Michael Irvin is the next former WR who is refuting the claims of using stickum.
The conversation was started by Hall of Famer WR, Jerry Rice, who during the Super Bowl, stated all WRs used it during his day. The admission didn’t sit well with too many people because, well… Rice has been commenting on the cheating allegations of the Patriots and that’s kind of being a hypocrite. Since then, Rice apologized and lead on that all players did it; thats where things got tricky.
First, Cris Carter stated he had nothing to do with the illegal substance and now Michael Irvin is doing the same thing.
“It’s almost like — and I hate to get this harsh — if Aaron Hernandez starts saying ‘Well, Michael murdered some people,’ don’t start asking me did I murder somebody,” Irvin continued. “You know darn well I didn’t murder anybody. Just because somebody threw it out there — leave me alone with that mess. Get off my Twitter with that.”
It was wrong for Rice to throw everyone under the bus with him. He should’ve taken full responsibility and just apologized for the incident. Dragging your colleagues with you wasn’t necessary.
(H/T CBS Sports)