File this under: “I’ll believe it when I see it.”
Detroit Lions strongly considering adding cheerleaders
By Kyle Meinke
MLive.com
April 01, 2016
DETROIT — The Detroit Lions are one of seven NFL teams without cheerleaders.
That could be about to change.
“It’s a very popular question, and it’s one that as I said before, it’s not off the table,” president Rod Wood said Thursday night during a question-and-answer session with season-ticket holders.
“I’m taking strong consideration. How’s that?”
That? Well, it’s about as open as the Lions have been in recent years to the idea of adding cheerleaders. Former president Tom Lewand routinely poo-poo’d the idea. He seemed to take pride in the franchise being one of seven without them, along with Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Green Bay, Pittsburgh and the New York Giants.
But the new regime is turning over the organization at a dizzying rate, and while most of those changes have affected the football side of things, the business and marketing side have undergone their own makeover.
Wood has been focused on improving the game-day experience at Ford Field, and it seems cheerleaders could be on the docket.
“Stay tuned,” he told the crowd. “We’ve got 2,000 (fans in this room who are cheerleaders) already. We may be adding to that.”
