I think it was much worse than it was for Ricky Williams, first there were three of them that left from the same team and the fact nothing like this had ever happened before made it almost unbearable to watch the Dolphins. Every commentator had to make a remark like 'if <insert any of the three names here> didn't leave, the Dolphins would make that play....Curious to know from any local fans that followed Miami back then, when Csonka, Kiick, and Warfield went to the WFL did they have venom spewed toward them like Ricky Williams did when he retired the first time?
It was sickening after the first 15 minutes...