Damarious Randall Blundered Into Most Retweeted Tweet Ever
By Erik Lambert
The Green Bay Packers traded cornerback Damarious Randall for football reasons to the Cleveland Browns. At least that was the belief, right?
Perhaps there was a simpler reason they’d had enough of the former high draft choice. Maybe he’s just not the brightest bulb in the box. That’s the only way to explain his latest hairbrained scheme. Following the victory by the Cleveland Cavaliers over the Boston Celtics in the NBA Eastern Conference Finals, Randall was struck by a moment of inspiration. To generate buzz for the basketball team representing his new home city, he made an offer to followers on Twitter.
Knowing the Golden State Warriors were heavily favored in the upcoming rematch, he stated he would buy a jersey for every fan who retweeted his tweet if the Cavaliers pulled off the upset. It may have seemed like an innocent enough gesture. However, Randall drastically underestimated people’s ability to sniff out a free deal at the expense of somebody else. It wasn’t too long before things got way out of hand. As of today, his tweet is the most retweeted in history produced by an NFL player.
If the Cleveland Cavaliers win the 2018 NBA finals I’ll buy everyone who retweet’s this a jersey...
— Randalltime (@RandallTime) May 29, 2018
Randall would likely go bankrupt if forced to follow up on the promise
Last checks show the tweet has been retweeted a staggering 666,000 times. Care for an idea of what that means from a financial standpoint if Randall actually keeps his word? On average an NBA jersey costs around $92.50. This means he would likely spend $61.605 million fulfilling his promise to every single person who accepted his wager. Keep in mind Randall is still on his rookie contract which will pay him $16.98 million by the end of 2019.
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This means he’d be bankrupted and still have another $44.625 million to spent on jerseys and that number is almost certain to keep climbing as more retweets go through. Long story short? Randall is almost guaranteed to not make good on his promise if the Cavs win the Finals. He clearly underestimated how much attention his tweet would get and will just have to put up with many people calling him a liar. No doubt he’s hoping to avoid that by Golden State winning.