"Everyone is talking about Brett Favre stealing from poor Mississippians but fail to mention rich b***h Tom Brady got millions in PPP money" - Fans raise questions over Buccaneers QB's PPP loan

Today is an age of constant comparisons. It is not good enough to be great on the field, as Tom Brady is finding out to his chagrin, but one must also have a spotless record off it. Many feel it is vital to keep public personalities in check, so that issues like Brett Favre using public money for private gain are caught well in advance.

Favre used his connections with the Mississippi establishment to reroute money from welfare funds to get a volleyball court built in the university where his daughter was enrolled.

Tom Brady, on the other hand, received a loan out of the paycheck protection program (PPP) during the COVID pandemic even though his net worth is estimated to be upward of $250 million.

He received $960,855 on April 15, 2020, for his company TB12. The loan has since been forgiven, even though there are no records that show if the pandemic affected his business in any way.

It leaves a sour taste considering that he got a loan of nearly $1 million when other businesses that did not have such rich benefactors went under.

NFL fans did not hold back from criticizing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback for his actions:

Tom Brady and Brett Favre not the only ones to game the system

Rich people gaming the system is a tale as old as time. Tom Brady and Brett Favre aren't the first to get ensnared in a scandal, and they certainly will not be the last.

There have been instances of players defrauding the Gene Upshaw NFL Player Health Reimbursement Account Plan, which was set up for the benefit of players to take care of their health care needs that were not covered by insurance. A total of 15 players pled guilty to misusing the service.

The NFL itself, as an organization, has not been immune from using its reach to benefit itself. While football's impact on CTE was being studied, the league allegedly tried to interfere with the scientific findings to paint itself in a better light.

One hopes that the opprobrium that Brett Favre and Tom Brady have received will be enough to dissuade those who think of cheating the system in the future. Knowing human nature, though, these will not be the last cases.