IS GOING TO WIN THE HEISMAN AND
BE THE NUMBER ONE OVERALL PICK.
I'VE RIDDEN IT OUT.
JOE BURROW GOT UP AND SPOKE
ABOUT FOOD SCARCITY AT THE
HEISMAN CEREMONY, I AM ALL ABOUT
HIM, I LOVE ALL OF THE COCKINESS
AND EVERYTHING, BUT THE TV
PEOPLE GOING TO MAKE US HATE
JOE BURROW BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE
TO LIE!
WE CAN SAY HE IS REALLY, REALLY
GOOD, BUT THAT OTHERIS
JORDAN.
THERE HAS ONLY BEEN ONE OF THOSE
THAT WE HAVE EVER -- I HAVE
NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE
MAHOMES.
I MEAN, HAVE YOU?
>> Kyle: I THINK BURROW IS JOE
DUMAS AND CAN SLAP THE FLOOR IN
FRONT OF MIKE LIKE NOBODY.
I REALLY DO.
I DON'T KNOW IF ANYONE, HE WOULD
D MIKE UP.
I AM TALKING AN ACTUAL -
MAHOMES, FIVE STRAIGHT TITLE
GAMES, BURROW HAS BEEN STANDING
FOR TWO OF THEM, WON ONE OF THEM
AND I THINK IS GOING TO WIN
HER ONE THIS WEEKEND.
I DON'T THINK IT IS BLASPHEMOUS,
BOMANI, TO SAY, HOLD ON A
SECOND, WE NOW HAVE THE NEXT
HEIR APPARENT.
THEY HAVE A "GAME OF THRONES"
THING GOING ON.
>> Bomani: THEY CANNOT SAY
HEIR APPARENT TO YOU WHEN YOU'RE
27 YEARS OLD, HE IS ONLY 27 AND
WE ARE ALREADY LOOKING FOR THE
NEXT ONE!
JOE BURROW, BY THE WAY, IS 26.
>> Kyle: BUT HAVE YOU EVER SEEN
HIS CL BOMANI?
THEYERY COOL.
HIS DRIP CHECK IS OFF THE
CHARTS.
>> Bomani: TTHE THING,
EVERYTHING ABOUT JOE BURROW, I
REALLY JUST TOTALLY LOVE.
>> Kyle: PULLS THAT OFF WITH
THOSE CLOTHES?
>> Bomani: I CANNOT BELIEVE
PEOPLE'S ANY OF IT OFF.
I LIKE HIM.
EVERYTHING ABOUT HIM, ASIDE FROM
THE FOOD SCARCITY STUFF, THE
HEISMAN STUFF, COMPLETELY THE
OPPOSITE OF WHAT I WOULD
NORMALLY D, BUT
HE IS NOT CORNY WITH IT.
THEY ASK THAT MAN HOW LONG IS
THE WINDOW OPEN?
HE LOOKED AND SAID, AS LONG AS I
AM HERE, AND HE MEANT IT, AND I
AM LIKE, YEAH.
CHECKS OUT.
>> Kyle: THEY SAID, JOE, DO
YOU FEEL LIKE AN UNDERDOG IN
THIS GAME?
HE DIDN'T BLINK, I NEVER FEEL
LIKE AN UNDERDOG.
>> Bomani: TWHAT I'M
SAYING.
ME AND JOE BURROW, BOTH, WE
DON'T RELATE TO UNDERDOG.
>> Kyle: THAT IS HIS
"GAME THEORY."
>> Bomani:OING TO START
TELLING PEOPLE I AM JOE BURROW.
I NEED TO GET SOMEWHERE I CAN'T
GET, JOE BURROW.
THIS POSTSEASON IS INTERESTING
BECAUSE WE HAD A LOT OF -- I
GUESS CALL THEM BIG NAMES, WITH
COLLEGE IN PARTICULAR YOU TALK
ABOUT IT WHEN YOU GET THE BIG
BLUE BLOOD PROGRAMS THAT GET
THERE, BUT THIS IS NOT AN
UNDERDOG POSTSEASON IN THE NFL.
>> Kyle: THIS IS THE NCAA
TOURNAMENT, THE FOUR,
WE'VE GOT KANSAS AND KENTUCKY
AND DUKE AND MICHIGAN STATE, AND
I LIKE IT.
PEOPLE LOVE THE CINDERELLAS, WE
LOVE THEM FOR A MINUTE.
I LIKE MY VCUs AND GEORGE MASON,
FLORIDA GULF, AND THEN
LOSE BY 30 TO THE BIG DOGS.
THE JAGUARS ON THE GIANTS IN
NEW YORK.
SO ADORABLE, THE GIANTS GO TO
THE SUPER BOWL -- THEY GOT
HAMMERED AT HALFTIME, THE GAME
WAS OVER.
I DON'T LIKE THE CINDERELLAS, I
LIKE THE BEHEMOTHS.
>> Bomani: THE SAME WAY.
I DON'T RELATE TO UNDERDOG
SPIRIT I DON'T FEEL LIKE I HAVE
THAT MUCH IN COMMON WITH THEM,
TO BE PERFECTLY HONEST.
THAT'S WHAT THIS ALL COMES DOWN
TO, PEOPLE ARE LIKE, YOU'VE GOT
TO LOVE AN UNDERDOG.
I DON'T SEE MYSELF WHEN I SEE
THE UNDERDOG.
>> Kyle: NO, IOU AS THE
1 SEED.
THAT'S WHY I'M HERE.
>> Bomani: LAST THING, WHEN
ARE YOU ON BROCK PURDY MANIA?
>> Kyle: OH...
I'M IN.
I AM IN.
DO YOU KNOW THE THINGS THIS
GENTLEMAN IS DOING?
AS A ROOKIE, LET'S JUST LOOK AT
SOME OF THE GREAT PEOPLE WE HAVE
IN THIS LEAGUE, AS THEY ROOKIE,
JOE MONTANA WAS MAKING CAMEO ON
THE FIELD AND HANDING OFF TO
O.J. SIMPSON.
PEYTON MANNING, DAN MARINO
KNOCKED OUT OF THE PLAYOFFS,
TOM BRADY THROWING ONE COMPL
PASS TO A GUY NAMED ROD
RUTLEDGE, WHO SOUNDS LIKE
STAR AND YOU CAN LOOK IT UP,
BROCK PURDY CAN'T LOSE A GAME
AND HE IS ONE GAME FROM A FIRST
ROOKIE EVER TO WIN THE
SUPER BOWL, I THINK HE IS LIKE
THE JOHN STARK OF THE NFL RIGHT
NOW, HE HAS THE CHOSEN ONE.
>> Bomani: YO, I WANT TO SEE
HOW THIS GOES BECAUSE I CANNOT
SEE HOW GUY LIKE THAT CAN
GO WITHOUT WETTING HIS PANTS.
WE'RE JUST ASKING FOR A LOT OF A
YOUNG GUY.
>> Kyle: HE'S HOLDING IT AND
HOLDING IT.
>> Bomani: GOOD FOR HIM.
BECAUSE I DON'T WANT TO HATE, I
REALLY DON'T.
AT THE SAME TIME, IS LIKE THAT
EMMY I GOT, I DIDN'T WIN THAT
EMMY, I JUST GOT IT.
I WAS JUST A NAME ON THECREDITS.
>> Kyle: BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.
>> Bomani: KYLE BRANDT,
"GOOD MORNING, FOOTBALL."
>> Kyle: LOVE YOU GUYS!
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bomani: SO, WHAT IS THE MOST
MONEY WOULD TAKE FROM A STRANGER
WITHOUT ASKING QUESTIONS?
>> WITHOUT ASKING QUESTIONS?
I WOULD TAKE ANYTHING IN THE
THOUSANDS.
>> $50,000.
>> Bomani: 50?
>> LIKE 15,000?
IF I COULD GET AWAY WITH IT, WHY
WOULDN'T I?
>> Bomani: JUST ROLL UP TO YOU
RIGHT NOW, YOU LOOK COOL, 15 Gs.
>> I WILL KEEP WALKING.
IT IS NOT MY BUSINESS TO ASK
WHERE THIS MONEY CAME FROM.
>> I WOULD TAKE A MILLION
DOLLARS.>> Bomani: A MILLION DO?
>> I WOULD TAKE A MILLION, YEAH.
>> Bomani: IF IT WAS FROM A
SHADY DRUG DEALER, A MILLION
DOLLARS, STILL TAKE THE MONEY?
>> STILL TAKE THE MONEY AND THEN
RUN.
YOU'VE GOT TO RUN.
>> IS THIS CARTEL OR
DRUG-RELATED?
I AM LEAVING.
IF THE MONEY EVEN SMELLS LIKE
COCAINE, I AM OUT, LEAVING IT ON
THE FLOOR.
>> Bomani: $5 MILLION,
SUPPOSED TO GO TO AN ORPHANAGE
BUT NOW IT IS COMING TO YOU.
>> OH...
ARE THE KIDS UGLY?
>> Bomani: I MEAN, SOMEBODY
GAVE THEM AWAY.
WOULD YOU TAKE $5 MILLION, NO
QUESTION ASKED, MISSISSIPPI
WELFARE FUND?
>> NO.
>> THAT IS GOING TO BE A HARD
NO.
>> YOU GET MISSISSIPPI WELFARE
FUND, FOR THE PUBLIC?
NO, NO, NO, YOU CAN'T DO THAT,
THAT IS FOR THE PEOPLE.
>> I MEAN, BRETT FAVRE GOT AWAY
WITH IT.
LLEGEDLY.
>> IS HE GOING TO JAIL?
I'M CONFUSED.
>> Bomani: YOU REALLY THINK
THEY GOING TO PUT HIM IN JAIL
FOR THAT?
>> NO, HE'S GOING TO BE FREE,
YEAH, YEAH.
>> Bomani: IF LAMAR JACKSON
TOOK WELFARE FUNDS FROM STATE
OF MISSISSIPPI THAT HE COULD GET
AWAY WITH IT?
>> HIS NAME IS "LAMAR,"
THAT'S CRIME NUMBER ONE.
HE'S GOING TO JAIL.THEY MIGHT DG
THE WELFARE FUNDS TO PUT HIM IN.
[LAUGHTER]
THAT AIN'T MY PROBLEM.GOOD LUCK.
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bomani: ALL RIGHT.
ANYTIME I WANT TO TELL THE TRUTH
ABOUT SOME BLACK PERSON Y'ALL
LIKE AND Y'ALL DON'T WANT TO
HEAR IT, SOMEBODY JUMPS UP LIKE,
"WHAT ABOUT BRETT FAVRE?"
TONIGHT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
BRETT FAVRE.
[APPLAUSE]
YEAH, YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING ON
IT.
AS A QUARTERBACK, THE DUDE THREW
FOR OVER 70,000 YARDS, WON A
SUPER BOWL RING, THREE
CONSECUTIVE MVPS, AND SOMEHOW
STARTED EVERY FOOTBALL GAME FOR
18 YEARS.
HE BUILT UP A LEGACY AS DARING,
RECKLESS, AND OBSESSED WITH
WRANGLER JEANS.
AND ALSO...
BEING BELOVED BY SOME OF THE
WORST WHITE DUDES IN THE
COUNTRY.
>> BRETT FAVRE.
ONE OF THE GREAT QUARTEBN
NFL HISTORY.
ALSO A GREAT GUY, IT TURNS OUT.
>> ALWAYS LOVED BRETT FAVRE.
>> ALWAYS A BIG FAN OF YOURS.
>> HE'S KE A SUPERHERO.
YOU SEE SOME OF THE SHOTS HE'D
TAKE AND BOUNCE BACK UP, KEEP
PLAYING.
>> THIS IS PART OF HIS LEGEND.
YOU COULD NOT KNOCK BRETT FAVRE
OUT OF A GAME.
>> HE'S THE TOUGHEST
MOTHER[BLEEP] THAT EVER LIVED
AND HE'S SEXY [BLEEP].
>> WE LOVE BRETT FAVRE.
WHAT A GREAT GUY.
HE'S A TOUGH COOKIE.
HE'S A TOUGH GUY.
GREAT, GREAT GUY.
>> Bomani: I DON'T WANT TO BRAG,
BUT I THINK THAT'S THE WORST
ASSORTMENT OF PEOPLE WE'VE EVER
PUT INTO ONE MONTAGE.
[LAUGHTER]
EVEN THOUGH FAVRE TOOK A LOT OF
HITS ON THE FIELD, HIS GREATEST
LEGACY IS AVOIDING CONSEQUENCES
OFF OF IT.
THAT'S WHAT MAKES FAVRE THE
ALL-AMERICAN QUARTERBACK.
AND IT'S NOT LIKE THIS IS SOME
REVELATION -- HE'S BEEN OPEN
ABOUT HIS BAD BEHAVIOR.
DAMN NEAR PRIDEFUL.
>> HE WAS A 248-POUND, LIFE OF
THE PARTY, LAMPSHADE-WEARING GUY
WITHOUT ANY INDICATION THAT HE
WAS GOING TO GROW UP OR MATURE.
>> BRETT!
BRETT!
>> I SHOT MY OLDER BROTHER IN
THE CHIN WITH A BB GUN.
I HIT HIM ONE TIME WITH A BRICK.
HAD TO RUSH HIM TO THE HOSPITAL.
>> WHEN WE WERE LITTLE, AFTER
SCHOOL, WE WOULD GO SNEAK INTO
THE CAFETERIA AND STEAL MILK.
WE'D SAK INTO THE LOCKER ROOM,
WE'D STEAL GATORADE.
OR WE'D STEAL JOCKS OR SOCKS AND
ALL THIS STUFF BECAUSE WE WANTED
TO BE LIKE THE GROWN UPS.
>> Bomani: I MEAN, WHO CAN
FORGET BEING A KID?
RUNNING AROUND WITH A BELLY FULL
OF GATORADE AND MILK,
WEARING NOTHING BUT A JOCK STRAP
AND SOCKS, AND TRYING TO KILL
YOUR BROTHER?
ALSO, WHAT GROWNUPS ARE YOU
TRYING TO BE LIKE?
DID YOU GROW UP AROUND A BAND
OF THIEVES?
BUT IF LIL BRETT COULD ONLY SEE
WHAT ADULT BRETT'S BEEN UP TO,
HE WOULD BE SO PROUD.
>> A NEW DEVELOPMENT IN
LARGEST WELFARE SCANDAL IN
MISSISSIPPI HISTORY.
"CBS NEWS" HAS EXCLUSIVELY
OBTAINED TEXT MESSAGES AND
DOCUMENTS THATCT THE PLAN
TO DIVERT MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN
WELFARE FUNDS TO PET PROJECTS OF
HALL OF FAME QUARTERBACK
BRETT FAVRE.
>> Bomani: YEAH, BRETT'S CAUGHT
UP IN THE LARGEST WELFARE
SCANDAL IN MISSISSIPPI HISTORY.
OVER $77 MILLION WERE DIVERTED
AWAY FROM POOR PEOPLE.
AND GIVEN TO JUST ABOUT
YBODY ELSE.
AND TONIGHT, WE'RE GONNA TALK
ABOUT THE WELFARE SCANDAL.
'CAUSE, BRUH.
BRUH.
YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW CRAZY THIS
REALLY IS.
LIKE, FAVRE RECEIVED
$1.1 MILLION FOR SPEECHES HE
NEVER GAVE.
PIH, MAYBE WELFARE REALLY DOES
UNDERMINE YOUR WORK ETHIC.
HE ALSO HAPPENBE THE
LARGEST OUTSIDE INVESTOR IN
PREVACUS, ONE OF TWO
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES THAT
RECEIVED $2 MILLION IN WELFARE
FUNDS.
AND THE PRODUCT THESE COMPANIES
MADE WAS "A NASAL SPRAY TO TREAT
CONCUSSIONS."
WHICH SOUNDS LIKE A PITCH GRONK
WOULD MAKE ON "SHARK TANK."
HE ALSO TEXTED WITH
THEN-GOVERNOR PHIL BRYANT ABOUT
IT.
A MAN WITH AN INTERESTING TASTE
IN IDIOMS.
>> FAVRE WAS THE DRUG COMPANY'
BIGGEST OUTSIDE INVESTOR AND
USED HIS CLOUT TO URGE
MISSISSIPPI'S THEN-GOVERNOR
PHIL BRYANT TO SPEND MILLIONS OF
TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO TEST THE
UNPROVEN DRUG.
FAVRE WROTE, "IT'S 3RD & LONG
AND WE NEED YOU TO MAKE IT
HAPPEN."
"I WILL OPEN A HOLE," BRYANT
RESPONDED.
>> Bomani: I MEAN, HE THINKS
HE'S TALKING ABOUT FOOTBALL, BUT
IT SOUNDS LIKE HE JUST
DOWNLOADED GRINDR.
NOW, ALL THE MONEY THAT
SCANDAL CAME FROM A NONPROFIT
THAT WAS IN CHARGE OF DISPERSING
WELFARE FUNDS, WHICH WAS RUN BY
A WOMAN NAMED NANCY NEW.
NOW, BOTH FAVRE AND BRYANT CLAIM
THEY DIDN'T KNOW THE SOURCE OF
THE $2 MILLION WAS FROM WELFARE.
BUT -- AND IT IS A SIR MIX-A-LOT
BIG "BUT" -- ONE OF THE PEOPLE
FAVRE LOBBIED FOR THE MONEY WAS
JON DAVIS, WHO WAS, AT THE TIME,
THE HEAD OF MISSISSIPPI'S
WELFARE DEPARTMENT.
AND CURRENTLY, HE IS HEADED TO
PRISON FOR HIS ROLE IN THE WIDER
WELFARE SCANDAL.
NOW, HOW DID HE END UP IN CHARGE
OF THE WELFARE DEPARTMENT IN THE
FIRST PLACE?
HE WAS APPOINTED TO THIS
POSITION BY NONE OTHER THAN:
PHIL "WHERE THE HOLES AT?"
BRYANT.
ANIF ALL THAT SOUNDS REALL
SUSPICIOUS, IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE
IT IS REALLY SUSPICIOUS.
AND THIS WASN'T EVEN THE FIRST
TIME WELFARE MONEY ENDED UP
GOING TO ONE OF FAVRE'S PET
PROJECTS.
>> NFL HALL-OF-FAMER BRETT FRE
IS FACING QUESTIONS OF WHETHER
HE KNOWINGLY TOOK $5 MILLION OF
STATE WELFARE MONEY TO BUILD A
NEW VOLLEYBALL FACILITY FOR HIS
DAUGHTER'S TEAM FIVE YEARS AGO
AT HER UNIVERSITY AND HIS
ALMA MATER.
FAVRE'S ATTORNEYS ARE DENYING
THAT HE EVERHE WAS
RECEIVING WELFARE MONEY.
>> Bomani: AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I CAN BELIEVE HE DID NOT KNOW
$5 MILLION IN WELFARE MONEY WAS
BEING FUNNELED INTO A VOLLEYBALL
ARENA AT HIS DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL.
YOU SEE HOW MUCH HE PUT ON TEXT,
HIS DUMB ASS DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW
CELL PHONES WORK.
HE MIGHT BELIEVE ANYTHING.
THOUGH FOR SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T
"KNOW" WHERE THIS MONEY WAS
COMING, FAVRE SURE WAS NERVOUS
ABOUT PEOPLE FINDING OUT.
>> COURT DOCUMENTS FILED IN
JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, SHOW IN
2017 BRETT FAVRE TEXTING, "IF
YOU WERE TO PAY ME, IS THERE ANY
WAY THE MEDIA CAN FIND OUT WHERE
IT CAME FROM AND HOW MUCH?"
THE TEXTS ARE BETWEEN FAVRE AND
NANCY NEW, WHO -- AT THE TIME --
RAN THE MISSISSIPPI COMMUNITY
EDUCATION CENTER, A NONPROFIT IN
JACKSON.
MONTHS LATER, FAVRE TEXTING IN
PART, "NANCY, SANTA CAME TAY
AND DROPPED SOME MONEY OFF."
SMILEY FACE, SMILEY FACE.
>> Bomani: YOU'VE GOT TO
IMAGINE THIS IS THE FIRST
WELFARE FRAUD CASE WHERE A
SMILEY FACE EMOJI PLAYS SUCH A
BIG PART.
BUT HEY, MAN, YOU SORT OF ADMIRE
BRETT FOR TEXTING ABOUT ALL OF
THIS.
IT'S THAT RECKLESSNESS
THAT LED TO HIM BEING THE
ALL-TIME LEADER IN
INTERCEPTIONS.
BUT YOU CAN'T ACT THIS HEEDLESS
WHEN YOU'RE GONNA KEEP DOING
WILD STUFF HERE.
THAT WOULD BE LIKE ALEC BALDWIN
SHOWING UP ON SET AND TELLING
EVERYONE HE IS READY TO SHOOT.
NANCY NEW, WHO IS GOING TO
PRISON FOR HER ROLE IN THE WIDER
WELFARE SCANDAL, SHE SAID YES TO
FAVRE, AND SHE SAID YES FOR ONE
ON.
HE'S BRETT LORENZO FAVRE!
IF HE WAS JUST SOME REGULAR RICH
GUY, PEOPLE OVERSEEING THE
STATE'S WELFARE MONEY MIGHT HAVE
THOUGHT TWICE ABOUT FUNNELING
WELFARE FUNDS TO PROJECTS THAT
SURE DON'T SEEM LIKE THEY ARE
ABOUT WELFARE.
BUT WHEN IRON MAN SAYS, "I NEED
$5 MILLION," YOU SAY,
"VENMO OR CASHAPP?"
GHTER]
THAT GETS TO THE PART THAT'S
BIGGER THAN BRETT FAVRE.
THE WELFARE SYSTEM IN AMERICA.
IN 1996, A PROGRAM CALLED "TANF"
WAS ESTABLISHED AS PART OF THE
NEW AMERICAN WELFARE SYSTEM.
TANF: TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR
NEEDY FAMILIES.
NOW, TANF SOUNDS GREAT IN
THEORY.
NEEDY FAMILIES SHOULD RECEIVE
GOVERNMENT ASSISTANCE.
BUT THE WELFARETEM IS NOT
DESIGNED TO HELP POOR PEOPLE.
'CAUSE STATES ARE NOT EVEN
LEGALLY REQUIRED TO SPEND ALL
THEIR TANFONEY ON NEEDY
FAMILIES.
SO, THEY DON'T.
EACH YEAR, THE STATE OF
MISSISSIPPI RECEIVES
$86.5 MILLION IN TANF FUNDS FOR
ITS NEARLY 3 MILLION CITIZENS.
IN 2021, THERE WERE OVER
HALF A MILLION MISSISSIPPIANSVIY
BUT IN THAT SAME YEAR, THERE
WERE ONLY 222 ADULTS RECEIVING
TANF IN THE ENTIRE STATE.
THAT'S LESS THAN ONE-THOUSANDTH
OF 1% OF THE STATE'S ADULTS.
THERE ARE MORE "Rs" IN A
MISSISSIPPI N-WORD THAN TANF
RECIPIENTS.
IT HONESTLFEELS LIKE THE TANF
APPLICATION PORTAL IN THE STATE
IS JUST A BLANK SCREEN THAT SAYS
"NAH, BRUH."
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES NOT
TRACK WHATTATES DO WITH
TANF MONEY THAT DOESN'T GO TO
THE POOR, AND NEITHER DOES THE
STATE OF MISSISSIPPI.
AND IN THAT GRAY AREA...
THINGS HAPPEN.
LIKE SLUSH FUNDS.
AND IN THE CASE OF MISSISSIPPI,
WE KNOW PLENTY OF PLACES WHERE
THE STATE SAYS THE SLUSH FUND
MONEY WENT.
>> THE MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF
HUMAN SERVICES IS SUING 38
PEOPLE AND COMPANIES FOR
SQUANDERING WELFARE MONEY.
>> INCLUDING PROMINENT NAMES
LIKE FORMER NFL PLAYER
BRETT FAVRE.
>> FORMER NFL RUNNING BACK
MARCUS DUPREE, FORMER LINEBACKER
PAUL LACOSTE, RETIRED WWE
WRESTLER TED "THE MILLION-DOLLAR
MAN" DiBIASE, SR., AND HIS TWO
SONS.
>> EVERYBODY HAS A PRICE FOR THE
MILLION-DOLL.
>> Bomani: I USED TO LOVE THAT
GUY.
FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW,
TED DiBIASE, AKA "THE
MILLION-DOLLAR MAN," WAS A
FAMOUS PRO WRASSLER.
AND EVEN HE WAS CAUGHT UP IN
THIS GOVERNMENT SCANDAL.
WHICH WOULD BE LIKE FINDING OUT
SOMEHOW THAT HULK HOGAN WAS
SHOT JFK.
BUT IT'S NOT JUST TED DIBIONG TT
WERE: JOHN DAVIS -- REMEMBER
HIM?
HE ALSO FUNNELED MILLIONS OF
FUNDS.
AND JOHN DAVIS' BROTHER-IN-LAW,
BRIAN SMITH.
AND JOHN DAVIS' NEPHEW,
AUSTIN SMITH.
THE MISSISSIPPI WELFARE FUND
SHOULD HAVE GONE BY THE NAME
OF THE "DAVIS FAMILY REUNION!"
BUT THERE'S ACTUALLY ANOTHER
SPORTS LEGEND INVOLVED IN THIS:
THE GREATEST FOOTBALL PLAYER
THAT NEVER WAS.
>> MARCUS DUPREE IS SPEAKING OUT
ANNDING HIMSELF AGAINST
ALLEGATIONS AGAINST HIM IN A
WELFARE FRAUD CASE IN HIS HOME
STATE OFSSIPPI.
>> MARCUS WAS WORKING FOR
PEOPLE WHO CLEARLY WEREN'T GOOD
ACTORS IN THIS.
WHAT THEY WERE DOING OR
ATTEMPTING TO DO IS ATTEMPTING
TO SET UP AN EQUINE THERAPY
HORSE FARM, RIGHT?
AND THEY WANTED MARCUS TO RUN IT
BECAUSE HE'S GOT HIS EXPERIENCE
WITH HORSES AND, FRANKLY, THEY
KNOW THAT HORSE THERAPY IS GOOD
THERAPY.
>> Bomani: YOU KNOW YOUR
THERAPIST RAN OUT OF ANSWERS
WHEN THEY'RE LIKE "I'M GOING TO
PRESCRIBE YOU A HORSE."
MARCUS DUPREE WAS ONCE THE MOST
SOUGHT-AFTER RECRUIT IN HIGH
SCHOOL FOOTBALL HISTORY.
HE EVEN BRIEFLY WENT TO
SOUTHERN MISS.
THE SAME SCHOOL WHERE
BRETT FAVRE WENT.
AND JOHN DAVIS.
AND NANCY NEW.
AND PHIL BRYANT.
BUT EVEN THOUGH MARCUS MIGHT
HAVE RECEIVED MISSISSIPPI
WELFARE FUNDS FOR A HORSE
THERAPY RANCH, HE BELIEVES THAT
HE'S BEING IMPD IN ALL OF
THIS FOR A DIFFERENT REASON.
>> YOU GOT MONEY, $371
YOU WERE SUPPOSED TO DO THINGS
FOR THE STATE.
WORK WITH KIDS, EQUINE THERAPY.
WORKING WITH HORSES.
>> YES.
>> SPEECHES.
STATEMENTS.AND THE STATE SAYS IT
HAPPEN.
DO YOU SAY?
>> I SAY THEY DIDN'T DO ANY
RESEARCH.
I WANT YOU TO ANSWER THIS FOR
ME.
WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SEEN
A WHITE MAN GIVE A BLACK MAN A
MILLION DOLLARS NOT TO DO
NOTHING?
[LAUGHTER]
>> Bomani: THAT'S A PRETTY GOOD
POINT.
NOW LET ME PLAY DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
FOR A SECOND.
MARCUS DUPREE BEING ABLE TO
RECEIVE THIS WELFARE MONEY MIGHT
BE SOCIAL PROGRESS!
SAY THAT AND WAS LIKE, "YEAH,
THAT'S REASONABLE DOUBT."
MEDGER EVERS DREAMA DAY
THAT SOMEONE LIKE MARCUS DUPREE
COULD BUILD A RANCH OFF
MISAPPROPRIATERNMENT MONEY
IN MISSISSIPPI -- AND DO NOTHING
WITH IT.
NORMALLY THAT KIND OF STUFF IS
JUST FOR RICH WHITE FOLKS.
LOOK, THIS WHOLE MISSISSIPPI
WELFARE SCANDAL REALLS
LIKE A SOUTHERN "OCEAN'S ELEVEN"
MOVIE.
MINUS THE FAMOUS ACTORS AND
YOU KNOW, GENERAL COMPETENCE,
PLUS A BUNCH OF HORSES.
AND OF COURSE: BRETT FAVRE.
AND LOOK, FAVRE HAS SAID ALL
ALONG HE DID NOTHING WRONG.
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE THE MONEY
WAS COMING FROM, AND THAT STATE
OFFICIALS ARE THE ONES
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DISBURSEMENT
OF WELFARE MONEY.
HE GAVE BACK THE $1.1 MILLION,
AND HE HASN'T BEEN CHARGED WITH
A CRIME.
BUT I DO KNOW HE IASING A
BOOK SOON.
"IF I DID IT: CONFESSIONS OF A
WELFARE QUEEN."
[LAUGHTER]
LET'S BE REAL: FAVRE'S NEVER
FACED ANY SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS.
THERE WAS THE MASSAGE THERAPIST
SCANDAL, AND THE RUMOR OF DRUNK
DRIVING IN COLLEGE, AND THE BIG
ONE...
SO TO SPEAK.
>> JENN STERGER MET FAVRE IN
2008 WHEN SHE WORKED AS A
SIDELINE REPORTER FOR THE
NEW YORK JETS.
Deadspin.com REPORTS HE GOT
INED AND STARTED LEAVING
HER SUGGESTIVE VOICEMAILS.
IN ADDITION TO THE MESSAGES,
STERGER WAS REPORTEDLY SENT
TEXTS WITH NUDE PHOTOS OF A
MAN'S PRIVATE PARTS.
>> Bomani: I AM TELLING YOU!
THIS MAN DOES NOT KNOW HOW
TEXTING WORKS.
BUT THAT'S THE THING.
IN THIS COUNTRY, YOU SLIP ON
THAT HALL OF FAME JACKET, IT'S
PRETTY EASY TO OVERLOOK
EVERYTHING ELSE.
'CAUSE WHAT TRULY MAKES
BRETT FAVRE "BRETT FAVRE" IS
THAT HE CAN GET ACCESS TO MONEY
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO POOR
PEOPLE...
IN THE POOREST STATE IN THE
COUNTRY...
AND THE ONLY FALLOUT IS HIS
SIRIUS XM RADIO SHOW GETS
TEMPORARILY SUSPENDED.
BEING GOOD AT FOOTBALL MADE
BRETT FAVRE AN ALL-PRO.
BUT SUFFERING ZERO CONSEQUENCES
FOR DESPICABLE ACTIONS?
WHAT MAKES HIM AN
ALL-AMERICAN.
AND BRETT, IF YOU ARE WATCHING
ALONG AT HOME ON A
MISAPPROPRIATED HBOMAX ACCOUNT,
WE HOPE YOU LIKE TO THE SHOW!
GOOD NIGHT!
[APPLAUSE]
>> Bomani: YOU THINK ANYBODY
IN YOUR FAMILY LOVES YOU ENOUGH
TO TAKE $5 MILF WELFARE
MONEY TO BUILD YOU A VOLLEYBALL
COURT?
>> NO, MY MOM IS A CHRISTIAN SO
SHE WOULD NOT DO THAT AT ALL.
YOU KNOW, I DO HAVE A SCHEMING
UNCLE, HE MIGHT DO IT.
>> Bomani: HOW MAD WOULD YOU
BE IF YOUR SCHEMING UNCLE TOOK
$5 MILLION AND WAS LIKE, "HERE,
BABY, A VOLLEYBALL COURT?"
>> I WOULD TURN HIS ASKED IN, NO
WAY.
I WOULD TURN HIM AND MYSELF.
>> Bomani: TELL SOMEBODY ABOUT
THEM A $5 MILLION GIFT, IT AIN'T
A BOAT, YOU KNOW WHAT I'M
SAYING?
DIAMOND, IT
IS A VOLLEYBALL COURT.
>> I DON'T EVEN PLAY VOLLEYBALL.
LIKE, I DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO
WITH VOLLEYBALL.
HE NEEDS TO PAY BACK MORE MONEY
TO THOSE PEOPLE, THAT IS WHAT HE
NEEDS DO.
>> Bomani: ALLEGEDLY.
I DOEN KNOW IF I NEED TO
SAY "ALLEGEDLY," BUT WE JUST NOT
GOING TO COURT OVER THIS.
♪ ♪