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On Wednesday, Judge Susan Nelson made clear to the league and the players her desire that they resume negotiations toward a new contract. On Thursday, each side sent her a letter indicating a desire to comply with her wishes. The problem? Neither side wants to proceed on the terms that the other side has requested. The league (which doesn’t want a CBA to be supervised by Judge Nelson) wants to continue mediation with George Cohen, and the players (who believe that Cohen was too aligned with the owners) want to submit to mediation under the auspices of Judge Nelson, presumably by Judge Nelson appointing a mediator — and possibly by Judge Nelson mediating it herself. http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/07/the-key-to-currying-favor-with-judge-nelson/

Buffalo = 50th largest metro area. Buffalo/Rochester/Toronto = 4th largest NFL Market Area. Toronto is good for the Buffalo Bills.

court adjourned.....ruling may take weeks: U.S. District Judge Susan Richard Nelson, however, urged the two sides not to wait that long. "It seems to me both sides are at risk, and now is a good time to come back to the table," Nelson said, noting her willingness to facilitate the resumption of talks toward a new collective bargaining agreement that would put pro football back on track. http://sports.espn.g...tory?id=6301016

be careful what you wish for.....

Folk's like Kiper keep updating, so the people who actually PAY for this crap feel like they got their monies worth.

first reports from the antitrust hearing: Greg A. Bedard of the Boston Globe reports that the hearing took a break around 12:15 p.m. ET after starting at 10:30 a.m. this morning. Bedard has a few other interesting nuggets from the morning sessions. The most eye-opening: “Only 1 mention of irreparable harm and [Judge Susan] Nelson said it ‘appears players have strong case.”‘ http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/04/06/we-have-our-first-reports-from-the-antitrust-hearing/

UPDATED POWER RANKINGS NFL HEAD COACHES (APR 5th): 1. Bill Belichick, New England Patriots 2. Mike Tomlin, Pittsburgh Steelers 3. Andy Reid, Philadelphia Eagles 4. Mike McCarthy, Green Bay Packers 5. Sean Payton, New Orleans Saints http://espn.go.com/blog/afceast/post/_/id/27641/power-rankings-top-10-nfl-head-coaches

you keep making the same lame arguement......"that the game on the field in toronto can't be contributing to the bills increased fan base from southern ontario". it's either utter nonsense or you have a complete lack of understanding of basic marketing. The Buffalo Bills say their annual excursions to Toronto are helping to grow their fan base from Southern Ontario (they have never said it is the only reason). Billboards, television ads, radio ads, newspapers ads, content on local TV sports segments, radio call-in talk shows and YES...the actual game experience are all contributing factors in more fans wanting to see the bills in toronto AND at the Ralph. The success is also measured in increases in canadian based sponsors of in stadium advertising at the Ralph. Can you provide any proof whatsoever that the bills regionalization marketing approach is hurting ?...no you can't. if a 44% increase in sales doesn't impress you, then you are determined to be miserable.

Nix on the merits of trading down: “We are open to trade down,” Nix said in a Tele-forum with Bills season ticket holders last week. “I’m not sure that that’s always the answer. If there’s a guy you really want at your pick, you better take him. If you think you can trade down and still get the guy you want, a lot of times you’re disappointed. And just because you want to trade down and get extra picks it takes two to do that, and a lot of times there are not a lot of teams willing to move up.” “I think the thing is when you start considering that you might trade down if the opportunity presented itself and the guy you wanted was gone, you have to figure up to 10,” said Nix. “I wouldn’t want to drop any further down than in the top 10. You have to figure nine or 10 prospects that you’d be wanting to have. If you go offense the first pick, who is the defensive guy that will be there? If you go defense with the first pick then you need at least two or three choices in the second round because they might not all be there.” “If you have a guy that you’re dead set on getting you better take him and not move down thinking you can get him at number seven because you might not and then you don’t have the player,” he said. “If that’s the case with us, if there’s a guy there that we think we’re dead set on we’re going to take him.” http://www.buffalobills.com/news/article-2/Nix-on-the-merits-of-trading-down/61f05367-fb60-4ab5-98dc-7d232dae8e04

laffin....your just determined to call bullchit on poor Russ.... well, statement #1- all season ticket account holders have their tickets mailed to them with something called an address. it's also a very useful tool in tracking your customers. statement #2 - most single game tickets are purchased using a credit card, when the buffalo bills or ticketmaster take those orders, an address is also required. seeing as most games are sellouts (approx 6 of 8) there is very little "walk up" ticket sales paid in cash.

STATEMENT #1- "After three years of that experience, we've had a 44 percent increase in season-ticket holders from Southern Ontario to One Bills Drive," Brandon said (talking about season ticket holders ONLY). STATEMENT #2- "At Ralph Wilson Stadium on any given Sunday, close to 15 percent of your fan base is from Rochester, and 15 percent of your fan base is from Southern Ontario," Brandon said. "That's how we make it work." In a crowd of 70,000, that equals about 10,000 fans from Rochester and about 10,000 from Southern Ontario. (that would be season ticket holders AND single game purchases)70,000 times 15% = 10,500.....and growing...lol

THIS IS TOTAL CRAP....just more dumping on buffalo.....clearly we should be 31st worst....wash 32nd. i'm not letting anyone kick us around.

this is probably total crap....but just for funsies....i would do that deal. .... if Kolb was in this draft, he'd go first overall.... plus #23 & #54......

i'm going bold.......former consensus #1 overall....BOWERS......and most of the first round QB's.

10,000 fans and growing, from southern ontario coming to the Ralph every game......it's a beautiful thing....

see....the marketing effort is working......imagine when the bills are a playoff team.

there's an "app" for that: http://wgr2xlrt.itm-staging.com/pages/8637301.php?

i like tebow....but i would NOT give up the #34th pick for him.

teams have been notified that they trade future picks AT THEIR OWN RISK......nothing is certain as to wether a draft will continue or be declared illegal through the courts. teams have also been notified that once this years picks have been made, they may not trade that drafted player. it is ok to trade this years draft picks BEFORE the selection has been made.

The 58-year-old Susan Richard Nelson is no stranger to the spotlight or to complex cases. The native of Buffalo, N.Y., has 22 years of litigation experience, and from 1994 through 1998 she worked with Ciresi and others in a landmark antitrust case against the tobacco industry - winning a $6.1 billion settlement for the state of Minnesota. Read more: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/nfl/04/02/lockout.judge.ap/index.html#ixzz1IOgmGlN3'>http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/nfl/04/02/lockout.judge.ap/index.html#ixzz1IOgmGlN3 http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/football/nfl/04/02/lockout.judge.ap/index.html

Bills trying to find ways to raise their profile in Toronto JAMES CHRISTIE Toronto Globe and Mail Published Friday, Apr. 01, 2011 9:47PM EDT The NFL team brought its marketing staff to Toronto this week to meet with four teams of MBA students at the University of Toronto's Rotman School of Management to the University of Toronto, looking for ideas that will make the Bills Toronto Series a success. Among the attractive ideas were creating a group of dedicated supporters, a la Andrew Boguts efforts to create a rooting section at Milwaukee Bucks basketball games (he gives out 100 lower-level seats to chanting, screaming, wig-wearing fans who have auditioned to create some atmosphere as Squad 6); the idea of overcoming Ontarios liquor laws by substituting the typical NFL tailgate parties with special wing-fest nights at a chain of bars and restaurants; the idea of sending Torontos NFL fans to Buffalo games by bundling Bills tickets with discount nights at a Niagara-area casino and hotel, so attending a game becomes a weekend event and not just a one-time ordeal of waiting at the border. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/football/bills-trying-to-find-ways-to-raise-their-profile-in-toronto/article1968156/ P.S.- the Bills should try to sign a player from the canadian league or one who was born in canada.....

the economic key to buffalo's success is a regionalization approach to TOURISM between buffalo and niagara falls. new money from outside visitors. we already have the Falls....in Buffalo, along the waterfront build a new world class Convention Center, a world class aquarium and move/build a world class Zoo there too.

with a glass bottom...

picking a perfect ncaa basketball bracket is easier than correctly picking the first round of the NFL draft(especially with al davis picking). btw: Jeffrey Burgen, a DePaul University math professor, did the arithmetic and figured that, with 68 teams in a single-elimination bracket, there are more than 147 quintillion ways to fill out a bracket. That’s 147 with 18 zeroes. 147,000,000,000,000,000,000 Odds of being struck by lightning in a given year (estimated total deaths + injuries) 1/500,000 Odds of being struck in your lifetime (Est. 80 years) 1/6250

#1- Jim Kelly was a dog. his infidelities are legendary. there are so many stories i could tell....suffice it to say, he was aggresive in his pursuit and there were many a willing lady to satisfy. from an RV in his driveway to his own nightclub...it was easy pickings. #2- Jill is a saint.... #3- i'm sure the book is therapeutic for them.......for me, it is very sad. #4- if they are able to come out of this with a renewed and more meaningful relationship....good for them.