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all polls and the Bills survey showed majority wanted a roof. Bills only would say after the survey (that they refused to give actual results of) that it showed "there was not an overwhelming outcry for a dome" read between the lines. Bills wanted a large majority to want a dome before they would seriously consider it, not just the simple majority which the survey showed wanted a dome.

your money pays for all operational cost of the theater. Movie building operation ins labor etc etc.... It is part of the ticket price. I managed a theatre for years and was involved in all. PSL's are the property of the entity who negotiates the ownership of the PSL monies. Usually, the owners own the PSL revenue, like Pegs owns this upcoming PSL monies per negotiations. Oakland the team also owned the PSL money and kept it. Then the timeline of PSL ownership expired and fans had to pony up again. Ravens owners kept all the PSL money for their new stadium when they moved from Cleveland. Rams and Chargers PSL money goes directly to Rams owner Kroenke and after 30 years it is all paid back to PSL owners without interest. It is assumed Kroenke puts it into the stadium build cost but that is up to him. His RE deals around the stadium is paying for the stadium so he does not need to put the PSL money in. It is his money. Kroenke also owns the stadium w 100% private financing, so PSL is all his money regardless of what he does with it. The list goes on. Yes if Seneca money does not go to stadium it will go to NYC for some other project. Yes taxpayers have paid it but state compact recouped it for taxpayers. recouping some of the gambling losses mostly paid by WNY gamblers. Best use is to spend it in WNY. win win after a lot gambling loss loss. but my 50%+ est of Pegs paying counts this casino money as taxpayer contribution and nulls your point. here are the hard numbers you did not follow properly: Hochul announced a stadium agreement in March: of the $1.4bn, Erie County will contribute $250m, the NFL and Bills $550m and New York state will provide $600m.(from old Seneca nations payments recently litigated)That totals $850m. Pegs contribution to start is 300 mill w additional 250 mill from NFL(which is Pegs money too and only comes due to Bills paying into stadium fund for decades and another use it ot lose it deal) and 50 mill pegs must pay for Highmark demo.(which likely will cost more and Pegs must pay) Total 600 mill.+ Pegs also responsible for all cost overruns so he will pay over 50% of total when it is done. County already stated their contribution will not raise property taxes or any services taxes. State money coming from Seneca that would otherwise be spent in NYC not WNY. This is a big win for WNY, Buffalo, Orchard Park, Erie County, all residents, taxpayers, Seneca gambling losers, NFL, Bills, and Pegs.

it is Pegs money. Any PSL belongs to Pegs. They are contributing it to the stadium. Pegs are contributing large sum off the bat plus paying 50 mill for demo of old Highmark. Plus responsible for all cost overruns. Plus money NFL is putting in was paid in by all teams including Bills over the years. A use it or lose it scenario. If you want to play allocation game with NFL money then we will also with Senneca Nations casino money that is footing all of the state contribution. Another use it or lose it to NYC scenario. bottom line is Pegs is responsible for over 50% of cost when all is said and done. Not as bad a deal as some want to make it out to be. Lucas Oil and Chicgao was all tax funded. TN new digs well over 50% tax funded. Similar to Vegas too. https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/22/taxpayers-are-paying-billions-for-nfl-stadiums-heres-how.html for the record i am in favor of no tax subsidies for stadiums or private business building. But efforts to pass those have failed. Until it is stopped for all private entities like walmart superstores, civic center, arenas, tif districts, strip malls, theatres, etc etc... it is discrimination to deny Pro sports a piece of the pie.

it is not the biggest publicly funded stadium ever and Pegula will pay over 50% when all is done. and value of franchise going up does nothing for the yearly bottom line. Think of your house if you are an owner. If it goes up in value you get nothing unless you sell it. Pegs probably never selling in his lifetime so will never get that benefit. Just like Ralph got zilch. If he does sell, capital gains will take a big chunk. Meanwhile just like a house that rises in value the insurance, upkeep, liability ins., salaries, legal, operational costs, and taxes go up and up. but yes he should have contributed a bit more to get a roof and give Bills fans best chance at ever seeing a SB winning team. This non roof stadium will haunt the Bills for decades. They play like crap in crap weather. throw in cost increases as it won't be done until 2026 and it will go over. Which Pegs must pay any overruns.

i would franchise Lamar if deal can not be worked out.

they make glass now that is effectively self cleaning. So don't worry.

he comes with big cap hit if they move him and that lessens ablity to get Oline help for Allen

no makes no sense. Bills would need to clear cap space for that 14.46 million and Poyer then holds the cards. He could threaten to sign it and lock in that Bills cap hit for one year at 14.46 mill or hold out for deal to his liking while Bills nervously wait to see what he does and hamstring them on other moves as this ties up much needed cap space to get better where more needed. Like O line.

No. The sign bonus already paid comes due immediately for the Bucs then the remainder of the contract is responsibility of the new team. https://www.spotrac.com/nfl/tampa-bay-buccaneers/mike-evans-14416/ he has a base of 14 mill and a roster bonus of 1.5 mill for 2023. Bills would be responsible for that but can work out restructure/extension and lower that considerably.

change philosophy on D

he is basically asking for Deshaun Watson money. I don't blame him.

yeah, the nickel d is supposed to be a situational D but Bills run it all the time and it is a fail in games that matter. need to not use it as a base D

not outside in the snow...all Bills D and O fails in bad weather. OLB or even an End in 3-4 if that change is ever made. I doubt it will, but just covering my idea.

i would sign tremaine at 44 mill and try him outside

i believe when you do a trade with conditional picks that depends on player performance or other factor on new team, the conditional pick must be your *original pick. i guess other team might want to try and make the conditional pick a conditional conditional pick. By putting in language in the trade that the conditional pick must be the highest pick in the round in question. But then team with two picks would just trade that higher pick to some other team to get assests to get better value if the player performance or other factor would kick in to claim that higher pick. It seems every *conditional pick is the team's original pick. what kinda week ass contract incentive would have Hines so little playing time Q for a higher pick? Stupid to agree to this by Beane.

ty that is interesting, as many forget, as did i, that signing a draftee knocks a contract off the back end of roster. for those same reasons cutting someone at 2 mill salary does not save much as his replacement could be over half that number or more even anyway. Of course, signing a vet gives a vet reduction in sal cap hit that NFL implemented years ago as mid level vets were getting cut for draftees and not for skill but due to cost.

Al Michaels has the greatest voice in sports. Iconic and historical.

yeah. Pettine's D was an attack D, not a react D.

he is not a starter IMHO. But dam good back up at 3 mill a year. lol i hope. He can spot start for injuries and do fine.

it's not about the time. It is about it is a penalty that needs fair application to all teams. NFL seems to give each team the same leeway but there must be a better way. when you don't follow the set penalty rules then you open pandoras box for one team to be slighted if they also do not get the same leeway. The ref on field could have button he pushs when ball is hiked. Ref button would stop the playclock horn from sounding if he pushed his button first. but best and easiest is very simple. They have ref in booth watching the plays. He can clearly see the ball is hiked late just like the millions watching on tv. Then can buzz refs to blow whistle even just after play starts if he is a little delayed buzzing down.

current line misses blocks every game.

w Frazier philosophy on D Bills will never win a SB under him. You could not even see DB's in picture on Bengal pass plays.

No. He is a member of the YMCA and can go to any across the US(and Puerto Rico too) as a member. Then Take shower for free.

sooooooo you're saying we have a chance..........?? lol

"No show in the snow" is clever and good. I go with that one on a poll. how about: missuse of motivation game Bengals rally cry was KC BILLs selling tickets already. Bills should have played up Ciny was also selling tix. Ciny Jax