However, despite knowing all of this, the now-defunct Alliance of American Football still did all they could to get Lynch to talk for two minutes. According to a report from Sports Illustrated, Lynch required $5,000 for a two-minute chat. The AAF agreed, but then Lynch threw another curveball at them.
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From SI:
A few things:
It’s absolutely remarkable Charlie Ebersol didn’t take the hint, and actually went to the bank to get 20,000 quarters. What does 20,000 quarters even look like? A roll of quarters consists of 40 quarters, which is $10 at face value. That means Ebersol got 2,000 rolls of quarters to give to Lynch.
The interview didn’t even air. How do you go through the trouble of getting 20,000 quarters, but not go through the trouble of uploading the interview to YouTube? Does this footage even exist? Did the cameraperson forget to hit record? Did they leave the camera lens on? Forget to turn the audio on?
This is a very minor incident in the larger scheme of the AAF’s failures — but it’s still a hilarious story.
