It didn't take Jerry Rice very long to be put in the same category that he put the New England Patriots in a couple of weeks earlier.
CBSSports.com reported that fellow NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver Chris Carter called Rice a cheater in a series of tweets that began with another questionable Rice tweet in trying to explain the controversial "stickum" video he made for ESPN just five days before going on the Jim Rome Show to label the New England Patriots as cheaters over "Deflategate."
Jerry Rice admits to using banned stickum just days before calling the New England Patriots cheaters
I apologize ppl after doing my research about stickum! The NFL banned this in 1981. All players did it! #equalplayingfield
— Jerry Rice (@JerryRice) February 7, 2015
Carter refuted Rice's claims that "All players did it," fueling the rise of "Stickumgate."
I never used #StickumGate , and @JerryRice isn't speaking about me or for me. — Cris Carter (@criscarter80) February 8, 2015
Not true RT“@Siader: @criscarter80 @JerryRice but he said everyone did it? #equalplayingfield”
— Cris Carter (@criscarter80) February 8, 2015
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. — Cris Carter (@criscarter80) February 9, 2015
In the ESPN video about the history of gloves in the NFL, Rice said on Jan. 17, "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."
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He said it with a laugh.
Five days later, he appeared on "The Jim Rome Show" and was asked about his thoughts about the deflated footballs discovered on the Patriots side during halftime of their 45-7 win over the Indianapolis Colts in the AFC Championship Game.
"I'm going to be point blank, I feel like it's cheating," Rice told The Jim Rome Show. "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.
"... I think it's a great achievement to get to the Super Bowl so many times and to be so close to winning," said Rice. "But if they win this Super Bowl, I feel like there's going to be an asterisk put on it. When people think about the New England Patriots they're going to think about Spygate and those under-inflated footballs and I think a lot of the players they're going to be tide to that."
Subsequent stories on how NFL quarterbacks doctor their footballs were rampant in the days following the discovery of "Deflategate."
Rice, however, refused to acknowledge #equalplayingfield in that instance.
Just as Carter is not refusing to acknowledge Rice's comments as fact.
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