In reply to: Final score: Siena 80, Florida State 63. FSU is 1-5. posted by Kayo
The Pilots have eight transfers; but only one came from a major conference program (Georgia Tech), and that was with an in-between stop at UTEP.
The rest: three from Eastern Washington, one each from UNLV (after Tulane), Fordham, Snow College (after Utah Valley and BYU), and Milwaukee (after UW-Parkside).
No surprise... Head coach Shantay Legans and two of his assistants came from Eastern Washington.
I know they're not getting kids from Duke and Kansas, but that's still pretty remarkable.
Jackson was arguably the first truly big name free agent after the Messersmith decision. He eventually signed a five year, $3.5 million contract with the Yankees which was unheard of money at the time.
He was making the rounds, meeting with various teams after the 1976 season. At one point, he visited the Monday Night Football booth.
Howard Cosell asked Reggie what he had to say to fans who thought he was being greedy as the bidding for his services got richer. "Howard," Jackson said. "I didn't make the rules. I'm just taking advantage of them."