The NFL season is at its peak now, with fans waiting for week 5. Between all the buzz, ex-Ravens player Shannon Sharpe has made waves in the NFL world. The fans, in general, have raised eyebrows at the former player’s admissions.

The NFL Hall of Famer recently sparked buzz after his comments on missing out on a massive investment opportunity. On his podcast Club Shay Shay, Sharpe admitted that in the early 2000s, he considered investing $300,000 in Google stock but was advised against it by his financial team. “I had just signed with the Ravens, so I had some money, and I was like, ‘Man, I’d like to buy $300K worth of [Google stock].’ It opens up at $115, and [my advisor] says it’s overpriced,” Sharpe recalled. To add salt to the wound, Marc Cuban chimed in, noting, “It’s worth over $3 trillion now!”

Mark Cuban also added, “You’re not the first one to say that. It’s like Nvidia right now, right? I told my son, my son wanted to invest in it, he bought some and I’m like, ‘I’d rather see it come down first.’ And my son’s like, ‘Who’s the expert now?” Sharpe remarked hilariously, “Yes, so my investment, I would’ve been a billionaire with you. I f—ked up bad. Because Netflix and Google, and I had the money to do it, but I let somebody talk me out of it.”

While the exchange might seem like a typical “what-if” scenario, sharp-eyed fans are questioning the accuracy of Sharpe’s story. The problem? Google didn’t go public until 2004, while Sharpe had joined the Ravens back in 2000. The timeline doesn’t add up, leading some fans to believe that Sharpe might have exaggerated or confused the details. Was it an honest mistake, or did Sharpe stretch the truth to spice up the conversation?

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Fans rip Shannon Sharpe’s $300K investment claim, exposing major timeline blunder

Shannon Sharpe might have hoped his investment story would impress fans, but instead, they were quick to call out a glaring timeline error. Fans weren’t buying it. As one fan pointed out, “Unc signed his Ravens deal in 2000… Google didn’t go public until ’04.” The timeline simply didn’t add up.

The internet wasted no time dissecting the story. One commenter sarcastically noted, “I’m supposed to believe he picked it over Yahoo or even Ask Jeeves… and then never hit again.” Another added, “So he got traded to the Ravens in 2000, but Google didn’t go public until 4 years later… Knew that mf was lying.”

Even those who tried to make sense of Sharpe’s math came up short. A fan broke down the potential value of his investment, explaining, “If he had bought $300K of $GOOG stock at the post-IPO lows of $2.40 per share in August 2004 and didn’t sell a single share over the past 20 years, he’d have approx. $20.8M today.” Another person did the split-adjusted math, saying, “His 300K would be 2.7B if he invested when it went public in ’04.”

While Sharpe might’ve mixed up dates, fans didn’t hesitate to poke holes in his story. Whether an honest mistake or a stretch of the truth, the NFL Hall of Famer’s $300K Google tale left the internet buzzing—and doubting.