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Ed Rutkowski was the Erie County Executive decades ago.

Only if it contains the brilliance that contributed to your eighth grade honors.

How come you assume that saying "Black Lives Matter" is equivalent to support for a website that (to my knowledge) was started after the phrase became part of modern lexicon? In other words, what if the Bills simply support the point that the lives of black people matter? And what if that "pandering" is good for the football and business sides of the organization? Would your principles be compromised by supporting that position?

It will be interesting that there probably will be no fans in attendance (I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing). And it's sad that people here can't or won't listen to each other. It's especially sad that we can't recognize that the kneeling was conceived by a veteran as a respectful way of saying something to the effect of "I love this country, but not everything that it stands for, and I'd like it to be better." It's actually an expression of love for America and a hope for improvement and continued pursuit of the quest to perfect the union. How does this relate to football? If we have an acerbic reaction in the stadium, or an acerbic reaction in the community, it will be hard to convince African-American players to want to come here. If, however, we show that community support and a willingness to listen to some very fair and reasonable points, it will make this a more attractive market to players from that community. Bottom line? If you love the Bills, then you have to show love to their employees and the people who risk limb and perhaps life to win the games about which we deeply care.

Perhaps the connoisseur of fine donuts should show a little consideration for others and wear a mask the next time he hits Paula's. But that's a different issue.

And this is why the signage matters. Because of nonsense like this. The casual application of the death penalty is not an appropriate thing. But it is appropriate to support employees whom the Bills will ask to risk limb and, this year, perhaps life to win a championship. Good on the Bills for taking a proactive approach to supporting their employees. It will be the reaction to Kaepernick in "The Stadium" on steroids. By the way, that reaction was awful. I appreciate that people have the right to disagree with him, but it could have been done in a perhaps gentler and less vitriolic way that day.

It’s one thing to think they matter. It’s another thing to act like it. There are too many who have not acted that way. George Floyd is just a microcosm of it. But this is a thread about football. And if a majority of Bills employees and customers support the pint that black lives do matter, it’s is a sound decision to broadcast the message at the front door to The Stadium.

How do you know the bills don’t simply support the point that the lives of blacks matter? It’s an important discussion piece. African -American players are more likely to want to play in an area in which they are accepted and respected not just for what the accomplish on the field, but for who they are as human beings. The Pegulas made a good move here. It was a solid football and human decision to post that message.

That’s different from the graphic I saw this morning. Must have been updated at some point today.

Right now I believe it is named simply “The Stadium.” Donating the name for a year (Be it to BLM, Roswell Park, Veterans, First Responders, etc) is an interesting idea.

Expressing an opinion is unpatriotic? Last I checked this country cherished freedom of speech. And how the Bills acknowledge that may well impact the product in the field, in the form of team unity, free agent acquisitions, and player performance. Sports and life have met again here.

It’s not garbage. It’s important to note where the Bills stand on what has become this important league issue.

It hasn't hit the news yet, but as of this morning the Bills converted the video boards around the exterior of the stadium from their usual purpose of playing highlights (24/7, even in the dead of night in the dead of winter) to tools to convey the message that "Black Lives Matter" (in white text over a black background). It's good messaging to employees reporting to work for the first time this season, and it's an interesting approach given McDermott's ambiguity with respect to kneeling for the national anthem and the Red Sox messaging of last week. It also caused me to wonder whether the Pegulas will donate the name of the stadium for the season to a charitable cause in the absence of a naming rights sponsor. I'm not sure Black Lives Matter Stadium would apply to a particular charity, but it might be something the NFL would like. To the extent the Bills identify a worthy charitable recipient, I wonder if the value of the forgone naming rights deal might help a bit with respect to taxes. In any event, good on the Bills for putting those video boards to good use.

Hoax. It’s your fake Christianity that a lot of people take issue with.

About 2/3 of the nation disapproves of this d bag and his lies and derelict leadership. *** Question: given the topic it’s appropriate to ask. Are all libs the product of demon sperm, yes or no?

This is a non-hoax. Donny finally said something true. You talk to libs? Ewww. There is not enough tin foil in the world to make the hat that must be worn when defending the alien/demon sperm statement of that trump doctor.

The Benjamin trade sucked. But it was a drought-buster. Not many guys make his TD catch against Indy in the snow.

I won’t say bc I don’t want to alert the public to an empty house (assuming it’s still empty). But it’s not hauschka. Or kroft, as might have been suggested by next post. I wondered if Kroft would bail for the same reason. Young guy, guaranteed for this year from what I understand. If that’s true, not a huge incentive to take the risk.

I wonder if anyone else will opt out. I had doubts about two who live in my neighborhood; one had a car in the driveway on my run today, but the other hasn't been around all offseason, including today. And the "other" is a pretty prominent player.

There are a bunch of apartments near the stadium (some in OP, some in Hamburg). I used to live in one of the complexes. It was always sad to see some kid throwing belongings contained in a trash bag into a car after getting cut.

There you go again with your hoaxy nonsense.

Fake news.

Hoax. You’re clueless, intentionally or otherwise, if you correlate Antifa to hitler. Fortunately he has a long ways to go to catch trump.

Unfortunately it appears that you're not very smart. Exercising leverage (be it economic or social) is a lot different from, say, kick-starting genocide with kristallnacht.

You can disagree with "cancel culture," tearing down statutes (of racist traitors, to be clear), and mask-shaming. But you can't reasonably liken it to Nazism. That analogy is beyond inapt. It's a joke.