Looks like there's yet another reason that the Big 3 auto companies (well, one of them at least) need a bailout quickly. Ford might need the money to keep the Detroit Lions playing their traditional Thanksgiving Day game. The blogger below theorizes that Ford can throw advertising dollars around to keep the annual game in Motown, but the NFL will want to have a say in the team's management.
Sounds familiar, huh? If the Big 3 get their bailout, Washington is definitely going to want to straighten out how the car companies are managed, too.
From The Wayne Fontes Experience:
Will the NFL go to William Clay Ford with an offer he can't refuse? According to PFT, the No Fun League may not be above a little pursuasion blackmail in asking forcing the Lions to accept help from the suits in New York in straightening out the woebegone franchise. NFL.com's Adam Schefter is reporting the the league will, once again, look into moving the Thanksgiving Day game out of Detroit. In the words of an unnamed NFL official, the issue "will be reviewed at the March League meetings."
Read more: The Wayne Fontes Experience | a Detroit Lions blog.
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