White Linen

What a great great post!

I hate Tyrod

If Tyrod is the starter we'll just have a new poster - BuffaloBuddy420

Please stay, this team is in desperate need of fans like you.

This doesn't mean they aren't drafting a QB.

I think QB's that sign in free agency will make things a little clearer but could also create more crazy scenarios on draft day.

No way, did Brandon really just say that?

So you're filling holes with 3rd round picks while trading our first? Who is going to give us their first next year and a 3rd this year for pick #21? Oh never mind....... why do I even engage?

#topdestination4players

How are we going to trade our firsts this year for firsts next year and still fill all our holes?

I thought this same thing after reading. How could anyone be for replacing all 5 offensive lineman?

They should eliminate compensatory picks altogether. If not, take picks away from teams and use those to give as compensation.

How would we trade Tyrod after this coming season?

Maybe I just don't understand but we'd pay $6 million to have a trade able contract? Even if you got a 4th round pick - isn't that a lot to pay? I can't wrap my head around that being one of the lines of thought for paying the bonus.

I'll concede that I should not have said any customers - similarly you would risk not having enough customers to stay in business if that's your attitude towards them. The only time you should discipline or fire an employee is if they show aggression towards a customer? We just fundamentally disagree with how to run a business then. A business thrives on getting new customers as well as keeping the ones they have. It takes a lot of work to earn customers and it's easy to lose them. That's the genesis of the customer is always right. I know you disagree but it's a mindset that even if they're wrong - you treat them as if they're right. I get that you just think - fine we'll get different customers but that's not a business model anyone would follow. I just can't believe someone as articulate as you can think just have a good product and you'll have business. C'mon now. This went from productive conversation to very weird. However I did enjoy it.

You sound extremely sincere but I just can't get there with you. You can't think a business could survive operating like that? I mean, I get that you wish it could be, but you'd have no customers. Let's say that Barista doesn't welcome the guests and wasn't friendly and they lost customers - you'd be ok with keeping that person employed so long as they make a mean cup of joe and you'd expect the customers to either get over it or don't?

Yeah, I don't know and I didn't do enough research to see if hard numbers had been studied. I think the loss of viewership was real though and it appears attendance was down. There had to have been some financial effect. As you mention, did it necessarily rise to the level of significantly effecting the billionaire owners? Probably not but it may have effected retailers and folks that own parking places, etc. Folks like that. I think it got to the level of at least - this isn't good and could potentially be a problem for real. Kim is an owner and she feels like it's a conversation that needs to be had - so I guess there's that too.

I'm not trying to pretend to know you're thoughts outside of what you post - I just went off you posting "All that should matter to the company is "is the work is getting done?" So if the football games are still being played, if the athletes are still performing on the field, my personal belief is that should be all that matters. IMO." I just responded saying that's not all that matters - then you agreed. I don't know why you said that's all that matters - when there's more that matters.

You're right. For example, I didn't really like seeing the protests, it bothered me on some level but not to the point I stopped watching. My brother, who's not as rabid of a Bills fan that I am, stopped watching. He just didn't want to watch and felt strong enough about it to find something else to do - and in fact called and said I'm not going to buy your sons anything Bills related this year for Christmas, which he normally does. We live in Charlotte and he'll usually find something cool to get them. The players didn't feel the immediate financial impact because it didn't trickle down to them but the NFL did. Kim answered the question beautifully. Understand the impact you as players had on the business before it eventually effects you or effects you more. Obviously everyone has the right to say, I understand or don't care to understand the impact because either way I feel morally obligated to follow through. Then in that scenario the person is willing to accept any consequences that come their way.

Nucci and buff atl boy answered you adequately.

You're missing an important point though which is the actual problem from a business perspective only. The significant amount of customers didn't like it and it cost the business money. So it's much more than just performing job duties and owners being ok with it - heck they could even agree - but if it eventually effects what funds the business it has to be addressed.

Everything has to be explained to you today, haha. Don't go nuts, just kidding. I know you know what they're protesting about - I think you just disagree that's it's true. I think you pretended not to know, so you could say, they're protesting about something that's not factual. That's ok, I'm just sayin'

C'mon nucci, you're smarter than that. I'm not saying who's right or wrong but he's baiting you into saying this - when it's really about whether it's true or not. edit: told ya

I think that's the point she was trying to make. The NFL players protests hurt business. It's not about debating the veracity of the protests itself but understanding through communication, what impact it had on business. Getting the players to understand the impact on business, each individual organization and the community good or bad is a necessary conversation in order to compromise. It's larger than "my protest is more important than any damage it causes". While that can be seen as controversial or noble by the public isn't the point of this particular angle. This is about attempting to compromise through communication so that voices can be heard and business can still thrive.

Smoke screen - you have to give Beane credit for trying.