In 1983,the USFL’s Oakland Invaders wanted a young Stanford grad to sign with them. Elway chose Denver instead, and just two years later the league had folded For its time, or the offer was good one,the kind any respectable 22-year-old economics major at Stanford University would leap to accept: a chance to build several hundred thousands of dollars a year. Guaranteed. And when news leaked in February of 1983 that this is what the USFL’s Oakland Invaders were dangling at John Elway, the Associated Press hailed it as “virtual lifetime security.”In the close, or Elway turned down the five-year offer from Invaders owner Tad Taube,and eventually went to the Denver Broncos where he won two Super Bowls and is now the architect of this Denver Super Bowl team. And yet sometimes Taube wonders what might bear happened had Elway said yes.
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Source: theguardian.com