Sugar Ray is going to go nuts. Governor Phil Bryant declared today is Jerry Rice Day and issued the following press release:
Gov. Phil Bryant
will join Crawford native and NFL Hall of Fame wide receiver Jerry Rice
for a press conference announcing Sept. 30, 2016, as “Jerry Rice Day” in
Mississippi.
WHO: Gov. Phil Bryant, Jerry Rice, lawmakers.
WHAT: Press conference announcing “Jerry Rice Day.”
WHEN: Friday, Sept. 30, 2016, at 4 p.m.
WHERE: Second floor rotunda, Mississippi Capitol.
8 comments:
Why today? More to the point, why hasn't this happened long before today?
Rice is a class act who performed amazingly in the NFL (he gets my vote for GOAT) and in his post-playing life. He's not one to act up or try to steal the spotlight from the next generation. He hasn't made headlines for all the wrong reasons. He's a solid guy that the state can be proud of.
Congratulations, Jerry!
He is a great positive influence and very much thought of as being professional, ethical and humble. Don't we need more people like Jerry Rice? We should all be proud of how he carries himself.
I haven't heard Sugar Ray in years. I presume he stopped called MS Sports This Morning. I heaven't heard him. For a long time he drove me to change the channel. Sugar Ray finally grew on me and I enjoyed his Schick.
He does love Jerry Rice.
Sugar Ray was great comedic relief.
Just read comments on a friends FB page - mostly AA comments. They were doing nothing but demeaning Jerry Rice - claiming he had done nothing to 'give back' to MS, that he had not done anything for Valley, and on, and on.
Amazing that the AA community (at least this part of it) could hold such resentment over someone that is without question one of the best pro-football players to come from our state who has also continued in his after-pro life to make us all proud.
Damn - what causes the resentment in the black community that they would be upset over the recognition of such a fine person as Rice?
10:41 - It's that 'down wit the struggle' phenomenon. Jerry Rice came from the poor side of town, struggled through college, made himself into a superb professional athlete, never got in trouble or embarrassed himself or his mother and eased into retirement in a manner in which all can be proud.
In order to get the respect of the crowd you mention, he would need to wave a protest sign, key a cop car and join the reparations movement in a vocal way.
I read some years ago that Jerry doesn't come home often and when he does he keeps his plans quiet. He learned a long time ago that when he visits, everyone he ever knew or who was remotely related to him showed up asking for money. Maybe that's why all the AA resentment. Jerry isn't funding an entourage of freeloaders from the hood who demand $100k/year to sit by his pool and play Madden in his game room.
Since someone brought it up, what has Jerry done to give back to MS, the Valley or anyone? Curious.
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