NFL Films makes a tribute to Jerry Richardson

[Dpantherman]

Awesome... http://www.panthers.com/media-vault/videos/Jerry-Richardson-Tribute/8ad37589-38a8-4922-a841-47ca98f70582

[DickolausJ]

If he was rookie of the year and such a beast why did he only play two seasons?

[smitty_89]

If he was rookie of the year and such a beast why did he only play two seasons?

so he could become a rich businessman...which thankfully made him very wealthy, which allowed him to bring a team to Charlotte..so we could all be happy.

[Hairless Cat]

too smart to waste his time

[logic1977]

i remember he stopped playing over a contract dispute, it was something like 500 bucks or less he was fighting over.

[nosuchthingasapanther]

i remember he stopped playing over a contract dispute, it was something like 500 bucks or less he was fighting over.

this.

[Donald LaFell]

does this mean JR is going to die soon?

[Floppin]

i remember he stopped playing over a contract dispute, it was something like 500 bucks or less he was fighting over.

Unitas eventually got his $25,000, but not until he took his case to owner Carroll Rosenbloom. By then, Unitas was among the league's best players. Less persuasive, apparently, was Richardson, whose contract called for him to be paid $9,750 for his third season, in 1961, but who wanted a full five figures. He was drawing an Army stipend while fulfilling his military commitment in the off-season, had invested his '59 championship check—$4,674—and was living frugally. But he had a wife and two kids and a third on the way, and no, he wasn't Raymond Berry. Still, he had caught a touchdown pass in the championship game, and $9,750 just didn't seem right. Over $250, he walked. Left camp in 1961 and never played another down of football. Went home to Spartanburg, S.C., and opened a hamburger stand.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1140299/index.htm

[Jangler]

does this mean JR is going to die soon?

nah, Entertainment Tonight already has a montage of Justin Bieber ready to play.

[dbeat]

nah, Entertainment Tonight already has a montage of Justin Bieber ready to play.

Does this mean Justin Beiber is going to die soon?

[jtnc]

[Herbert The Love Bug]

i remember he stopped playing over a contract dispute, it was something like 500 bucks or less he was fighting over.

you old

[Lumps]

My tribute to JR was buying tickets to games last season.

[Tarheels23]

That's what's up!

I will always love that man!