Isaac Bruce Wearing Jerry Rice's #80 Jersey?

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Isaac Bruce Wearing Jerry Rice's #80 Jersey? (Edited 04/09/08 10:19PM by Jon)

Wide receiver Isaac Bruce wants to wear Jerry Rice's number in San Francisco. Is Bruce stepping over a line here?

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64%	a. Yes. No way should #80 ever be worn in SF again!
26%	b. No. If a players jersey is not retired it's fair game.
10%	c. Who cares?

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#5 \| 268 days ago truejester (+)	BIG wrote: Come On people, it's a damn #, please people get over it. +7 I disagree. It's more than a number, it's a legacy. When you see a #80 Niners jersey, you think of Jerry Rice. THE GREATEST EVER. Not Isaac Bruce, not some spare receiver or tight end, JERRY RICE. The franchise is showing him disrespect simply by allowing anyone else to wear the number. Nobody else should wear #80 again. Period. Yes. No way should #80 ever be worn in SF again!
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#1 \| 268 days ago truejester (+)	+1 This is ridiculous. The franchise should keep ANYONE except Jerry Rice Jr. from wearing #80 EVER again. Bruce should show some respect for the greatest receiver to ever play and wear a different number! Yes. No way should #80 ever be worn in SF again!
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#2 \| 268 days ago vindog (+)	+3 It's up to the Franchise to retire a jersey...... The Cowboys have never retired a players jersey at all.. I know it sounds funny but maybe Bruce wants to wear the jersey to honor Jerry Rice, has anyone ever though of that??? Does anyone know what Rice thinks??? Is Bruce great friends with Rice and did he get his approval to wear the jersey in the first place??? I believe these are all valid questions..... No. If a players jersey is not retired it's fair game.
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#3 \| 268 days ago bookiebuster (+)	+2 Letting anyone wear that jersey is ludicrous and an insult to the greatest offensive player to ever grace the gridiron. Yes. No way should #80 ever be worn in SF again!
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#4 \| 268 days ago BIG (+)	+2 Come On people, it's a damn #, please people get over it. Who cares?
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#5 \| 268 days ago truejester (+)	BIG wrote: Come On people, it's a damn #, please people get over it. +7 I disagree. It's more than a number, it's a legacy. When you see a #80 Niners jersey, you think of Jerry Rice. THE GREATEST EVER. Not Isaac Bruce, not some spare receiver or tight end, JERRY RICE. The franchise is showing him disrespect simply by allowing anyone else to wear the number. Nobody else should wear #80 again. Period. Yes. No way should #80 ever be worn in SF again!
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#6 \| 267 days ago kantwistaye (+)	+1 If the Niners haven't retired it yet and Rice is down with it, why not? Its up to the Niners to retire it. That said, if some kid wanted Favre's #4 before we retired it, I'd say hell no... so I'm kinda talking out both sides of my mouth.
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#7 \| 267 days ago truejester (+)	+3 Exactly. It would be like Brad Johnson signing with the Packers next year and wearing number 4. Yes. No way should #80 ever be worn in SF again!
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#8 \| 267 days ago MrNFL (+)	+1 Rice has allowed him to do it, so I suppose it's alright. It'll seem really weird seeing #80 on the field for SF, and it won't be Rice.
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#9 \| 267 days ago MrNFL (+)	vindog wrote: It's up to the Franchise to retire a jersey...... The Cowboys have never retired a players jersey at all.. I know it sounds funny but maybe Bruce wants to wear the jersey to honor Jerry Rice, has anyone ever though of that??? Does anyone know what Rice thinks??? Is Bruce great friends with Rice and did he get his approval to wear the jersey in the first place??? I believe these are all valid questions..... +3 The reason he wants to is probably just the fact he's worn #80 his whole career. Granted, he hasn't had the career of Rice, but the argument could be made that Bruce should find his way to Canton.
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#10 \| 267 days ago theshrewdone (+)	vindog wrote: It's up to the Franchise to retire a jersey...... The Cowboys have never retired a players jersey at all.. I know it sounds funny but maybe Bruce wants to wear the jersey to honor Jerry Rice, has anyone ever though of that??? Does anyone know what Rice thinks??? Is Bruce great friends with Rice and did he get his approval to wear the jersey in the first place??? I believe these are all valid questions..... +5 Jerry Rice said he's cool with it...especially since he was allowed to wear a RETIRED number while he was playing for the Seahawks. Why the 49ers haven't retired #80 is beyond me...but it's not retired, so it doesn't matter...and even if it gets retired, Rice said it's cool...so it's cool. Not to mention, if Rice wanted anyone to wear his number, who's a more stand-up guy than The Bruce? No. If a players jersey is not retired it's fair game.
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#11 \| 267 days ago JKB37 (+)	+1 It's a number.. Thats all.. Who cares?
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#12 \| 267 days ago Anthonyg7575 (+)	truejester wrote: I disagree. It's more than a number, it's a legacy. When you see a #80 Niners jersey, you think of Jerry Rice. THE GREATEST EVER. Not Isaac Bruce, not some spare receiver or tight end, JERRY RICE. The franchise is showing him disrespect simply by allowing anyone else to wear the number. Nobody else should wear #80 again. Period. So that means they need to retire it...... No. If a players jersey is not retired it's fair game.
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#13 \| 267 days ago Anthonyg7575 (+)	theshrewdone wrote: Jerry Rice said he's cool with it...especially since he was allowed to wear a RETIRED number while he was playing for the Seahawks. Why the 49ers haven't retired #80 is beyond me...but it's not retired, so it doesn't matter...and even if it gets retired, Rice said it's cool...so it's cool. Not to mention, if Rice wanted anyone to wear his number, who's a more stand-up guy than The Bruce? Good point, I forgot about the fact that Rice went to Seattle and wore Legent's RETIRED jersey....(with his approval of course) No. If a players jersey is not retired it's fair game.
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#14 \| 267 days ago kantwistaye (+)	Anthonyg7575 wrote: So that means they need to retire it...... Some teams wait until the player reaches the Hall of Fame until retiring their number. I know the Packers do this, so maybe the Niners do?
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#15 \| 267 days ago Anthonyg7575 (+)	kantwistaye wrote: Some teams wait until the player reaches the Hall of Fame until retiring their number. I know the Packers do this, so maybe the Niners do? I haven't the slightest clue..... No. If a players jersey is not retired it's fair game.
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