Farmer signs with Steelers
Former UCLA wide receiver Danny Farmer signed a three-year, $1.1
million contract with the Pittsburgh Steelers July 6. He also
received a $300,000 signing bonus.
“Now I’m just looking to fit in,” Farmer told
the Orange County Register. “I’m going to do what I can
to add to the great receivers we already have.”
Farmer was the only Bruin selected in the 2000 draft in April,
when Pittsburgh took him in the fourth round. He set the UCLA
career receiving record with 3,020 yards.
Having recovered from his recent bout with injuries, Farmer will
report to training camp in Latrobe, Pa., on July 16.
“I’m healthy, and I feel good,” Farmer said.
“I’m ready.”
Missouri cancels series
The University of Missouri is nixing the series that was
scheduled against UCLA for the 2001 and 2002 seasons.
Deciding that their 2001 season was challenging enough with
teams like Texas and Nebraska already on the schedule, Missouri
proposed moving the dates of the contests.
Talks over several months between the two schools have yet to
resolve the matter.
“UCLA was at least agreeable to let Missouri find an
acceptable substitute for the series,” Missouri associate
athletic director Gene McArtor said in a statement. “We found
other schools to play in our place, but none of those were
acceptable to UCLA, which is their prerogative.”
Since the two schools had a contract, UCLA may take legal
action, citing as much as $500,000 in losses in television revenue
that the games could generate.
Notes compiled by Christina Teller, Daily Bruin Senior
Staff.