Chicago_Mike Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Isn't Whaley the Pro Personal director? Doesn't he come from Pittsburg? When was the last time Pittsburg brought in any high priced free agents? It's what i expected and wanted to happen. Finally, some logic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canadian Bills Fan Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 It's all McGahee's fault for publicly saying there is nothing to do in Buffalo. Damn him!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turftoe Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 It's all McGahee's fault for publicly saying there is nothing to do in Buffalo. Damn him!! How many illegitimate children did he sire in Buffalo? Sounds like he found something to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VADC Bills Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Richmond Virginia would love to have a pro team, and I say name them the Richmond Knights. Sell the team Ralph, or move them. Lets face it Richmond can't even keep a AAA ball team. It is the most non sports town I have ever seen. Besides Richmond is Flying Squirrel territory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GrudginglyPessimistic Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Why would any fee agent want come to Buffalo There are simply straightforward answers to these questions: 1. For the money If Ralph offers most players an even slightly more substantial payment to sign here then many (and in fact most) players will sign here. How much is significant is different for different players, but given the substantial cap room we have getting a top quality FA IF the ownership wants to spend the nickels is a quite doable thing. The rate limiting factor here is whether the owner will part with his nickels. Actually by contract under the CBA the owners must pay a minimum amount of their nickels to the player (in part why I think we are shipping dollars his play does not deserve to Kelsay and also why we were interested in a relatively high cost but little long term risk for the TO contract last season. 2. Because of players wives and their families. Joey Porter actually makes very good sense for us based on player need and quite possibly for him based on $. Yet, we may not sign him because apparently he wants to go west due to family. Too bad for us, but conversely there are the Jim Kellys of the world or the Chris Spielman's whose family roots are closer to the midwest/northeast orientation of Buffalo (Buffalo calls it pop rather than soda so it really is more MW than NE). Particularly for athletes where they or their wives grew up in urban or manufacturing centers (this is the past but it is a past which still has an association to a significant # of players). Buffalo can actually have a similar family draw that sunbelt cities have. One does have to work harder to make this link as many of the college football maufacturing units are like the U in Miami, but this can work for some and is a flat out answer to the question posed of why would ANYONE sign. Many will not but some will. The key trigger again is that owner must be willing to show players the money. 3. Buffalo is actually a pretty good financial gig. Yes, there is more $ to be made in the Big Apple, but this does not mean there is no money to be made here. You see it everyday with athletes collecting nickels to endorse various local products and charitable causes. Yes, there is more $ to be made elsewhere but yes there are substantial dollars to be made here, and again this flat out answers the question of why ANYONE would sign here. Not everyone but you do not need to sign everyone but a series of someones. Add to this that in fact, a player can collect nickels and sign autographs anywhere and Buffalo does have an airport and actually is a short limo ride to a huge amount of population centers. All of these hubs have folks willing to plunk down their $20 bucks to sign autographs. Also add the significantly unexploited market for Bills players if the choose of Toronto and actually this points to the answer also that one of the reasons this market is not exploited is because no player needs to do this to make a $ as there are plenty of viable options for Bills to make money from US markets without having to even mount a big effort. The simple answer to your question is that a player might sign for a gig in Buffalo because if he does he will get a bigger paycheck than he deserves or than he has ever gotten in his life for doing so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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