Detroit Lions Need Federal Bailout

General Motors' stock is trading at under $3 per share. Ford is hurting and Chrysler was hoping to merge with GM to stave off bankruptcy. With all the trouble the automakers are facing in Detroit, it seems appropriate that the local team, the Detroit Lions, are stumbling as well. The Lions face the very real possibility of going winless this season. Of their remaining seven opponents, only New Orleans and Green Bay have a losing record (both are 4-5). While the US government debates whether or not to bail out the automakers, I only jokingly ask, should they bail out the Detroit Lions as well? While drastic action is needed, the Miami Dolphins have shown that a big turnaround in one season is certainly possible. Like the automakers, the Lions have struggled with bad management and a poor product. This can be traced directly back to the long tenure of former GM Matt Millen. Millen's poor choices in coaches and players have decimated the Lions. Firing Millen was a move in the right direction, ... (link)