Jerry Rice Says Patriots Need Asterisk Because Of Deflategate But Has No Problem Admitting He Cheated When He Played For 49'ers....Hmmm
PFT – Multiple readers (presumably Patriots fans) have sent in recent days to PFT a link to a video published by ESPN on January 17, 2015 regarding the evolution of gloves. Dated only one day before the dawn of #DeflateGate, the segment contains an admission from Hall of Fame receiver Jerry Rice that he may not have made if discussing the subject after expressing an opinion to Jim Rome that the ball-deflation controversy should place an asterisk on the latest Lombardi Trophy won by the Patriots. ‘I’m going to be point blank, I feel like it’s cheating,” Rice told Rome on January 22. “Because you have an edge up on your opponent and its 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.” In that same interview, Rice added, “I’ve played in cold weather, I know how hard the football is and you can grip the leather [if deflated] just a little bit better.”And in the ESPN segment narrated by Jim Trotter, Rice nonchalantly made a stunning (in hindsight) confession: Rice put stickum on 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, laughing. Rice admitted in the feature that he enhanced the surface of gloves approved for use in the NFL with a substance that would make it easier to catch the ball.
It’s amazing how many hypocrites there are in this world huh? I mean Jerry Rice calling for an asterisk because of Deflategate while openly admitting he cheated for the same exact purpose. (Nevermind the fact that Deflategate didn’t even happen) It’s bizzaro world stuff. These guys remind me of religious fanatics who preach this moral life and are banging whores left and right on the side. EVERYBODY tries to get an edge. Every single team in the league. Don’t matter whether it’s the 49’ers with stickum, the Falcons pumping in crowd noise, Seahawk with PED’s etc. The list goes on and on. Every team breaks the rules somehow. The only difference is the Patriots beat everybody’s brains in so with us everything becomes a Federal investigation. If that was Julian Edelman using stickem we’d lose 100 draftpicks and Congress would be involved. Jerry Rice would be calling for jail time even though he did the same exact shit. Bottomline is They Hate Us Cause They Ain’t Us.
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PS – I NEED somebody to ask Jerry Rice about this blatant contradiction and see if he thinks all his Superbowls need asterisk now?