Bo Jackson apparently won’t sign his Buccaneers jerseysAugust 22, 2014 Paul Jackiewicz Fox Sports
In case you didn’t know, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers drafted Bo Jackson with the first overall pick back in 1986. But he decided to only pursue baseball at the time since they tried to make him decide between baseball and football. He never played for them since he believed they tried to sabotage his career. In addition to giving Jackson an ultimatum to pick between sports, Buccaneers management took Jackson on owner Hugh Culverhouse‘s private jet to visit with the team during his senior baseball season. Jackson was told by the Buccaneers that the trip, which could potentially have cost Jackson his remaining collegiate eligibility, had been cleared by the NCAA. Jackson was later told by his baseball coach at Auburn that the trip, in fact, was considered to be a violation of NCAA rules and that he was immediately ruled ineligible to play the remainder of the baseball season. Jackson, upset that Culverhouse lied to him, insisted that he would never play for the Buccaneers and that he could draft him if he wanted to, but he would not sign if he was drafted. It was said that Jackson, who was having what he called his best year playing baseball in school, made the Buccaneers nervous and that by getting him somehow ruled ineligible to play baseball, he would be forced to focus on football.Because of Jackson’s history with Tampa, he won’t sign any Bucs jerseys that have his name on them.
