Metropolitan Detroit is the 14th-largest media market in the U.S., and every media market above it has an NFL franchise.
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I’ll believe a franchise in London will never happen. Unless it’s a division, like say, London, Paris, Berlin and Rome. But do those other cities give a crap about the NFL?
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Shut the front door.
Because, unlike Martha and her husband, he actually earned his money. He didn’t just win the sperm lottery like WCF did. I’d rather have an owner that created a business, or a brand or both, then someone who inherited money and uses a sports franchise like it’s a puppy or a toy. WCF and Martha have no track record for work ethic or anything other than being born into money.
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This should be pinned.
The Lions aren’t going anywhere
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So, the take away here is that nothing happens until Martha has passed. I don’t know what kind of security she has currently but if I were her I would double the guard, just sayin.
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Kind of like Daniel Snyder?
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Martha probably doesn’t have much longer but it’s wild we legitimately are going to have people wishing for her death over football team
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Or Mark Cuban or Paul Allen.
Lions fans always assume the damn worst.
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Haters always think the grass is greener.
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An ownership change is happening no matter what.
Martha is 94, don’t see how that makes me a hater but do you.
Martha can’t sell, she would lose big in capital gains taxes.
After she passes away unless her daughter Sheila Hamp, who is regarded as the next owner, wants to sell that will be the only time it happens. I don’t see them selling personally, so I don’t worry about something that won’t happen.
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Its interesting that if you look into it, Snyder wasn’t a billionaire. And alot of his wealth appears to be from things other than being in charge of a business and growing that actual business. He made some smart money decisions and sold his company, where he got some of the money to buy the Redskins. Most of the money for the Redskins came from investors and loans.
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If they stay in Detroit, I’m okay with it.
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And that just shows just because you are a fan of the NFL doesn’t mean you will be a good owner.
That’s all for me, I could not care less who the owner is, as long as they remain the Detroit Lions.
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While Bezos is at it, could he buy Tom Gores out of the Pistons as well?
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If the team stayed in Detroit I wouldn’t care if he bought it.
He could instantly put Lions memorabilia in global mass market. Possibly generate global fans and viewership. Amazon is kinda big.
Suddenly the NFL might tell the refs to show some favorable calls.
Lions become relevant.
Superbowl contenders!
Yeah, this ain’t happening. Carry on.
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However …
The talk that nothing would ever happen in terms of a sale until Martha dies is because of the tax hit involved.
Since how much something costs probably means less to a guy who makes nearly $150,000 a minute, every minute, every day, what if Bezos offers the Ford family ridiculously over market value for the team, to overcome that tax hit and just to get it done on his desired timing, i.e. next year?
My bigger concern here is the talk that Seattle and Denver might be available for sale soon. Both FAR better options than here.
Using the worst example available isn’t exactly fair.
Especially when we’ve lived for 60 years with the worst example available of sports ownership, period.
Bezos took over the Washington Post and, counter to what newspapers are doing all over the country, slashing budgets and staffing, he actually added reporters and invested in the function of journalism. The paper is now thriving. (It’s also fixated on the Russia-Ukraine-impeach Trump-give us Obama’s third term like we were promised, like so many other New York-D.C. media outlets. Which I find nauseating. But YMMV.)
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