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That changed when Hamp’s mother, Martha Firestone Ford, took over as principal owner in 2014 at age 88 and enlisted the help of her children to run the team. Hamp was chosen as her mother’s successor and began what amounted to an apprenticeship. Nearly 40 years after Rozelle failed to help her get a foot in the NFL’s door, Hamp’s mother helped her kick it down. “We formed a family board,” she said. “She made all of us vice chairmen. The league requires that there be a lead director, a lead principal owner so that there’s basically one voice. So my siblings got together with my mother and they voted me to be the next person, her successor. So I had five years at least to be with mom, be by her side, attend league meetings. It was great. ....