SoCal Deek

Put another way, every time Josh throws a touchdown pass every single man, woman and child in WNY has to put a dollar in the bucket. 😳

If he throws for 4,300 yards again next season that equates to a paltry $7,000 per yard….or $2,300 per foot. Geeez!

Just one small correction to your initial list. Floyd should be bolded as having signed with SF….no?

And there’s a rumor that he went to Harvard but it’s never been confirmed.

I loved his motor and effort. He really showed our younger guys what NFL pass rushers are supposed to look like.

I’ve never looked into it, but I have to admit that I’ve often joked about it. 😉

Remember the Seinfeld episode where Kramer offers a tee shirt as an ‘interesting trade’ for Jerry’s van? Maybe the Bengals would take something like that. 👍

It’s complicated and every Contract is worded differently but in general the basic design criteria (things that matter to the Owners) are stipulated in the basic performance documents. For example, the total number of seats or even those that are heated, but things like the size of particular beams are left up to the Design/Build team to work out. In most instances cost overruns do NOT come from the Contractor. They’re generally caused by the Owner asking for additional amenities that they failed to stipulate in the original scoping documents. And most construction contracts protect the Owner from increases due to inflation and weather…unless it can be proven that either are beyond the norm thru no fault of the contractor. I hope that helps.

I find the wording to be hilarious! “Include a dome”? Will the included dome be over the field or just somewhere in the greater Chicago area? 😉

It’s an interesting question. In most cases this would be called a Design/Build contract in which the Owners (Pegula and the State) would stipulate design criteria to the architect/construction team. Their ‘bid’, sometimes called a guaranteed maximum price or GMP would have to include all of those stipulated criteria…like a certain number of heated seats…be part of the minimum that’s provided within that GMP. This is obviously not a typical construction project but it must have some similar checks and balances.

Why does it feel like the Patriots are going through exactly what the Bills went through following the Kelly era? It’ll be interesting to see how long they wonder in the wilderness.

Ugh! First of all, it’s not an ‘event’. I’m suggesting that it sure sounds like the typical 90 minute ‘presentation’ that one gets at a timeshare. Is this REALLY that hard to understand? Or do you just want to argue about an observation?

Before I do…..Have you ever been to a timeshare presentation? If you haven’t, I’m not sure what experience you bring here. A clarification: what you really want to know is what it costs, not what you can afford. Asking what you can afford is one of the classic hallmarks of both new car sales and timeshare ‘presentations’.

Sheeesh. For the love of God! It’s the sales tactic not the product. 🙄

My issue is NOT with the Bills trying to make money or sell seats. I’d absolutely expect them to. But if you’ve ever sat in a timeshare presentation you’d know it’s one of the most deceitful sales techniques used today. In fact it’s notoriously so! What I’m reading about the ‘Experience’ is that it’s being set up exactly like one of those presentations; and not by accident.

I was going to make a post showing everyone the robust list of over achievers the Bills have picked in the 4th Round in the last decade or more….but that list is REALLY short! (Really, really short.)

What if Franklin purposefully tanked the combine so as to drop right into the willing lap of….the Buffalo Bills! Hmmmmm? 😉

Please tell me that the socio economic makeup of WNY isn’t a surprise to the people in charge of this marketing operation. If it is, the Pegulas need to get a new marketing team. Sitting people of less than ample means down in a room and pressuring/guilting them into buying something they can’t afford (or being less than up front with the actual cost of this investment’) is NO WAY to treat your loyal customers.

I have a football that OJ signed for me the year he gained 2003 yards. The signature is mostly faded after 50 years, but it’s there.

So it's a no on Zach Ertz....again?

I wasn't expecting them to use the high pressure tactics that are EXACTLY like those infamously assigned to the Time Share industry. This is the 21st Century. All of this smells like something out of the 1950s.

I’ll say it again….this all sounds more and more like a timeshare sales presentation than anything else….which isn’t a good thing! I’ve been Mr Optimistic through all of my posts on the new stadium, but I’m rapidly changing my mind.

The term clarification isn’t synonymous with wrong. It’s a term that means adding more definition. 😉

I did the same thing with a timeshare. Be prepared for the sales pitch and be prepared to walk out.

If Beane buys Josh a new pair of pants, does that count against the Cap? Asking for a friend in Paris.