Event Date: July 16th, 1982
Event Description: Limited Options
Source: New York Times
After negotiations stalled between the Chicago Bears and their first-round draft pick, Jim McMahon, the quarterback from Brigham Young, a threat was made by McMahon's agent to take his client to the new United States Football League.
But at least two teams in that new league - Los Angeles and San Francisco - say they are not interested in the man who set 56 national collegiate passing records.
John Ralston, who represents the owner of those teams and will coach the San Francisco franchise next year, told radio station WGN in Chicago that he would advise Jerry Argovitz, McMahon's agent, to sign with the Bears. ''There's no doubt that certain agents are using the United States Football League as a wedge,'' said Ralston. ''We are not interested in players that were drafted in 1982.''
(Story New York Times)
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