ICanSleepWhenI'mDead Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 (edited) Trump would be a great and successful owner. Just ask him. Anderson Cooper: "Humility, thy name is Trump" Funny, satirical video from Anderson Cooper's "The RidicuList" series (after the startup commercial): http://cnn.com/video/?/video/bestoftv/2011/05/17/exp.ac.ridiculist.donald.trump.cnn Edited May 18, 2011 by ICanSleepWhenI'mDead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Didn't Trump kill the USFL? No thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 I've been a big advocate of this theory for a while now. The Donald is supposedly a bills Fan. I've read in the past the he was quoted as saying that he roots for the only TRUE New York NFL team. Anyway, he and Jimbo do go back and it wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if he was one of the financial backers involved in Kelly's consortium. Considering his background (and fondness for the Bills) I could see him being interested in a Casino/Staduim/convention center in the NY side of the falls. I would support this. However I think this would be a secondary motivation. Donald loves 2 things. Money and his ego. He would make money on the Bills, and his ego would be placated because he would be one of the few people in the world who own/part own an NFL team! I don't know about the casino part (I think the NFL and fellow owners might frown on that, plus The Donald's record in the casino business isn't very inspiring, not to mention that it would take an act of the NYS legislature and the governor's approval to legalize casino-style gaming), but I do agree with your other points and also have thought for some time that Trump was one of Jim Kelly's 'mystery investors'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearwater cadet Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 I have no problem with any owner who will to keep the team in Buffalo, invest in the team, and has a passion for winning every year. I'm not from canada but I have no problem with giving Toronto a 2-3 games a year. Anything that helps, and let face it we need the help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Is this thread about possible owners worse than Ralph? PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 You mean like owning a pro football team in the past, or signing some guy named Doug Flutie and some other bloke named Jim Kelly to his team? I'm not sure You will have to excuse my memory since the USFL folded when I was 3. Has Donald done anything in the last 25 years to indicate that he would like to return to professional football? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 You will have to excuse my memory since the USFL folded when I was 3. Has Donald done anything in the last 25 years to indicate that he would like to return to professional football? Nothing overtly, at least nothing that I'm aware of, but who knows? I think a guy who helped found a competing pro football league and was a team owner probably still has an interest in the game, yeah. (Just like Ralph Wilson and the 'League of Fools' owners that founded the AFL in 1959.) Certainly, from this video of him hangin' with Cheatriettes* owner Bob* Kraft*, Trump is still a huge fan of the game... (Oh...and check out the hair...you're probably right about needing that dome! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jauronimo Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Certainly, from this video of him hangin' with Cheatriettes* owner Bob* Kraft*, Trump is still a huge fan of the game... (Oh...and check out the hair...you're probably right about needing that dome! ) Wow, thats incredible. I wish he would just give it up already and embrace the baldness. How delusional can the man be? Even Liberace thinks the Donald is just ridiculous at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yungmack Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Sounds like just what The BuffTown needs, actually...someone like 'The Donald' to come barging in like the proverbial 'bull in a china shop', weasel some long-dormant prime waterfront land (that would otherwise remain dormant for another 50 years) away from the NFTA, and get a bunch of out-of-State investors to finance our new dome! (And he can borrow Jimmy Johnson's hairspray 'til the dome is finished.) You mean like owning a pro football team in the past, or signing some guy named Doug Flutie and some other bloke named Jim Kelly to his team? I'm not sure I had a very good "seat" for the business side of the LA Express in the USFL. It was a fragile but marginally successful football league that showed promise of growing into something much bigger. It's business plan was based on shared revenue and on an agreement about costs, pretty sensible ideas for a start-up. Then The Donald got involved and blew it all up. No way were any silly rules going to stop him from spending whatever he felt like to have "the best" team in pro football. It wasn't too long after that that the LA Express had a new owner (a "billionaire" originally from Syracuse who later went off to jail, I believe, for scammy business dealings), and was right there with Trump, offering Steve Young something like $45 million, an astonishing amount of money for the 1980s. And shortly thereafter, the league collapsed. No one can know if the USFL would have grown and prospered if left to its own devices. But its demise is widely laid at the feet of Donald Trump and his ignorance and vainglory. Let's hope to God he never gets near the Bills. Or the NFL. Or the White House. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
todd Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Trump is a moron, loses money at business because he is a moron and meddlesome, and is also a moron. No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LancasterSteve Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Donald Trump is not a Bills fan, or a Giants fan or a fan of any team. Donald Trump is a fan of: 1) Donald Trump 2) Publicity/attention for Donald Trump 3) Money for Donald Trump 4) Hot young blondes for Donald Trump Agreed 1 thru 4 Congrats on the 20G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowery4 Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 I nominate "Trump No" to be the new "F&*k No"! He single handedly drove the USFL out of business owns (losing) casinos (how the hell do you do that one???) and the owners wouldn't accept him as one of their own IMO. Plus, he is just a big giant ahole. Worst idea ever, even if Jimbo is his buddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillsMagic1 Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Would "The Ralph" now become "The Donald"?????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Would "The Ralph" now become "The Donald"?????? Not the current faciilty - no way DT puts his moniker on that ol' thing! It'd have to be a brand spankin' new, over-the-top, super-opulent, state-of-the-art facility, probably at water's edge, with condos, a golf course, maybe a shopping mall, outdoor amusement park, and other attractions. That would be 'The Donald'. Buffalo's 'Trump Stadium' would probably look something like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glory Bound Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 20K posts, NICE And the prize for posting twenty thousand times in this forum is... (drumroll please)........... a life! (sorry KD...couldn't resist). Concerning the Donald...he's smart. In fact...a genius! The trouble with all other NFL owners is they're just not smart. It takes somebody smart to run an NFL franchise...& it would take somebody smart to save the Buffalo Bills! He doesn't want to save the Bills...but he just might have to, 'cause it would take a genius...a smart man. If somebody richer & smarter came along, he wouldn't have to...but who's smart enough? He's also rich...cause he's smart! (Sorry guys...I've been listening too much to him lately...He chose not to save our country...maybe he can save our beloved Bills) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollars 2 donuts Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 The Buffalo Bills playing all the home games in Donald Trump Stadium at Trump Field...in Trump Park, New York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uticaclub Posted May 19, 2011 Author Share Posted May 19, 2011 The Buffalo Bills playing all the home games in Donald Trump Stadium at Trump Field...in Trump Park, New York. As long as Trump Park is located in Western New York, Go For It. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Senator Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 (edited) As long as Trump Park is located in Western New York, Go For It. It'd be a nice replacement for that vast wasteland along Route 5 that will otherwise remain a vacant, contaminated eyesore for the remainder of this century... Edited May 19, 2011 by The Senator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Defend Greece Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Jim kelly needs to buy the bills Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExWNYer Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 If he did buy the Bills I suspect he'd want to move them. The Donald is all about making money, and keeping the Bills in Buffalo is not the smart move if a big motive of buying the team is making money. I can't imagine he'd have much interest though. If he were looking for a sports team to buy I think he'd be more inclined for one in the NYC area. Oh, God save us. IMHO he would be the worst owner seen in Buffalo since John Y. Brown. Donald Trump is not a Bills fan, or a Giants fan or a fan of any team. Donald Trump is a fan of: 1) Donald Trump 2) Publicity/attention for Donald Trump 3) Money for Donald Trump 4) Hot young blondes for Donald Trump Is this thread about possible owners worse than Ralph? PTR I had a very good "seat" for the business side of the LA Express in the USFL. It was a fragile but marginally successful football league that showed promise of growing into something much bigger. It's business plan was based on shared revenue and on an agreement about costs, pretty sensible ideas for a start-up. Then The Donald got involved and blew it all up. No way were any silly rules going to stop him from spending whatever he felt like to have "the best" team in pro football. It wasn't too long after that that the LA Express had a new owner (a "billionaire" originally from Syracuse who later went off to jail, I believe, for scammy business dealings), and was right there with Trump, offering Steve Young something like $45 million, an astonishing amount of money for the 1980s. And shortly thereafter, the league collapsed. No one can know if the USFL would have grown and prospered if left to its own devices. But its demise is widely laid at the feet of Donald Trump and his ignorance and vainglory. Let's hope to God he never gets near the Bills. Or the NFL. Or the White House. All of the above. He is a worthless douchebag of mammoth proportions and interested in making a buck only. He'd raise prices on everything dramatically and the team would be gone in a couple of years. Let him and his loudmouthed, big city ego stay where it belongs in the NYC/NJ area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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