Mr. WEO

Rob Johnson? call a play?

These are predictable results: solid majorities against in every major city except Buffalo, where 1/3 polled don't want it either....and they are getting a new stadium.

NYC actually funded far more than the NYS on those downstate projects. So downstate NYS reps are not wrong to criticize the state's massive involvement in a stadium in Buffalo. I bet they would be happy to support Hochul on this one if Erie County was kicking in 650 million and the state only 200 mill.

Agreed, but constructing this is pouring public money into the drain. Its a 1.35 billion monument to what amounts to extortion. Build the same amount in housing. Instant value to many who actually helped fund it, that last way beyond the trucks pulling away and the ribbon cutting.

As your link spells out in its headline: "state is NOT historically a big funder of stadiums".. Posters who keep on tossing out Mets and Yankees should spend a little more time reading about how those stadiums were actually funded. lol--the state of the Pegula Lifestyle Fund, perhaps..

Who wouldn't tune into a game because of the announcers? I don't understand that.

So construction for construction's sake? Just build something to reap some small local bump unto the project is completed? Why not build something with value? You get the construction period increase in the local economy ands then the intrinsic value the structure you paid to have built? Isn't that intuitively a better way to spend the money?

the topic is how the Rams put together that team and whether its sustainable. A one and done may or may not be satisfactory ROI. Adding Wagner doesn't equal balling out, unless you mean in winning the off season. They used 2 different approaches to those SBs..

had to lol

Than a publicly funded NFL stadium? The funded stadium as a local economic stimulant has been disproven for years---and it has been posted one here endlessly. Considering how they are used (spare us the tired old "stadium concerts and bowl games" stuff), it an extremely limited use object that generates zero revenue for nearly every day of its existence. It's an asset that has almost no value other than to it's sole rent paying tenant for which it was built.

Well he turned a 4-12 Rex team into a 10-6 team with Fitz as his QB. But yeah! Imagine all the playoff wins if BB coached that Jets crew of Darnold, Chris Ivory, Quincy Enunwa and the dynamic duo of Cro-well and Po-well at RB!! Good point! Anyway, Arians wasn't looking so good before Brady dropped into his generous lap. TB still has Brady, their SB OC and DC (essentially). What was Arians doing on game day anyway other than focusing on keeping that defibrillator centered on his precordium?

Won’t win with that strategy.

well….they’ve balled out once so far

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Bass's rookie results point towards Bojo (other than in the early part of the season--this could have been on Bass as well) not struggling to consistently do. That combo was killing big kicks for the majority of the season, right off the bus... There were a few laces in seen in GB, but clearly Crosby had the yips in that game. With the same holder, in the previous season, a rookie K made 6 FG in a single game. I don't see a lot of the GB FO saying they got rid of Bojo because he can't hold....

The who? Anyway, it's not about having extra money around this year, it's about what is the best use of public money.

Who's trading down in the 1st for Edmunds and Moss?

As a rookie, Bass broke the Bills scoring record with 141 points. He also broke the record of made FG in a game. He made 82.4% of his FG and 97% of his PATs. His holder was Bojo. After Bass made 6 FG in the Jets game, the combo of Bass/Bojo would miss only 1 FG the rest of the season (a 61 yarder). Without Bojo, Bass made the same number of FG with 2 less attempts (87.5%) and all of his PAT. Bojo certainly wasn't "holding" Bass back, but people here sure cling to that narrative.

Bills should bring him back

Can he be paid that much on PS? I thought they instituted a max salary 2 years ago

weirdest bumped thread of the year...

True, but It's still not new money. It doesn't add anything re: stadium costs. NYS/Erie have simply added a new expense they have to cover with the same revenue (from the team anyway). If someone other than Pegula had bought the team in 2014, they would have been personally on the hook for billions in new stadium costs in LA, for instance. Likely Toronto as well.

What he said. Bills players have been paying state taxes since they have been the Buffalo Bills. How would this money now be considered "new"?

I was kidding a bit, but clearly Beane and McD felt that those 2 guys were far from "cooked" when they brought them in. I mean even Davis knew he was done...

He had 1 more target in 2020 than 2019 but almost 200 more yards.