WFL
In 1975, Kiick and teammates Csonka and Warfield played for the Memphis Southmen of the World Football League. Kiick had wanted out of Miami ever since he lost his starting role. The March 1974 press conference announcing what was then the richest three-player deal in sports was national news and shocked the sports world. The Miami Trio had signed three-year guaranteed contracts beginning in 1975 with a total value, including perks, of $3.5 million. Csonka's salary was $1.4 million, Warfield's $900,000, Kiick's $700,000. Each player would also receive a luxury car every year and a three-bedroom luxury apartment.
Twelve games into its eighteen-game schedule, the league failed in October 1975. The Southmen finished 7–4, in second place in the Eastern Division behind the 9–3 Birmingham Vulcans. Kiick led the team in touchdowns (ten), action points (five), and points scored (75). He finished second on the team in rushing, with 121 carries for 462 yards and nine touchdowns, and tied for second with Warfield in receiving, with 25 catches for 259 yards and one touchdown.
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