Like many of you reading this, I have been a Detroit Lions fan for my entire life.
Unlike many of you, I have never bought a ticket to a Lions game. So the Lions avoiding having their home opener blacked-out is not something I had a hand in.
But that doesn't mean I'm not impressed. In fact, I'm not sure the Lions deserve such loyal fans. Certainly they've done little to deserve it.
I'm not just talking about the losing streak. Nothing chases away fans like losing, but that's not the only thing going on here.
I'm talking about 45 years of bad ownership by one William Clay Ford, who has treated winning like a secondary goal, or even a by-product, ever since he bought the team. He has been grinding dirt into Lions fans' wounds for a long time, and yet they keep coming back, and [...]
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It's not often Detroit Lions fans are treated to a William Clay Ford press conference.
When the Lions owner, generally reclusive in nature, does step into the limelight, no matter how briefly, it's difficult to determine what to take from it.
He says the right things for the most part.
He wants to win. The fans deserve better. Things are changing for the better. He's the one accountable for the team.
And so on. He's mending fences, at one of the two times per year he typically does so: when the season has gone down the tubes and he expresses mild disappointment (akin in severity to the disappointment expressed when one fails to win the lottery, only Ford plays with 1/32 odds every year), and now: the season ticket marketing blitz.
This year is no different. After the Lions [...]
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