At the expiration of his contract in 1984, Herock found that he could make more money than he was being offered by Buccaneers owner Hugh Culverhouse, but the frugal Culverhouse refused to increase his offer.

McCloskey soon entered a financial dispute with the NFL, so the league found a replacement in Hugh Culverhouse, a wealthy tax attorney from Jacksonville.

In 1972, Culverhouse had a handshake deal to buy the Los Angeles Rams from owner Dan Reeves for $ 17 million, only to learn that Reeves later sold the team to Robert Irsay for $ 19 million.

Culverhouse distanced himself from the NFL power core in later years, stung by other owners ' criticisms of the Management Council.

With Barnett Bank filing claims for $ 20. 8 million against the Culverhouse estate, the trustees came very close to accepting Angelos ' $ 200 million dollar offer, which would have involved relocating the team to Baltimore, Maryland.

In one case, marketing director Bill Marcum was fired due to public backlash over the team's $ 12 ticket prices for an exhibition in Jacksonville, even though Culverhouse had set the ticket prices, and Marcum had opposed them.

She charged that the three trustees, Cone, Jack Donlan, and Stephen F. Story, paid themselves $ 4. 35 million in bonuses for arranging the Buccaneers ' sale, sums far in excess of what Culverhouse himself had specified, and that they paid Story a sum that was comparable to the salary of a Fortune 500 executive for managing the estate and included a 10-year golden parachute clause.

* A $ 4. 6 million gift to the University of South Florida, which established the Culverhouse Chair in Education at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee and was the largest donation in school history ;

* $ 600, 000 to the University of Florida, for the establishment of the Hugh F. Culverhouse Eminent Scholars Chair in Federal Taxation ;

In 1995 Malcolm Glazer purchased the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, a National Football League franchise, for a then-record $ 192 million following the death of former owner Hugh Culverhouse.

Culverhouse had long been alleged to be in line for an expansion franchise through a settlement of his antitrust lawsuits in which he accused the owners of conspiracy to prevent his purchase of the Rams.

Culverhouse was criticized by other team owners as the team prepared for its debut season, who said that his involvement in day-to-day team operations was reminiscent of the owners of the expansion Falcons and Saints, teams which had yet to qualify for the playoffs after a decade of play.

The relationship, in which Culverhouse served as an advisor to the Los Angeles Rams while maintaining ownership of the Buccaneers, was criticized as a conflict of interest.

This directly contradicted statements made by Culverhouse in 1980, in which he told players that they were on one of the three highest-paid teams.

North Ely is also served by services 12 and 13 which terminate westbound at Culverhouse Cross and eastbound in Tremorfa.

The main road running through the heart of Canton is Cowbridge Road East, along which services 12 / 13 ( Ely / Drope / Culverhouse Cross ), 17 / 18 Capital City Red ( Ely / Caerau ), 33 / 33A / 33B ( Fairwater / Llandaff / Radyr ), 60 / 61 / 62 / 62A ( Fairwater / Pentrebane / Danescourt ) of Cardiff Bus run, with the 33B service running through the north and 12 / 13 running through the south of the district as well.

Tampa Bay owner Hugh Culverhouse said, " I feel like I've been jilted at the altar.

She said that Hugh and Cone advised her to sign the agreement for tax reasons, and falsely claimed that Culverhouse was on the brink of bankruptcy.

Patriots founder Billy Sullivan later accused Culverhouse of blocking his effort to propose a stock sale that would have eased the debt.

Culverhouse was then accused of trying to divide the players during the strike, when some of the team's assistant coaches contacted players to ask whether they would be willing to return to the team should training facilities be reopened.

Williams ' comments that he would have been treated differently had he been white resonated with the Bay Area African American community, who saw the Buccaneers ' ensuing on-field woes as retribution, boycotted Buccaneer games by the thousands, and commented that Culverhouse throws parties that cost more than what Williams was asking for.

This was done on the advice of lawyer Fred F. Cone, Jr., who would later become one of the three trustees handling the Culverhouse estate.

The Buccaneers ' NFL-record streak of fourteen consecutive losing seasons cemented this perception, although Culverhouse did make several notable attempts to improve the team.

His hard line with Williams created the perception that Culverhouse was more concerned with profits than with putting a winning team on the field.

Culverhouse became one of the most influential team owners in the NFL, and was credited with modernizing the league, even while his teams were rarely competitive on the field.

Culverhouse quickly became one of the most influential NFL owners ; he served as a member of the Player Club Relations Committee that handled player grievances, and of the NFL Congressional Committee.

Culverhouse was named one of the executors of Rosenbloom's estate, and after Rosenbloom's death, Culverhouse continued a business relationship with his widow, Georgia.

This contributed to the perception that Culverhouse was not committed to fielding a quality team, although the rookie contracts he gave to Vinny Testaverde and Paul Gruber were so high as to upset other team owners, while he made Ray Perkins one of the five highest-paid NFL head coaches.

Western Avenue ( A48 ) runs through the south of the area heading eastbound to Gabalfa & M4 J30 and westbound to Ely, Culverhouse Cross and M4 J33.

To accommodate the increasing number of trains the station was expanded in the 1870s by Francis Fox ; and again in the 1930s by P E Culverhouse.

Between 1930 and 1935 the through station was expanded under the direction of architect P E Culverhouse, both eastwards over the old cattle market, and southwards on a new wider bridge across Cattle Market Road and the New Cut of the River Avon.

Although Westcountry was in Plymouth, transmission for the channel was run by HTV Wales staff at HTV's presentation centre in Culverhouse Cross, Cardiff with continuity announcers based at the Plymouth studios.

Known for Knight & Culverhouse thrillers and Kempston Hardwick mysteries.

Lieutenants Hardy and Culverhouse were sent aboard the Santa Sabina with a prize crew, and the three ships continued on towards Gibraltar.

Hardy and Culverhouse were almost immediately exchanged for the captain of the Santa Sabina, Don Jacobo Stuart, and were able to rejoin Minerve at Gibraltar on 9 February 1797.

Hugh Franklin Culverhouse, Sr. ( 1919 – August 26, 1994 ) was the longtime owner of the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League ( NFL ).

Culverhouse was initially lauded for bringing professional football to the Tampa Bay area, but eventually came to be blamed for the team's struggles.

It further led to the belief that Culverhouse was unconcerned with fielding a winning team, as long as the result was profitable.

Culverhouse was diagnosed with cancer in 1992, and died in 1994.

The University of Alabama's Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration is named for him.

He was criticized over a planned extension of Interstate 75 into South Florida, as its route went directly past land owned by numerous powerful investors, including Culverhouse, Governor Bob Graham, State Attorney General Jim Smith, and the Arvida Corporation.

When Irsay then traded teams with Rosenbloom, Culverhouse sued, claiming that the others had conspired to prevent his purchase of the team.

An out-of-court settlement guaranteed Rosenbloom's aid in getting an expansion franchise for Culverhouse.

Culverhouse was offered the Seattle expansion franchise, but declined it due to his residence in Jacksonville.

Culverhouse was then awarded the franchise by the Art Rooney-chaired NFL Expansion Committee, ahead of Fort Lauderdale furniture chain ( and future Boston Celtics ) owner Harry T. Mangurian, Jr.