I’m 49 years old. I’ve been watching the NFL since 1980. I am not a Lions fan, but always loved their uniforms and respected their fan base. I know pain as a sports fan. I’m a Giants, Mets, Knicks, and Rangers fan….I know sports fan pain, but even they give me something to cheer about every once in a while.
You guys sticking with this team, be it as new fans or longtime fans, I salute you. The team doesn’t deserve you. The Ford family should be kissing your a$$.
If I had the (non-existent) power, I would mandate that any owner whose team can’t make a championship game/series in their respective sport at least once every 20 years, would be forced to sell the team.
Anyhow. I hope you all get to enjoy watching your team do well one day. You deserve it.
Your words are very kind, and I appreciate you dropping by to say them. But honestly I have to assume we have all done something to deserve this team. I don’t know how exactly, but every Lions fan is a terrible human being. That’s the only way this can all make sense to me.
Neither Sheila nor her sisters will ever sell the team. And it has nothing to do with the tax-issue. It’s because owning this team is the only thing that makes them relevant, besides inherited money.
Since the last Super Bowl in 2011, the Giants have finished 2nd in their division 3 times and finished dead last 2 times. No playoff wins and no 1st place finishes. This is an especially rough patch for you, as you said.
Since the 2011 season over the same span, the Lions have finished 2nd in their division 3 times and finished dead last 5 times. No playoff wins and no 1st place finishes. This is a high water mark for us and one of the best stretches we’ve had in the last 40 years. We are even wondering why we fired the coach who kept finishing in 2nd place with 9-7 records and no playoff victories. He was our Bill Parcells.
