Jerry Rice admits to “illegal” use of stickum

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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/02/06/rice-admits-to-illegal-use-of-stickum/

When it comes to playing football in any conditions, the challenge becomes not only throwing it but catching it. 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.

It wasn’t a little illegal, it was a lot illegal. As explained in the ESPN feature, gloves were introduced to football after the NFL decided to outlaw the stuff that guys like Fred Biletnikoff and Lester Hayes (pictured) would spread copiously on their hands, and elsewhere. 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.
 

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No pictures no link no even first name....stop making threads :snoop:
 

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Illegal use of

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Players do shyt like this all the time. We all know it. I've seen specials on NFL network where players talk about the little things folks do to gain a competitive advantage with a sheepish smile.

Of course, if this were Deion Branch, the Coli would be going crazy over this.
 
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