Chandler Dealt to Tampa--Again

The Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ on-again, off-again, on-again effort to acquire quarterback Chris Chandler from the Indianapolis Colts was successful Monday when he agreed to terms of a renegotiated contract.

The Buccaneers and Colts announced a tentative trade July 31, but the deal fell apart late last week when Tampa Bay and Chandler couldn’t agree on his salary for the last two seasons of a four-year contract he signed in 1988.

Agent Mike Sullivan would not reveal terms of the agreement with the Buccaneers, but said that the last two years of Chandler’s contract were renegotiated and two years were added.

Coach Ray Perkins also declined to discuss specifics of the deal, saying he wouldn’t reveal what the Colts received as compensation--believed to be a second- and third-round draft pick over the two years--until all details of the trade are finalized.