Notes: Dan Gilbert puts Lions ownership rumors to bed

Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty ImagesAs the Detroit Lions prepare to close yet another disappointing season, talk will once again shift to typical offseason topics: the draft, free agency, and selling the team.

There have been no signs of the Ford family showing interest in selling the team. In fact, just a month ago, Lions president Rod Wood publicly declared that the team was “not for sale” amidst rumors that Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert may be interested in making a play for the franchise.

Now, Gilbert has spoken out and claimed that those rumors never had much of any heat behind them.

“The truth of the matter is is that the stuff that was out earlier—there was nothing there,”…