Ramius

Q: with Tags retiring in july, will you try to have as much input as possible in selecting the new commish, so he isnt a candidate of the big market guys? Ralph: Look at who is on the committee, that will tell you what kind of commish will be chosen.

Ralph will sell the naming rights of the Ralph for 75 cents.

Ralph was disappointed that the new CBA was pushed through so quickly. Says that the big market owners got THEIR proposal.

Jones, Snyder, Kraft, etc, all the new owners dont have the same sense of "league" that the old guard does. New owners are looking out for themselves first, NOT the league.

His biggest concern is that the revenue sharing qualifiers are fair, and that the Bills wont be excluded from revenue sharing.

Ralph is NOT considering selling the team. Says building a new stadium wouldnt make a difference. WNY is poor area, no pricing power.

ralph has no ideas of moving the team. Says after him doesnt know how long the bills would survive in buffalo.

said he didnt fully understand the new CBA, so wanted to call in the Bills financial advisors. They were given 15 mins to read it over before the vote was called. says the league doesnt even understand everything about the CBA, and that the league isnt sure what the qualifiers for getting shared revenue are.

Said one reason he didnt like the CBA was because it included money that the county gives the Bills for stadium upkeep (3 mil per year) as total football revnue. Ralph basically said since we use that 3 mil to pay for stadium upkeep each year, it shouldnt be counted as revenue.

podium? where are you? you've been replaced by a table and microphone! and away we go...

watching it now...wheres podium when you need him?

I hope that we DONT draft Haloti Nagta.

Heres to knowing we only have to stop travis minor on third down, and not ronnie brown.

Agreed. I checked the link, and it says comcast carries nfl network and that i have nothing to worry about. What they dont tell you is that NFL network is only available on their digital cable package, so i hafta spend $60-70 a month on digital cable just to see the NFL network games. I dont hate comcast as much as i hate the NFL for doing this. Its their fault for takign the NFL off of network TV.

The scariest part? Theres a THIRD gramatica brother. His name is Santiago Gramatica, and he's the kicker at USF. He's a junior.

Thats not what i was saying. If you have sat TV and beam the signal into my house from yours, where i can pick it up, its illegal for me to watch your signal? Again, as Fez and I have said numerous times, its not about the morality of the topic, just the legality.

I was wondering what happend to 2 characters who were on the show last season and some this year. I dont know if anyone will remember them, i think they had small roles and didnt add much to the storyline. their names were MICHAEL and WALT.

i do like the 2 home games right around x-mas. that means i'll be able to come to a game when i am home for the holidays. Of course, i hafta come bakc in for a wedding on oct 7th, and we are in chicago the 8th.

How come the jets will win because they have something to prove? The Bills arent going to have anything to prove?

Hymes intrigues me. Hes a big target, 6'3, 211, 27 years old, and has put up a few decent games in baltimore. (A few in '04), 05 was kinda iffy. might be worth a shot. Of the list, i'd say hes got the most upside.

If Houston ever decided to take D'Brick at #1, that would really stick it in the pooper of NO.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/stor..._len&id=2397704 Heres a column about the 3 USC o-linemen. Its mentioned that Deuce Lutui could sneak into the later stages of the first round, but is probably a second round pick. I cant see a possible 1st rounder/solid 2nd rounder that has gotten a lot of good press falling as far as the beginning of the 3rd round for us. One can hope, but i'm guessing he'll be long gone by the time we pick in round 3.

Whine and cry...its what you are best at.

Eagles and Seahawks...If farve stays, look for him to add 8-10 MNF INT's to his resume.

I got a lot out of the episode...a lot out of libby She cleaned up REAL ncie for last nights ep.