Smizzy Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Lions | Thanksgiving Day tradition in jeopardy? Fri, 26 Jan 2007 07:43:41 -0800 Vartan Kupelian and Mike O'Hara, of the Detroit News, report there has been speculation that the Detroit Lions might not play host to their traditional leadoff Thanksgiving Day game, an annual ritual they founded in 1934. Instead, the team could be moved to a night game, which premiered on the NFL Network last season, and holds a smaller viewing audience. Network officials might prefer a more attractive team than the Lions, who are on a six-year skid, to play in one of the first two games on Thanksgiving. From my mouth to gods ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drago Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 From my mouth to gods ears. ABOUT TIME! i had roy williams and KJ on my fantasy team and i still refused to watch them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Troll Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Don't **** with tradition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
#27TheDominator Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 From my mouth to gods ears. Do you really want them to put a good game one while you're all sleepy from the tryptophan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afosomf Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 From my mouth to gods ears. i would rather watch Barbaro grazing blue grass.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECURB Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Don't **** with tradition. The NFL is in business to make money... not to put up with the Lions and keep giving them a special game every year even though they suck.... Take it away from them, they dont deserve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smizzy Posted January 26, 2007 Author Share Posted January 26, 2007 Do you really want them to put a good game one while you're all sleepy from the tryptophan? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Troll Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 The NFL is in business to make money... not to put up with the Lions and keep giving them a special game every year even though they suck.... Take it away from them, they dont deserve it. And the Lions made the league absolutely no money back when Barry Sanders, Herman Moore, and Chris Speilman were playing on Thanksgiving. The Lions are in a downswing and will eventually swing back up. Something tells me if the Cowboys suck for 6 years, the league won't take away their afternoon game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeniorFlaJet Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 The NFL is in business to make money... not to put up with the Lions and keep giving them a special game every year even though they suck.... Take it away from them, they dont deserve it. Ithink you just quoted the memo from the NFL to CBS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drago Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Do you really want them to put a good game one while you're all sleepy from the tryptophan? I admire your rationale. I here by swear alegance to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
faba Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 A night game should get more viewers that a 12 PM game -am I off base here? Seems like a dumb move allaround. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormshadow19 Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 The NFL is in business to make money... not to put up with the Lions and keep giving them a special game every year even though they suck.... Take it away from them, they dont deserve it. The reason the Lions have that special game is because they were the only team who'd take it, way back when they were the money in the NFL. They're not going to **** with William Clay Ford, a man who made this league what it is. From god's mouth to my ears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arsis Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Lions suck, **** em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman88 Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 A night game should get more viewers that a 12 PM game -am I off base here? Seems like a dumb move allaround. Not when that night game is on NFL network and the day happens to be Thanksgiving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSJets Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Six year skid? I thought they sucked a lot longer than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green DNA Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Good, now if we could only get rid of the Cowboys, football on Thanksgiving would be semi interesting again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Gun Of Bavaria Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 The NFL Has Almost Completed their long awaited plan of taking 100% of the tradition out of the game and league. Congratulations......I guess. Another tradition by the wayside? This league sucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nj meadowlands Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 The NFL Has Almost Completed their long awaited plan of taking 100% of the tradition out of the game and league. Congratulations......I guess. Another tradition by the wayside? This league sucks. You suck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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