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what many forget is most contracts now come with restructure language team can invoke at any time. Simple notice to players. agents, banks, payroll dept of team, then money payouts are commenced per new restructure schedule. And player gets money sooner, so they are happy too. So no time-consuming negotiations and team can wait until last minutes to activate them depending on what moves come up as ops present themselves as FA runs. i see just the opposite. He always drafts players they interview or bring in for visits. And telegraphs need picks in first round every year. Just like most do.

i am sure Beane has already informed Diggs and his agent, that due to the contract and salary cap implications, he is untradeable for at least a year. And really is untradeable for two years but i wouldn't tell Diggs and agent that as you just want to placate for next year.

she probably thought of kicking him in the balls.....but..... lol

he also looks like Caitlyn Gender too, so we got that burden to carry as well. lol

yes that one two punch of Gronk and Hernandez was a killer in the end. lol what a sad tale to be honest.

I get that. I do. You are right about PSL's genesis. I thought more teams directly kept some of the PSL money in past. And i am sorry for beating this topic into the ground. But.....lol This county, state, and Pegs, deal is very very different from others. There is absolutely no language tying any of the PSL money to go to the stadium construction. Pegs is only one selling PSL's and keeps it all. Only language in it, if it is in it, is that Pegs is the only one allowed to sell PSL's. (Okland city actually marketed and sold PSL's for a while in Oakland) very weird imo but later sent it back to Team to market and sell. There is only language stating Pegs must contribute 350 million to the deal. And get approved for the 250 million forgivable loan from NFL from its stadium fund. If Pegs can't sell any PSL's or sells low amount it changes nothing for the deal. If Pegs sells 1 billion dollars or any amounts more of PSL's it changes nothing in the deal. ty for the discourse and staying friendly🙃 they need a larger🤣 overhang.................🤣

the psl money is Pegs. I don't know what is not clear about this. The sports owners get the PSL money and then chooses to put it into the stadium by contract. Their money. If they choose not to put it into the stadium they must put more of their "other "money into the stadium. Shell game don't matter. It is owners' money one way or the other. Pegs is contributing 300 mill plus 50 mill for Highmark demo. Pegs KEEPS all PSL money he acquires, regardless of how much or how little. State and county did not want to risk an iffy PSL WNY market to tie Pegs amount to put into the new stadium. They wanted hard guarantee and got it. Kroenke getting a loan from NFL is not public money either. His sofi is private financed 100%. No taxpayer is paying that loan back. Kroenke and his partners are.

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.