Scrappy

Owners have to spend close to 100% of the cap link

I just can't see how a state that is shutting down has counties that can give up hundreds of Millions of $'s for football, that is beyond me. Maybe I'm crazy but this seems like a state most likely to lose a team, not a NY / FL or CA team based state.

Gov is ready to shutdown in MN A NFL team seems like the last thing the state needs to support compared to the problems they have. $350 Million or whatever the Vikings want is not going to be easy to come by from the state, so I would plan on them being the most likely to move to LA, IMO.

The fact that you are dwelling on it.

Luck will not be the number 1 draft pick next year & probably cost himself $10's of Millions he will never make up, I hope his extra year of playing for nothing was worth it.

If a car is scratched, you just need to burn the whole thing. Message heard loud & clear.

It would be nice to break from losing every year.

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He said that he's a Taurus, 5'11" & likes to para-sail naked.

Denial is a lonely place, we need a new stadium / corporate support ASAP.

Ralph got lost on the way to the conference room, even though he was technically "there".

Man I hope you're right.

How did it come across then??

I hope you guys are right but seeing how just about everything of value in business has left Buffalo, this seems hard to fathom. Unless your a debt collector, Buffalo is not the land of opportunity. Which all falls back on the long-term viability of having a NFL team there in the first place. If you had a billion to buy a NFL franchise, would you pick the Buffalo franchise?? It wasn't Ralph's first choice either, warm weather Miami was.

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If it was set in stone, you'd here about it. This is a liquid situation based on time of death & the estate tax situation at that time. Ralph may live to be 100 years old & all the rules are different then, how can you set a plan in stone for that ?? Did they plan on Rogers dying before Ralph ?? I think not & he was a player for the team, if that wasn't obvious.

We all hope for the Bills will stay but after hearing the highest bidder speech from Ralph with nothing further having been said since, I think caution is in order about dreaming something different. Ralph is a businessman first & this was an investment, so I would expect that will not change after all this time.

I couldn't agree with you more & cannot see how others are either simply blind to the facts or just ignoring them on purpose. I know some of you probably live close enough to the stadium to see it's best to stay where it's at but what is best for the long-term health of the team is what is important. Regionalizing the team nearly assures us of a much bigger market & assures a long-term viability, which I feel is a no-brainer.

Centrally located is a difficult concept but I assume that all the Rochester, Canadian & Central NY fans deserve nothing short of Orchard Park. It's this exact type of thinking that have jeopardized the Bills as industries have left. Where exactly is the most centrally located place to reach the largest market in the area ?? We have One of the Seven Wonders, I personally would think it would be good to utilize that & many of the Highways throughout NY can get you there. Map from Rochester to Niagara Falls - ~2 Hours Map from Toronto to Niagara Falls - ~2 Hours Map from Orchard Park to Niagara Falls ~47 Minutes

All the more reason to centralize the team closer to a majority of the fanbase with a new stadium in Niagara Falls, one of the seven wonders of the world. How many other stadiums / teams have one of the 7 in their backyard ??

How do you figure anything different from the last statement we heard from Ralph about it ?? Ralph is complaining about the new 90% to be paid to players on the table, I see him looking for every dime after he is gone. If he sells it before he is gone, long term capital gains (~15%) apply versus estate taxes (50% or more). If you think that Ralph is thinking of the future right now, you're nuts. I see a guy holding on for as long as he can (including keeping his name on the stadium door).

Reality is that Ralph's plan for the highest bidder to buy the Bills leaves us vunerable, that's the bottom line however you want to beat the drum during the song.

Reality is not a source.

Link This is the part that chaps my ***, who has the nerve enough to hold a town hostage like this after running a financially successful business here for ~50 years?

Let's end the Ralph is not cheap BS right now, he will never spend money on the Bills to be successful. We need to swallow our medicine while he is alive & accept the fact that .500 ball in unattainable. I hope that the 90% that teams have to spend a season forces Ralph to sell to a new group. He can't even bring himself to have any other name on the door but his for extra income, even though Toyota is everywhere in the parking lot. I'm planning a celebration when he is gone, we have a chance then & only then.