With Detroit among the possibilities for an MLS expansion team in 2020 Jeff Driskel Jersey , the Lions are looking at ways they can make Ford Field work for soccer.
And that includes the possibility of retrofitting their stadium with a retractable roof.
Lions team president Rod Wood said during an interview on WJR-AM that they’re looking at their options, since MLS teams have to play outdoors and teams prefer grass surfaces. He said he’s discussing the project with NBA owner Dan Gilbert and his group which is bidding for the Detroit franchise, along with local basketball executive Arm Tellem.
“Building another stadium makes no sense with the three that we have,” Wood said, via the Detroit Free Press. “I think there’s a purist wing in the MLS and they like to play on grass, they like to play outside. They have preferred smaller stadiums Corey Coleman Jersey , although the two most successful franchises play in football stadiums, in Atlanta and Seattle. They regularly draw 40, 50, 60,000 fans and I think we might have a shot at doing the same thing downtown.
“With all the vibrancy downtown and all the young people now working downtown that love soccer, and coming off the World Cup where everybody was very interested in what’s going on. It’d be great to have that downtown Hroniss Grasu Jersey , but we’ll see about the roof.”
There is that one big problem which has to be discussed.
“We’ll figure out who’s going to pay for it after we figure out the cost,” Wood said.
That’s probably going to range in the hundreds of millions.
They’re not the only NFL facility eying the MLS, as new Panthers owner David Tepper has mentioned the soccer league in both his press conferences since buying the team. It also gives the Lions options for their own games, at least for the ones early enough in the season that anyone might want to enjoy the elements.
Sidney Jones has proven his patience and his diligence.
That’s perhaps why he isn’t sweating his latest setback, since he insists it is temporary.
Via聽Eliot Shorr-Parks of NJ.com, the Eagles cornerback spent his time on the sidelines during minicamp with what he would only call “soreness.”
He said it was unrelated to the torn Achilles that kept him out of all but one game last year. The injury was suffered in a pre-draft workout Barry Sanders Jersey , and the Eagles took him in the second round anyway, amounting to a redshirt season.
“Precaution,” Jones said of the recent issue. “[The team] doesn’t want me practicing right now. Just minor soreness.”
Jones didn’t participate in the OTA session open to reporters last week either, but he said he was encouraged by the progress he’s made the last two months.
“I feel really good. Coming back is a blessing. I feel really comfortable on the field, getting used to the defense, knowing the defense inside and out Jack Mewhort Jersey ,” he said. “Getting comfortable with the defense because last year when I was playing I was practice squad going against then. But it is a good feeling to be in the defense and get the scheme.”
The Eagles think he can be a major contributor, and he’s moved around the secondary in workouts, in the slot as well as outside.
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