CodeMonkey

I wonder how many fan boards of other teams have similar things posted but substituting "Bills" for "Raiders".

Hard to argue with your sentiment and passion. However in my opinion there are far fewer that feel as you do compared to the rest.

My feelings as well. When we hear the team has been sold is when we will hear the name of the buyer probably for the first time.

1. No. 2. Some may make some noise at first, but ultimately "who cares".

Assuming Manuel has the full confidence of the coaching staff, I am satisfied with Lewis as the backup. Bringing in a good vet to help mentor them both is a good idea if they can get one at a good price.

There is no way a statewide referendum passes for a stadium in Buffalo. Not even the slightest chance. Even a local one within WNY where WNY people fund a stadium would fail in my opinion. The number of real Bills fans that would be willing to fund a stadium is dwarfed by the others, again in my opinion.

Well someone on his behalf issued a press release anyway.

His agent did a good job on the press release. I particularly like the last line of the article ... "Kelly has yet to announce if he'll be transferring from the school following his dismissal. " No more football, or football player special considerations by the teachers, and no more free ride. So much for staying at Clemson.

Thurman is likely to align himself with whomever Jim Kelly does ... if it ever comes to that.

I found this article today on this topic and figured I'd share. http://fivethirtyeight.com/datalab/fewer-kids-are-playing-football-but-mark-cuban-might-be-wrong-about-why/

I agree. And add until CJ becomes an every down back that an OC does not fear giving the ball to on 3rd down. I respect your opinions, but the whole "one strike away" rationalization is getting very old and more tiresome as time goes by.

He is actually an American. New Jersey specifically.

Well when a neutral observer looks at the size of the market, the affluence of the markets, and the outlook for the area, then Toronto is obviously the better choice. There are lot of other things that factor into it that said neutral observer might not know or care about.

Confrontations with security at the gates is considerably preferable to confrontations with other fans when an a-hole lights up at his seat.

Even one of the Rochester TV sports guys did a commentary about it last night. He was all for it. Said the Bills have been irrelevant for 15 years now, and Trump instantly gets the Bills in the news and gains credibility as an organization.

He apparently is an !@#$, sucks at QB, and is a diva who's only talent is having Jim as his uncle. What have the Bills got to lose? How about what's left of their dignity.

Yes, owning in the same city is fine. Jacobs cannot because he owns the Bruins, which is in another city.

Wow this is completely backwards. The rules change minimally every year in the NFL. Additionally as an owner he wold have a say in any rule changes, plus the other owners also want to make money as well so they are like minded. And finding quality people you can trust is harder in football than in business? You don't really believe in the current global economy is is harder to run a NFL team than a business, do you?

Oh I see, But if all he was looking for was profit by essentially "flipping" the team, there are a lot safer and cheaper investments than a 800 million dollar purchase. Golisano I believe purchased the Sabres primarily so they would stay in Buffalo. And it was about 25% the cost of the Bills.

Plummets? I thought it was valued at about $800 million?

Mr. Wilson bought the team for very little money and he carried no debt on the team. Any new buyer, including Trump, will be paying close to a billion dollars. They will absolutely NOT make money the way Mr. Wilson did on the team if it stays in Buffalo under the same conditions as now (ticket prices, suite sales, etc.). Plus with Trump it as an ego thing as well. What strokes him more, a team in Buffalo or a larger more flashy market. I'm not saying he would move the team for sure because who knows with him. But it is certainly a distinct possibility.

If they did then enforcement would be easy without needing to stripsearch people coming into the stadium for cigs. Same for drunks etc.

How about this for an idea. One way to be able to make fans safer by enforcing the rules is to install a series of cameras around the stadium. Someone in security would use the cameras to scan all of the sections during the game. If (s)he sees some idiot getting ready to slide down a railing, or staggering drunk, or smoking or whatever they radio the nearest security officers to the section and gives them a seat location. So if there is a ban say on smoking they can eject the person even if they are done smoking by the time security gets there. They can bring the person to the security office and show them the video of the infraction. They could even use the fancy new WiFi and equip security officers with tablets to positively identify the offender and show them if they protest. That would really help enforce the rules, wouldn't cost very much, and would still allow for people to carry cigs into the stadium if they wanted to for after they leave the stadium.

Where I work anyway they are also banned. There is still 2nd hand smoke with them.

1) You can buy seat cushions for less than $10. So $5 per game seems a tad steep. Personally I think they should make it a free option for season ticket holders. But the plan as you stated would be OK by me so long as they did not ban bringing in your own cushion if you wanted to. 2) Seems kind of silly and unnecessary to me. But if people are still acting like children and lighting up in the stadium then maybe they have to do something like that.