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TOPIC: Something pissing you off? Say it in here..
[guidogodoy] Sunday, March 29, 2009 5:47:12 PM 
Oh you KNOW there are no hard feelings. Were anyone in my city to take the Lions seriously, we'd all be institutionalized by now. Oddly enough, though, they still have had an incredibly strong following since they moved into their new digs at Ford Field. Packed houses just about every game unlike when they played in the far-off city of Pontiac (Ford Field is right in the heart of the city). My personal take on their record is that they hired three miserable coaches, refuse to put any $ into the team and go 0-16 just to get the city all excited when they finally win one!

As for the Domino's pizza reference, inside joke. Tigers were so miserably bad because of their owner Tom Monaghan who, oddly enough, was founder and CEO of Domino's pizza. It was a commonly known fact that not only did he make moves in watering down the expensive beer but that he used a % of every sale of Domino's pizza to found his Right to Life group. Really had a big impact on the city as many didn't believe that supporting a baseball team or buying a pizza there (or anywhere) should have this political spin to it whether you were in favor or not. Major boycott ensued. Even many Right to Lifer's came out publically against this policy. This spilled over onto the Lions when it was announced that Domino's was the only option there too.

You'd have to be from the city, as I said. Monaghan sold Domino's in about '98 to dedicate his life to pursuing his Catholic agenda. Oddly enough, to owner of Little Caesar's (another pizza place, non USA friends) to Mike Illitch = owner of the Tigers and the Red Wings.

To date, however, you still see old inner-city folks avoiding Domino's for Little Caesars. Bumper stickers on cars often don't say pro-life, pro-choice. They say "Domino's or Little Caesar's." Monaghan garnered no little amount of ill-will for having held on to the Lions and NEVER investing in them for so long while still holding his religious beliefs (and subsequent boycotts against the teams he basically used as pawns) in front of the careers / teams he was supposed to represent.
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