Permanent claim record · Detroit, Michigan

After Sanders' fax retirement, the Lions demanded return of $7.37 million of his signing bonus; his agents refused. It remains one of the most abrupt retirements in professional sports.

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Predicate	trivia.fact
Subject	Detroit, Michigan (place)
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Status	Verified
Source	Michigan Pop Culture, Game Shows & Trivia Content Mine — Perplexity Deep Research (March 2026) (trust 6.5/10)
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Document hash	pending evidence-pack link
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Claim ID	31d5bd52-2f1e-4299-80f1-cfddbe422325