Ford Field, Detroit Lions (Photo by Aaron J. Thornton/Getty Images)
Quick hitters on the (semi) changing of the guard in Detroit Lions ownership, as Martha Ford passes the torch to her daughter.
In football locker rooms, the common phrase when a player goes out is “next man up”. In the Detroit Lions owner’s box, that saying might as well be changed to “next Ford up”.
Through the team website, the Lions announced on Tuesday morning that 94-year-old owner and chairman Martha Firestone Ford is stepping away from her role. After a tumultuous offseason, Lions ownership will be changing hands, but only sort of.