If you ever feel like pointing the blame at someone as to why Lynn Swann retired so early into his eventual Hall of Fame career, make sure it’s at ABC.
In a Jan. 12 interview with Joe Buck on the Undeniable Show, Swann talked about the phone call he received from the network.
“I get a phone call from ABC, and they’ve acquired the rights to the USFL Spring football league,” Swann told Buck. “And I worked with them in the offseason, and they offered me to work for them full-time at ABC, but at that time they felt that they couldn’t have an active player in the NFL.