Claim: Green Bay Packers wide receivers Randall Cobb and Jordy Nelson were caught using
Example: [Collected via Twitter, November 2014]
look it up man but the packers are being investigated because Cobb and Nelson were using these like battery powered gloves
Origins: On
An inquiry was made by an anonymous source last month after a lopsided match against the Chicago Bears in late September. The source explained to NFL officials that they noticed that when a football was thrown to the receivers that they had difficulty pulling the football away from the gloves after the play, saying that they basically had to pry the ball away by putting a foot on the player's chest and yanking it out of their hands. The NFL sent in a group of undercover agents who infiltrated the Packers locker room and gathered what they consider to be significant evidence.
The performance enhancing gloves, called
The article pulled the wool over the eyes of several football fans on social media with its entirely fabricated claim. A disclaimer on the site from which the article originated explained:
Empire News is a satirical and entertainment website. We only use invented names in all our stories, except in cases when public figures are being satirized. Any other use of real names is accidental and coincidental.
The tale of the Green Bay Packers' use of magnetic gloves is one of a number outrageous fake news stories published by Empire News. Prior hoaxes include a claim that a "record-shattering snowfall" will blanket most of the United States, a story about Colorado's legalizing crystal meth, and yarn about Congress giving all welfare recipients
Last updated: 18 November 2014
