Michigan GM Plant Adjusts Schedule So Workers Can Watch Lions Play In NFC Championship

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The Lions haven’t played in the NFC Championship since 1991, and one General Motors plant in Michigan is going out of its way to make sure some of its employees won’t have to worry about work preventing them from watching the team.

By now, anyone who’s kept tabs on the NFL this season is aware of the struggles the Detroit Lions have faced over the past few decades—a span that arguably extends back to the advent of the Super Bowl Era when you consider the franchise has never even earned the right to play in The Big Game.

As a result, you have to respect what Dan Campbell has managed to achieve just three years after taking the reins in Detriot (especially when you consider he went 3-13 in his inaugural season), and it’s safe to assume the vast majority of neutral fans are rooting for the Lions to top the 49ers in the NFC Championship Game on Sunday.

There’s little doubt virtually every set of eyeballs in the state of Michigan will be focused on what unfolds inside the confines of Levi’s Stadium when the game kicks off at 6:30 PM EST, and a GM plant located in Flint has taken some steps to ensure workers will (hopefully) be able to watch the Lions punch their ticket to Super Bowl LVIII.

According to The Detroit Free Press, people who work the third shift (a.k.a. the night shift) at GM’s Flint Assembly on Sunday nights are typically expected to clock in at 10 P.M.

However, the employees who were scheduled to show up this weekend were recently informed the plant decided to delay the scheduled start by an hour to make sure their NFC Championship viewing experience isn’t cut short.

While they will lose an hour of pay for an overtime shift that’s been cut from nine hours to eight as a result, the outlet spoke with a UAW Local 598 representative who said, “They don’t want to work it anyhow, so no one is complaining.”

Here’s to hoping workers will be in a joyous mood when they do eventually clock in.