Lions quarterback Jared Goff is flush with cash. And he's ready to spend some of it on an effort to expand Detroit's sports portfolio. Via Omari Sankofa II of the Detroit Free Press, Goff has joined the group that is hoping to bring a WNBA franchise back to town.

Detroit Lions QB Jared Goff said he doesn't know what he wants to do in his post-playing career, other than he hopes to stay involved with football

In the early 2000s, the Detroit Shock won three WNBA championships and helped bring fanfare to the sport in the early days of the league. Now that the WNBA is beginning to thrive, there is now a push to bring women’s basketball back to Detroit.

Detroit Lions quarterback Jared Goff and his wife, Christen Harper, join forces with Detroit Pistons owner Tom Gores in a bid to bring a WNBA expansion team back to Detroit. Supported by local politicians,