The AAF’s downfall has been described by Sports Illustrated’s Conor Orr in wonderful, great detail.
There apparently are more anecdotes and stories to be told. And, why would it be any surprise one of the strangest ones would entail Marshawn Lynch.
The former Raiders and Seahawks running back agreed to attend the league’s first and last quarterback draft at the Luxor hotel in Las Vegas in November. The good deed was to show support for his cousin Josh Johnson, who wound up going to the San Diego team. The price for Lynch’s attendance? $5,000.
However, Lynch didn’t want the check that was presented to him. He wanted the fee in quarters.
Per SI:
“When a check was presented to Lynch, he asked that his money be delivered instead in quarters—which AAF co-founder Charlie Ebersol took seriously,” Orr wrote. “In the end, 20,000 quarters were delivered to Lynch’s room and the interview apparently took place… but no one ever saw it. It didn’t air.”
Maybe Lynch always wanted to be, um, a quarter-back?
