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    Rooney Rule

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rooney_Rule

     

    In 2003, the NFL fined the Detroit Lions $200,000 for failure to interview minority candidates for the team's vacant head coaching job. After Marty Mornhinweg was fired, the Lions immediately hired former San Francisco 49ers head coach Steve Mariucci to replace him without interviewing any other candidates. The Lions claimed they attempted to interview other candidates but that the minority candidates withdrew from interviews, believing Mariucci's hiring was inevitable.[

     

    So, the punishment was $200k at that time... But, that's been the only instance, so the punishment could be different now.

     

    -Bill

    Bills fans get what they paid for?

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    I told my season ticket rep this year that the Bills could and should jack their prices at least $15-$20 per ticket across the board. A 16th row ticket on the 40 behind the Bills bench should cost more than $70 for a season ticket holder, sorry. I sat there for the MNF game (not my seats) and they should be $100 minimum.

     

    I'd would have paid it for my 300-level seats (I'm done as long as DJ is the coach). If the Sabres can get what they do for one out of 82 games, the Bils should see they can as well. Ralph likes to think, and state as he did in a Toronto presser, that we're economically poor as a region, but this is one thing peophe can and will pay for.

     

    We don't HAVE to have the cheapest or second cheapest seats in the league, the Bills just choose that to be the case.

     

    He raises prices and other teams don't, he gets closer to having to start paying rent at RWS... A lot of people most likley don't know that.

     

    He wants it to the point where he's making just enough to avoid paying the rent. That way, he keeps everything and pays out nothing.

     

    What he tells you (the fan) is that he's keeping prices lower, so more can attend... But then, he turns around and bitches about not being able to compete.

     

    The man is in it to get every dime, without having to pay anything.

     

    Sorry, no more of my cash for Ralph. No more jerseys, hats, etc, until division championship hats and shirts go on sale.

     

    Broncos owner Pat Bowlen is eating over $20 million to can Shanahan... I'll bet Jauron's new contract doesn't cost half of that. You're being figured out quicker and quicker by the masses, old man. Time to hold up your end of the bargain.

     

    -Bill

    Bills fans get what they paid for?

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

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    You guys want to know WHY the Bills tickets are the cheapest? It has nothing to do with the fans "not being able to afford it."

     

    http://www.erie.gov/billslease/index.phtml

     

    This is the Erie County/Buffalo Bills lease. By scrolling to the bottom, you will find a link to the Stadium Lease.

     

    Scroll down to "Article 3: Rent"

     

    You will find the following:

     

    3.1 Rent. On or before March 31st of each Lease Year, the Bills shall pay to the ECSC, as rent for the Stadium Complex, fifty percent (50%) of the amount by which Net Ticket Revenue exceeds NFL Average Net Ticket Revenue for the NFL Season concluded on or about February 1st of such Lease Year. Such rent shall be paid to the ECSC without notice or demand and without abatement, deduction or set-off in lawful money of the United States of America at the ECSC's Address and shall be accompanied by a certification, in form and content satisfactory to the ECSC, from an independent nationally recognized certified public accounting firm reasonably acceptable to the ECSC, setting forth the calculations used by the Bills in determining such rental payment.

     

    Translated, this means that, if the Bills' ticket revenue is higher than the LEAGUE AVERAGE ticket revenue, they owe the city 50% of the difference.

     

    Having the lowest ticket prices in the NFL isn't Ralph's way of being nice, or thinking that the citizens of WNY can't afford higher prices. While it's nice to say "Hey, we have the cheapest tickets in the NFL," by doing this, the Bills guarantee that they will not come close to hitting the league average, let alone go over it, thus owing the county money. Basically, by having low ticket prices, he never hits or exceeds the league average, meaning he gets to use the stadium rent free.

     

    It's just another way for Ralph to pocket as much money as he can, while spending as little as he can.

     

    -Bill

    Offical "NO Dome for Miami" Thread

    in The Stadium Wall Archives

    Posted

    Actually, the possibility of this happening seems to be up to the Bills:

     

    http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sp...heref-headlines

     

    An hour and 30 minutes before each game played in a stadium with a retractable roof, the home team announces whether or not the roof will be open or closed. A team could leave the roof open during inclement weather in order to slow down an opponent. However, there is a special ruling that allows the game referee to order the roof closed under extreme weather conditions. Once the roof is closed, either before the game or during the game, it cannot be opened.

     

    -Bill

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