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Detroit is one of the last places NFL players want to end up in free agency, a new Sports Illustrated survey finds. Why? They say the weather is cold, and the nightlife ain't hot.
Rust Belt cities in general did poorly in our survey. Cincinnati, Detroit and Cleveland all made the Bottom 5, and Indianapolis, despite having a healthy Andrew Luck and a seemingly upward trajectory on the field, received just three votes for the Top 5. Agents said each city is judged to have a boring nightlife, according to the players. “Weather and [sex] are huge factors,” one agent said.
The fourth-worst destination, Detroit, has the added knock of a locker room that appears dysfunctional to players looking in from the outside. “Especially with Matt ‘I think I’m Belichick but I haven’t done s---’ Patricia,” one agent said.
While we can't argue with players' hesitancy to join the ever-disappointing Lions, we take issue with their knocking of Detroit nightlife. There's plenty of cool stuff to do in the city; it's not our fault they choose to visit generic downtown Royal Oak bars that only stay open 'til 2 a.m.
