The Detroit Lions are officially the NFL's worst team in the history of the NFL (at least in some Detroit fans opinions) . Wahoo!!! I am glad they are number one. Now we get the first draft pick. I would like to take that pick and trade the whole team to China.
Then I would start over. I would hire 80 of Detroit's unemployed at $60,000 to play. We would at least have the same record next year. So if you multiply 80 players by $60,000 it would cost $4,800,000. Minus that new payroll number from the current Detroit Lions payroll of $90,947,657 I would have $86,947,657 to buy Detroit foreclosures.
There are currently 3246 Detroit foreclosures for sale. I could probably make a deal to buy them all at $10,000 a piece for all 3246 Detroit foreclosures. So now if I deduct the cost of my Detroit Lions new picks 3246 x $10,000 = $32,460,000. Minus that from my Detroit Lion's payroll of $86,947,657 - $32,460,000 = $54,487,657 left to improve my team.
I would then take that money and hire more of Detroit's unemployed and pay for materials to rehab all 3246 Detroit foreclosures. That would give me about $16,700 per Detroit home.
Now that the William Clay Ford and the Lions owned all the Detroit foreclosures they would give them away to Detroit's needy and homeless with the help of Habitat for Humanity.
The Detroit Lion'swould get a big charitable deduction, tremendous good will, and the same record. I figure if we did this for about 5 years we could put a big dent in metro Detroit's foreclosures, help the economy, get William Clay Ford a tax break, and help reduce the number of Detroit's unemployed.
What do you think? Are you with me? A new start for the Detroit Lions
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Russ Ravary your Metro Detroit realtor
Russ, I really like the way you do math. I hope the Lions don't go 0-16. That would be a shame.
Gary,
You have to believe they will go 0-16. No pride right now, no umpf, no get up and go!!!