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The original was posted on /r/nfl by /u/Brix001 on 2025-03-21 13:14:27+00:00.
Here’s some examples of his extreme willingness to save every penny:
- The Buccaneers’ training facility had no air conditioning, was located next to the airport, and the weight room had home gym equipment
- The walls of the Bucs’ facility were painted white so Culverhouse didn’t have to buy projector screens
- Roommates were billed 38 cents each for a 75-cent call
- A Bucs’ front office assistant qualified for welfare
- The Bucs’ team plane was a dilapidated plane leased from a chainsaw company. It nearly crashed after the Bucs’ first game
- Doctors once cut off a player’s jersey to work on his injured shoulder. The player was charged for the jersey
- If you were thirsty during practice, there was a vending machine at the facility, ready to take your pocket change
- Players would go to Wendy’s for lunch during practice
- Players were charged for game balls
- In response to Doug Williams’s demand to be paid top QB money, Culverhouse offered him to take out a loan for a stake in TampaSphere, a real estate Ponzi scheme
- Refused to pay top dollar for players and coaches, leading to poor performance
- Refused to hire a GM
TLDR: Hugh Culverhouse is what Scrooge McDuck would be like as an NFL owner