It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting.
Disputes with team owner Hugh Culverhouse intensified after Jackson was ruled ineligible to play college baseball due to a trip he took on Culverhouse's jet.
This angered Jackson, as the Buccaneers had assured him that the visit would not cause any NCAA violations.
It was said that Jackson, who was having what he called his best year playing baseball in school, made the Buccaneers nervous and that by getting him ruled ineligible to play baseball, he would be forced to focus on football.
Prior to the 1987 NFL draft, the Buccaneers forfeited their rights to Jackson.