Just a few hours into landing the job, Detroit Lions owner Sheila Ford Hamp jumped on a Zoom teleconference call to answer 30 minutes worth of questions from the media. Topics ranged from Colin Kaepernick to what has failed the Lions over the past 60 years to how she plans to operate differently from her mother and father.
Here are the five biggest takeaways from Ford Hamp’s introductory press conference.
The decision was made by Martha Ford, who is healthy
Right off the bat, Ford Hamp wanted to stop any speculation in its tracks, noting that the change in ownership was completely the decision of former owner Martha Firestone Ford.