Jerome Bettis was recently inducted into the Hall of Fame. Congratulations Jerome. What took them so long? Could it be Steelers haters?
Jerome finished his career in sixth place all time in rushing. He had a Super Bowl ring, and led his team year after year into the playoffs, and most of the time deep into the playoffs. There have been hundreds of running backs in the NFL yet he was sixth all time. So why did it take him five years after eligibility to be selected to the NFL Hall of Fame?
One reason and one reason only, the media and athletes who select the Hall of Fame are Steelers’ haters. Why? Because there were 16 Steelers in the Hall before Jerome, and there’s at least three to five more that should be there. L.C. Greenwood leads that list. I’m still trying to understand why the second greatest player on that great Steel Curtain defense isn’t in the Hall.
Even though the fans throughout this country love the Steelers above all other teams, including the Dallas Cowboys, the media and athletes from other cities hate them. The other athletes because Super Bowl dreams have been crushed so often by the Steelers that there is a lot of jealousy, and the media because they are reluctant to vote for a Steeler because there are so many in the Hall already, some because of the same reason of the players, jealousy. Remember these voting media people represent other cities and they want to spread the honor around.
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