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The Detroit Lions — Marketable?
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AP Detroit Lions |
But how about the Detroit Lions, who on Sunday could become the first team to go 0-for-season since the 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers?
You'd think not. I mean, all the NFL would tell me was that the top Lions player in jersey sales, Calvin Johnson, is ranked in the top 75 in sales in the league. Top 75? And you certainly don't see those team-signed 1976 Buccaneers helmets on eBay (though I do have one of those jerseys).
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Source: Johnny KIng Detroit Lions Shirt |
A guy named Johnny King has a Web site called DetroitLions0and16, where he's selling 0-16 season shirts with a drawing of a lion sprawled out on the floor.
"We've sold about 300 shirts and when they do lose it's going to be crazy," said King, who says he was a Lions season ticket holder for 20 years and was ready to make a new statement with the shirts.
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Source: Johnny King Detroit Lions Shirt |
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