Jerry Rice HOF Hypocrite?

Jerry Rice admits to cheating, says everyone did it
With Hall of Fame receiver Jerry Rice applying an asterisk to New England’s latest Super Bowl win, Patriots fans will now apply 1,549 asterisks to Jerry Rice’s career achievements.

On Friday, PFT pointed out (at the behest of multiple Patriots fans) a recent admission from Rice that he applied stickum to his gloves.

“I know this might be a little illegal, guys, but you put a little spray, a little stickum on them, to make sure that texture is a little sticky,” Rice said with a laugh as part of an ESPN feature regarding the evolution of gloves.

At a time when many were expecting Rice to claim that his words were taken out of context or that he was joking, Rice has taken to Twitter to admit that he did it, and that it was more than “a little illegal.”

“I apologize ppl after doing my research about stickum!,” Rice said.  “The NFL banned this in 1981.  All players did it! #equalplayingfield.”

The banishment of stickum sparked the increased use of gloves.  Rice, who was drafted by the 49ers four years after stickum became an illegal substance, enhanced the gloves with stickum.

“I’m going to be point blank, I feel like it’s cheating,” Rice told Jim Rome on January 22 regarding the current controversy regarding whether the Patriots deflated footballs.  “Because you have an edge up on your opponent and it’s unfortunate that it happened.  I’m not saying the outcome of the game would have been different or anything like that because they got beat 45-7, but they still had an edge.”

By claiming that “All players did it!” regarding stickum use, Rice is trying to create the impression that he didn’t have an edge.  Regardless, it’s now clear that the greatest receiver of all time cheated — and it’s hard not to wonder whether Rice discovered the glove-stickum combo at some point during a rocky rookie season that featured nearly enough drops to get him benched.

Indeed, Rice at one point in 1985 ditched his glove and went back to catching footballs bare-handed.

“I had to get back to my hands,” Rice said in 1985, from a 2006 item by Mike Tanier of FootballOutsiders.com.  “My hands got me here.”

At some point, Rice got back to his gloves.  And he started putting stickum on them.  And his gloves with stickum helped get him to Canton.

ESPN may not be saying much about Jerry Rice’s admission of cheating via the use of stickum, but one of its primary NFL analysts is.

“I never used #StickumGate , and @JerryRice isn’t speaking about me or for me,” Hall of Famer Cris Carter recently said on Twitter.

Carter elaborated earlier Monday: “God made my hands, he put #StickumGate on them, never a need to use anything but my God giving talent, and perfect it with a Jugs machine.”

So while no former receivers have come forward to say that, yes, they used stickum, too, one guy has said clearly and unequivocally that he didn’t.

Let’s see if any other receivers from the ’80s, ’90s, or more recently have anything to add, one way or the other.

MASTRxOFxPUPPETZ wrote:Banish him from the HOF...always thought he was overated POS....knew he was a lo down scum fucker ....I hate everything, fuck him...i hope the league does something about it.

RSoxGuy wrote:LINK

Jerry Rice admits to cheating, says everyone did it
With Hall of Fame receiver Jerry Rice applying an asterisk to New England’s latest Super Bowl win, Patriots fans will now apply 1,549 asterisks to Jerry Rice’s career achievements.

On Friday, PFT pointed out (at the behest of multiple Patriots fans) a recent admission from Rice that he applied stickum to his gloves.

“I know this might be a little illegal, guys, but you put a little spray, a little stickum on them, to make sure that texture is a little sticky,” Rice said with a laugh as part of an ESPN feature regarding the evolution of gloves.

At a time when many were expecting Rice to claim that his words were taken out of context or that he was joking, Rice has taken to Twitter to admit that he did it, and that it was more than “a little illegal.”

“I apologize ppl after doing my research about stickum!,” Rice said.  “The NFL banned this in 1981.  All players did it! #equalplayingfield.”

The banishment of stickum sparked the increased use of gloves.  Rice, who was drafted by the 49ers four years after stickum became an illegal substance, enhanced the gloves with stickum.

“I’m going to be point blank, I feel like it’s cheating,” Rice told Jim Rome on January 22 regarding the current controversy regarding whether the Patriots deflated footballs.  “Because you have an edge up on your opponent and it’s unfortunate that it happened.  I’m not saying the outcome of the game would have been different or anything like that because they got beat 45-7, but they still had an edge.”

By claiming that “All players did it!” regarding stickum use, Rice is trying to create the impression that he didn’t have an edge.  Regardless, it’s now clear that the greatest receiver of all time cheated — and it’s hard not to wonder whether Rice discovered the glove-stickum combo at some point during a rocky rookie season that featured nearly enough drops to get him benched.

Indeed, Rice at one point in 1985 ditched his glove and went back to catching footballs bare-handed.

“I had to get back to my hands,” Rice said in 1985, from a 2006 item by Mike Tanier of FootballOutsiders.com.  “My hands got me here.”

At some point, Rice got back to his gloves.  And he started putting stickum on them.  And his gloves with stickum helped get him to Canton.

So its ok if Jerry uses an illegal substance for YEARS, ALL THE WAY TO THE HOF but if ONE of the Pats footballs are (BTW, only 1 was under inflated and that was the one turned in buy the Colts) 2 lbs under inflated there needs to be investigations, asterisks, fines and suspensions!

Where are the Jets fans?
Where are all the HATERZ?
Where is everyone from "spygate"?
Where is everyone demanding the 49ers 3 SB wins be rescinded?
Where is all the FUCKING NON STOP HATE???
Where is the call for his SB MVP to be taken away?
Where is the call for his 2 MVPs to be taken away?
Where are all the people who scream "Brady is only good because spygate/deflated balls" but dont say shit about "The greatest to play football of all time"???
Where is all the sports radio and TV stations bashing him for his extreme hypocrisy?

Not a fucking word about it. No full time leads on ESPN. No where to be found. FUCKING HYPOCRITES!

RSoxGuy wrote:

MASTRxOFxPUPPETZ wrote:Banish him from the HOF...always thought he was overated POS....knew he was a lo down scum fucker ....I hate everything, fuck him...i hope the league does something about it.

Well I..... ummm.... dont have anything to bitch about I guess.... Good call Puppetz