'82 Chronology-Null and Void?

Event Date: October 26th, 1982

Event Description: Strike Breakers?

Source: Milwaukee Sentinel

Tackle Greg Koch and backup quarterback David Whitehurst of the Green Bay Packers say they may jump to the new United States Football League if the strike wipes out the entire NFL season.

“I've talked to a couple of my friends who play for the Atlanta Falcons,” Koch told the Milwaukee Sentinel Monday.

“If they call the season, there are a lot of people seriously thinking about going to the United States Football League”. He said he is undecided but if the owners call off the season, it “would be a strong possibility.”

Koch said players “only have so many years ... and I just don't want to blow one of them, none of us are getting any younger.”

Whitehurst told the Sentinel if the owners cancel the season because of the five-week-old players' strike “it could void our contract. Then there would be a lot of people who would be interested in going to the USFL.”

Koch said the suspension of talks bothers him.

“We've conceded everything,”Koch said of the players. “We're just getting back to the point where basically we're going to take what they say we're going to have to take and I think it's not right.” Koch has been working as a part-time bartender during the strike.