No, I never said it wouldn't go to the highest bidder......all I said is that it is not a foregone conclusion that happens. There are ways to set it up for a sale at a FAIR PRICE......not necessarily a "bargain price."
So yes, could they go to the highest bidder? Maybe. Could there be an agreement already in place for a sale to new ownership to keep the team here upon his death? Sure. All I was saying is that there is a plan somewhere. It is just not going to be left for everyone to figure out after he passes. Ralph knows what is going to happen and how everything will work. I am sure there are others that know as well. They just won't make it public. If they made it public and said there was a plan to keep the Bills in Buffalo (or the Niagara area) for the next 30 years, then people would be coming out trying to push him out of the way now and telling him to step aside (heck, there are people already doing that). People would really stop buying tickets because many that are are just doing it to support the team. They don't want that to happen. So, there are many reasons for keeping the plan a secret if there is one to keep the team in Buffalo.
Again, I am not saying for sure that there is a plan in place to keep the team here, but I do believe it has been talked about a lot more than what people think. Personally, what I think will happen in the end is that we will have a partnership with the people in Toronto and the Bills will relocate......NOT TO TORONTO, but to somewhere in the middle of Buffalo and Toronto. They will be more regionalized. I think that instead of the "Buffalo" Bills, there will be the "Niagara Bills" or somehting along those lines. Sort of what happened to the Patriots......moving away from "Boston" to "New England." While it may be too expensive to keep the Bills here, it is even more expensive to relocate the team somewhere. But, a partnership with Toronto would work for everyone, providing they don't move the Bills across the border.
But whatever......I don't know. That is just my guess. I just think there is more going on behind the scenes than people think. That's all.