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It certainly is long. But no information, just basically as you say, F Bon Jovi. And with lines like "the protest seemed to have gotten Bon Jovi’s attention", it's a little hard to take seriously.

This is just pure silliness Hopeful, the theory is that some people here have inside information. They can make some statements, but not with enough detail as to give away the source of the information. It's like with a large part of religion, you either believe or you don't.

I blame Jon Bon Jovi.

Of course. But it makes Bills fans feel better right now, which I believe is the main intent.

Manuel is not in the same category as P. Manning, Ryan, Brees, Stafford, Brady or Flacco.

That's usually how the game is played in the NFL. The difference this time is any new ownership are going to have their hands fairly securely tied for a number of years until the current lease runs out and won't be able to play the game effectively until then.

For me, I believe they would keep the Bills in Buffalo for as long as it made economic sense.

I think mainly because he is in his contract year and a lot of people figure he won't be back anyway, so get something for him now while they can. Plus some think he flat out sucks Personally I don't think his single fourty yard run surrounded by his 10-15 little or no gain runs are of a lot of value. And so far anyway, that's all the Bills seem to be able to get out of Spiller. If they think they can get more than that out of Spiller this season then keep him and hopefully they can resign him. Otherwise if someone offers a 2nd for him, take it and run.

Of course they would for the right price. What passes for "news" anymore is amazing. Now if he had information worth announcing like team X was interested and the price was <insert draft pick numbers here> that's great. But the Bills "may" be interested. Come on man, show a little professional pride and put a little effort into it.

I suspect we won't get much if any more than we have been getting so far, speculation.

Interesting, I didn't get that take at all. It was well written and very level headed. Put forth the facts, at least as much as are known, and some speculation by experienced people. I didn't walk away thinking JBJ was the next owner by any means, but I didn't get the sense from that article that he wasn't either. All in all a very fair piece,

Yeah his twitter quotes are exactly what you would hope would come from a previous mayor of Rochester and current politician, as well as a Bills fan apparently Schumer has come up in several (probably too many) threads already. But I like your qualifier in bold

I strongly suspect that agreement about the sabres was not for 35 years (or forever) and did not include a 1 Billion dollar penalty.

Yeah I have had that in the back of my mind the entire time as well. But companies are bound by previous contracts when they are sold to new ownership. It is the corporation that is bound by the contract, no matter who the ownership (or shareholders) are. So i suspect that applies here as well. Edit: And what jw said while we were typing at the same time

The cat is out of the bag that a group that wants to own a NFL team that has most of its members in Toronto commissioned a study before the Bills went on the market investigating stadium locations in the Toronto area? That cat? Pegula would not sign that (only a moron would). Why should they?

What you are describing is the kids day preseason game (if you buy your tickets from a season ticket holder). And coincidentally, the game being discussed in this thread IS the kids day game

Try thadbrown7. Also a sportscaster that spends a lot of time at OBD and camp

Is there anyone Bills related you don't follow on twitter my friend? That's a Rochester TV sportscaster

Interesting. They had Lt. Gov Duffy on the radio here this morning (he is from Rochester) and they were talking about the Bills sale. His comments, framed in a politically correct way praising the Gov as well as the Bills front office, was that the he thinks the Bills should stay in Buffalo, and that the 400 mil penalty (imposed, he said, by the Governor) is very helpful for that but ultimately it will be up to the new ownership to decide. Then he made some jokes about having 8-tracks of Bon Jovi . Refreshingly honest for a politician was my overall impression. Now seeing that tweet I'm not so sure. EDIT: After reading all of the tweets in Yolo's post below, I guess he isn't inconsistent. His radio statement says it is up to new ownership, and his tweets are basically a WNY'er Bills fan saying "don't do it".

I fully expected to be < .500 going into last season. However I would be disappointed with < .500 this coming season. If Manuel/Marrone can't pull off at least 8-8 with this team ... fail.

The had Lt. Gov Duffy on the radio here this morning (he is from Rochester) and they were talking about the Bills sale. His comments, framed in a politically correct way praising the Gov as well as the Bills front office, was that the he thinks the Bills should stay in Buffalo, and that the 400 mil penalty (imposed, he said, by the Governor) is very helpful for that but ultimately it will be up to the new ownership to decide. Then he made some jokes about having 8-tracks of Bon Jovi . Refreshingly honest for a politician was my overall impression.

A lot of people don't like change much.

Giving up what they did for Sammy, the Bills are all-in on Manuel for sure. No matter if he lights it up or goes down in flames, they should play Manuel all season to see what he's got. Give him every opportunity to succeed. If he flames out then well, whats another 4 years of futility.

I might have 4 tickets available. I should know for sure this afternoon and will let you know.

And tomorrow is a night practice so there should be no shortage of play-by-play