FILE - Former NFL football player and current sports analyst Shannon Sharpe poses at a special screening of the Netflix documentary film "The Redeem Team," Sept. 22, 2022, at Netflix Tudum Theater in Los Angeles. Lawyers for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will ask a federal appeals court Tuesday, July 9, 2024, to revive a defamation lawsuit Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football of Fame member, tight end Shannon Sharpe, amid the backdrop of a Mississippi welfare scandal. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)
FILE - Former NFL football quarterback Brett Favre speaks with reporters prior to his induction to the Mississippi Hall of Fame, Aug. 1, 2015, in Jackson, Miss. Lawyers for retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre will ask a federal appeals court Tuesday, July 9, 2024, to revive a defamation lawsuit Favre filed against a fellow Pro Football of Fame member, tight end Shannon Sharpe, amid the backdrop of a Mississippi welfare scandal. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)