ChasBB Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 (edited) I pretty much stopped following the NBA when the Braves left town save for a Finals here & there. It'd probably be pretty much the same if the Bills left. I don't think I could respect a league that would pull a franchise out of Buffalo (despite compelling financial reasons to do so). It just wouldn't be right and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't only stop following the Bills, but I'd probably stop following the league. On the upside, the Sabres would get a lot more attention as would the UB Bulls. Edited September 21, 2010 by ChasBB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharper802 Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 When they leave I will watch college FB. Outside of Bills games there are only about one or two more games worthy of watching. Look at last week. Maybe Jets/Pats was of some interest. I couldn't have cared less about any other game. I guess Minn/Miami and the Manning Bowl had interest for some but not me. I will take Ohio St-Miami, Ohio St.- USC, Texas-Oklahoma, Florida Gerogia, Alabama Auburn over almost all NFL games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Bill Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 I pretty much stopped following the NBA when the Braves left town save for a Finals here & there. It'd probably be pretty much the same if the Bills left. I don't think I could respect a league that would pull a franchise out of Buffalo (despite compelling financial reasons to do so). It just wouldn't be right and I'm pretty sure I wouldn't only stop following the Bills, but I'd probably stop following the league. On the upside, the Sabres would get a lot more attention as would the UB Bulls. Become a Clippers fan?? Not likely!! It'd have to be: Go Bears! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cale Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 You know when you say a thing like this you're supposed to use a real hot chick. I think 50% of this forum could get Sarah McLachlan. To each their own. I think Sarah Mac is super hawt. Really you have no idea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Fong Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 The Buffalo Bills are the only reason I bother with the NFL, AT ALL. If/when the team leaves my most beloved city, I'll feel relieved that I won't have to follow all the made-up drama about a bunch of millionare adult males, never being happy for getting paid to play a game. I will only follow college football, and probably high school football since it's so big here in the South. Where players actually care about their team/teammates, and are playing for the love of the game. Wouldnt miss the NFL for a second. Ditto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gunner Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 I'll cheer for Colts, Rams or somthing like that you know, something eats grass! It's darn hard to be a Bills fan these days!!!! so, you would cheer for two teams that left their cities to play someplace else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyHorseAteTheKid Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 I have pondered this question for many, many years. It seems like the answer depends on the scenario, like what if they go to Toronto VS LA, or do they keep the name and logo or start fresh? I don't think I will truly know the answer to this question until I am actually forced to have to answer it. I have been a life long Bills fan. My old man grew up in Buffalo and my Grandparents died there. I have seen the play around 15 times in person (only twice in Buffalo). With all that being said, if they move to LA, I would like to root for the Texans. It would be perfect. They are an exciting team. It's a three and a 1/2 hour drive for me, so I could even get season tickets. There's only one problem..... I can't make myself fall in love with them like I have loved the Bills my whole life. If I could pay someone to brainwash me and make me forget I was ever a Bills fan and make me believe I love the Texans, I might have to seriously consider signing up for that. God, my life would be so much easier. But I guess life being a Bills/Sabres fan isn't supposed to be easy. I wish it was. I feel like a beaten spouse who is blindly in love with a person who verbally abuses her and destroys her self worth, yet can't bring herself to leave that person. I am rambling, I know. Bottom line. I am stuck being a fan for life (or at least until they cease to reside in Buffalo). What happens if that day ever comes? How many of you will follow them to another city? How many of you will follow another team? How many of you will just quit being a fan of any team and just do your best to enjoy fantasy football? My first Bills memory was sitting in the living room in front of the old Admiral B&W TV with my father and grand dad.. Both of them were going nuts over how great that SOB Cookie Gilchrist was.. My first Bills game was at the Old Rock Pile and Daryle Lamonica (who was traded the season before) was making his first trip back to Buffalo as a Raider.. Season tickes followed when Rich Stadium opened and continued until about 1988, after I moved 300 miles from town made it just too hard to make every game... NFL Sunday Ticket followed and now on the internet.. I will be a Buffalo Bills fan until the day I die or until the team leave town... If the team moves, I wont give a rats ass about the game anymore... Sorry, just the way I feel.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmas3 Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 It would be very hard but I think I would watch the Redskins. At least I could go the games more regularly. Being in VA it is hard to get up to NY to watch games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGB Posted September 21, 2010 Share Posted September 21, 2010 It would be very hard but I think I would watch the Redskins. At least I could go the games more regularly. Being in VA it is hard to get up to NY to watch games. if the Redskins get Vincent Jackson, they could go pretty far...just sayin' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trader Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I have pondered this question for many, many years. It seems like the answer depends on the scenario, like what if they go to Toronto VS LA, or do they keep the name and logo or start fresh? I don't think I will truly know the answer to this question until I am actually forced to have to answer it. I have been a life long Bills fan. My old man grew up in Buffalo and my Grandparents died there. I have seen the play around 15 times in person (only twice in Buffalo). With all that being said, if they move to LA, I would like to root for the Texans. It would be perfect. They are an exciting team. It's a three and a 1/2 hour drive for me, so I could even get season tickets. There's only one problem..... I can't make myself fall in love with them like I have loved the Bills my whole life. If I could pay someone to brainwash me and make me forget I was ever a Bills fan and make me believe I love the Texans, I might have to seriously consider signing up for that. God, my life would be so much easier. But I guess life being a Bills/Sabres fan isn't supposed to be easy. I wish it was. I feel like a beaten spouse who is blindly in love with a person who verbally abuses her and destroys her self worth, yet can't bring herself to leave that person. I am rambling, I know. Bottom line. I am stuck being a fan for life (or at least until they cease to reside in Buffalo). What happens if that day ever comes? How many of you will follow them to another city? How many of you will follow another team? How many of you will just quit being a fan of any team and just do your best to enjoy fantasy football? If the Bills leave Buffalo we will all find something else to do. If you really love football go out an buy season tickets for the UB Bulls. They are more fun than the Bills and you can buy season tickets for roughly the price of a Bills ticket. Alternatively take up Golf, Fishing, Sailing or Skiing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marvlevy Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Wow reading some of these posts sounds like there's some of us in danger of some kind of emotional breakdown if they leave Buffalo. I've always wondered what is this strange attachment that even I a rational level headed person has to this hopeless team. I used to hop trains in Niagara Falls and ride them to Niagara University to watch Simpson loaf around on the field. Now 30 years later I still pay attention to this mess. What part of the fact that football is just a business and winners and losers are based on money don't we understand? This isn't about clan against clan or city against city or working class against white collar... This is just a business and nothing more. If they move out of Buffalo suck it up and forget about it and whatever you do don't jump into the upper niagara and ride over the Falls:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miyagi-Do Karate Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 It would just be the cherry atop of the 50+ year crap sundae that was the Buffalo Bills. Sometimes I really think the city is cursed. PTR To your point: I have little doubt that the Bills would move to LA, and promptly win a Super Bowl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRH Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Put me down for the "done with the NFL" crowd if the Bills leave. I have built up too much hatred for the 31 other franchises (some more than others, of course, but each in its own way) in my 41 years on this earth to root for any of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammered a Lot Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 The first time I saw the Bills live was when I snuck out of the "hood" (the rule was Don't leave the Hood or you will get the belt, yard stick, etc) and rode my bike 2 miles to watch them practice at their traing camp at the "Hotel." So when the Bills move Adios NFL. Buddy the Wonder Dog will be walked more. Perhaps I'll drink less. I might even solve that age old problem and figure out Women! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddog69 Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I really don't think the Bills will leave WNY, but the closer we get to the end of the lease and the end of Ralph's lease on life, the more uneasy I feel. But if they leave, I am done with football for a very long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Fischer Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I'm glad someone finally brought this up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marv's Neighbor Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 First, the BILLS leaving is still a very big IF! The NFL is fast pricing itself out of reality. Nobody goes to a game alone. When you consider how much it costs to take a: wife, date, family etc. it quickly gets unaffordable for most people. That's for a single game, Season Tickets are 20 times worse. We all know about the Jacksonville situation. The last fan there can turn out the lights and fold up the seat cover tarps! The Jets have a new Stadium that they can't sell out because of all the PSL crap and the overall expense of going to their games. The Redskins had a pat hand with RFK Stadium. Sold out-100 year waiting list etc. Now they can't fill FedEx and they're located next to a couple of the wealthiest Counties in the US! If the PATS start to lose-no better place to start than this Sunday-you will see a lot of empty seats there too. LA has proved they don't want/need the NFL. If LA is so great why did Al Davis leave? They have a better chance of selling out Bull Fights than they do NFL games! Considering the economy, with no near term end in sight, I can't see them moving, even if Ralph took the dirt nap right now! In answer to the question, I'd handle it the same way I did when the Braves moved....NBA??? What's the NBA??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rockpile Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 If the Bills move, that team is dead to me. I will have my memories of the original AFL Champs/ NFL Almosts. The new team would no longer be the Bills. I have no other 'favorite' team, but I might be able to find another eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coseybedaman Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I guess I am one of the very few that would follow them as a fan wherever they went. I am a football fanatic, and more importantly, a Bills fanatic so I really could never even come close to pulling for another organization. As sad as it is, I would be one of the first people with LA BLOODS or ORLANDO MICKEY MICE season tickets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jr1 Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 I'd probably watch a movie every Sunday instead. I care about the Bills for civic pride reasons more than being an NFL fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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