Syracuse football legend Jim Brown told the Rich Eisen Show that he never gave his blessing in restoring the No. 44 to the SU football program.
When the number was restored on May 19 during the Plaza 44 groundbreaking, interim director of athletics Pete Sala said that he had the blessing of Jim Brown in making that decision.
“(Floyd Little and I) had a long conversation with (Brown). He was so supportive of the idea,” Sala said on May 19.
But Brown directly refuted those comments on Thursday afternoon, saying “I didn’t exactly endorse it. I just didn’t complain.