Lions Ford dead at 88...Bills Ralph Wilson only original living owner left in NFL

[DetDannyWilliams]

Detroit Lions owner and chairman William Clay Ford Sr. has died of pneumonia at his home, team president Tom Lewand announced Sunday. Ford was 88

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap2000000332066/article/detroit-lions-owner-william-clay-ford-sr-passes-away

Only Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson, 95, has owned an NFL team longer than Ford. Wilson has been with Buffalo since its inception in 1959.

[Night Train]

Re: Lions Ford dead at 88...Bills Ralph Wilson only original living owner left in NFL

You run a car company and own an NFL team.

That's a cool life.

RIP

[BertSquirtgum]

Re: Lions Ford dead at 88...Bills Ralph Wilson only original living owner left in NFL

Ralphie-poo is a cyborg. We got him for the long haul.

[Skooby]

Re: Lions Ford dead at 88...Bills Ralph Wilson only original living owner left in NFL

He'll outlive most everybody I reckon.

[Homegrown]

Re: Lions Ford dead at 88...Bills Ralph Wilson only original living owner left in NFL

if the NFL was a tontine, then Ralph won

[GreedoII]

Re: Lions Ford dead at 88...Bills Ralph Wilson only original living owner left in NFL

Truly unBILLevable. Why won't this old senile fool drop dead already!?!? Detroit will now win a Super Bowl since they are finally rid of old ass owner syndrome.

[stuckincincy]

Re: Lions Ford dead at 88...Bills Ralph Wilson only original living owner left in NFL

RIP, Mr. Ford.

[MikeNC]

Re: Lions Ford dead at 88...Bills Ralph Wilson only original living owner left in NFL

At least Ralph gave you guys something to do on Sundays..... Greedo's disrespect for wishing the man dead is unbelievable and truely insulting... This team had 4 chances in a row to be SB World Champs, and thats Ralph's fault? Go home and look at your father and think of all the times he didn't do what you wanted, you gonna wish him dead, doubtful.....

[pmoon6]

Re: Lions Ford dead at 88...Bills Ralph Wilson only original living owner left in NFL

Truly unBILLevable. Why won't this old senile fool drop dead already!?!? Detroit will now win a Super Bowl since they are finally rid of old ass owner syndrome.

Truly, the depths of humanity. Wishing death on a man just because your football team hasn't made the playoffs in a while?

May your wishes be visited on you ten fold.

[coastal]

Re: Lions Ford dead at 88...Bills Ralph Wilson only original living owner left in NFL

I love me some spiked troll threads.

[Guest]

Re: Lions Ford dead at 88...Bills Ralph Wilson only original living owner left in NFL

Notice that there is no panic as to who is going to own the Lions or if the Lions are going to relocate to another city.

[justasportsfan]

Re: Lions Ford dead at 88...Bills Ralph Wilson only original living owner left in NFL

At least Ralph gave you guys something to do on Sundays..... Greedo's disrespect for wishing the man dead is unbelievable and truely insulting... This team had 4 chances in a row to be SB World Champs, and thats Ralph's fault? Go home and look at your father and think of all the times he didn't do what you wanted, you gonna wish him dead, doubtful.....

Some people need to get a life if they want a person to die because of a game

[cookie G]

Re: Lions Ford dead at 88...Bills Ralph Wilson only original living owner left in NFL

Notice that there is no panic as to who is going to own the Lions or if the Lions are going to relocate to another city.

That's because they're moving to Toronto.

So the Torontorians can cheer for the ...Bears and Packers.

[Guest]

Re: Lions Ford dead at 88...Bills Ralph Wilson only original living owner left in NFL

That's because they're moving to Toronto.

So the Torontorians can cheer for the ...Bears and Packers.

No NFL team is moving to Toronto in the next decade.

My point is is that it is Ralph himself who has caused the panic in Buffalo by being unwilling to announce this supposed secret succession plan.

Then again, if Ralph's goal was to sell the Bills through his estate at highest price possible including to a owner who wants to relocate the team, he would be doing what he is doing now and simply say nothing.

In other words, Ralph has no succession plan other than his estate selling the Bills no strings attached.

Only the NFL owners as a group can prevent the Bills from relocating.

[OpIv37]

Re: Lions Ford dead at 88...Bills Ralph Wilson only original living owner left in NFL

At least Ralph gave you guys something to do on Sundays..... Greedo's disrespect for wishing the man dead is unbelievable and truely insulting... This team had 4 chances in a row to be SB World Champs, and thats Ralph's fault? Go home and look at your father and think of all the times he didn't do what you wanted, you gonna wish him dead, doubtful.....

No, it's not Ralph's fault that the team lost 4 straight SB's. It is his fault that we've only had 4 chances and that this team has had far more failure than success under his ownership. It took him 25 years after the merger to figure out how to do business in the NFL and have some success, and he still hasn't adjusted to the new realities of the salary cap and free agency 20 years later.

I won't go as far as wishing death on the guy, but the bar for judging Ralph has to be set much, much higher than simply giving us something to do on Sundays.

Some of you seem content to give Ralph credit for the one great thing he did in 1959 while forgetting that he proceeded to suck for the next half century and counting. The sorry state of this organization is on Ralph's head. Don't forget it.