Event Date: March 30th, 1986
Event Description: Culverhouse Demands Decision
Source: UPI
Tampa Bay Buccaneers owner Hugh Culverhouse will reduce his contract offer to Bo Jackson if Jackson has not decided by Monday whether to play pro football or baseball, The Orlando Sentinel reported Tuesday.
Jackson, who excelled in both sports at Auburn, was the first choice in the National Football League draft. His USFL rights are held by the Birmingham Stallions who have also been negotiating with Jacksons’ agent. He was selected in the fourth round of the major league amateur baseball draft by the Kansas City Royals.
He won the 1985 Heisman Trophy as a running back.
Asked what he would do if Jackson had not reached a decision by his deadline, Culverhouse said, “We will continue negotiating, of course. But things would change.”
Culverhouse said the day the Bucs drafted Jackson that he would make him “the richest rookie in NFL history.”
“I'm still willing to do that,” Culverhouse said outside the courtroom.
A representative of the law firm in Mobile, Alabama representing Jackson said the firm had no plans for an announcement concerning Jackson's intentions “at this time.”
Culverhouse would not say whether a formal offer had been made by the Bucs, who talked with Jackson's agents during the weekend in Tampa.
It is believed the Bucs have made some kind of offer to Jackson. Asked the status of the negotiations, Culverhouse said, “We're closer.”
The Royals also have been negotiating with Jackson, an outfielder. It is doubtful the Royals would pay Jackson a million dollars a year.
Asked if the Bucs would top any offer made by the Royals, Culverhouse said, “Hell yes.”
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