clearwater cadet Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Per usa today, buffalo bills named gregg brandon vice president and general counsel. Russ' s brother? Any football experience or just a family thing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FluffHead Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Beware of Firsty Firsty's. They're sketchy people Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangarang Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Here: Â http://www.xosdigital.com/Overview/Leadership/GreggGBrandon.aspx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Hammersticks Posted August 22, 2013 Share Posted August 22, 2013 Nepotism at its finest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Nepotism at its finest! Â That's what I thought when I read his bio--absolutely zero relevant experience..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangarang Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Â Â That's what I thought when I read his bio--absolutely zero relevant experience..... Â Is there any proof that he was even hired by the Bills? No search reveals anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rpcolosi Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Guys, not sure if many of you can read, but his actual role with the Bills has nothing to do with football. So no, it doesn't matter if he has a sports background. But that said, he did major in sports management, so yes, he did do something with professional franchises in his career. Â his position is a business position and being a lawyer he's likely someone that will handle internal legal affairs for the company. The Bills aren't simply a 'team' they are a company that is worth $800million. And every $800million has general counsels (or lawyers) on retainer. Â Relax, put down the pitchforks. his experiences is more than satisfactory for what he'll be doing for the Bills company, as he has already worked with other multi-million dollar companies. Â And if nepotism was the reason, why didn't Russ bring him in years ago when Russ was CEO? C'mon kids, grow up ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clearwater cadet Posted August 23, 2013 Author Share Posted August 23, 2013 Â Â Is there any proof that he was even hired by the Bills? No search reveals anything. Â Yes usa today sports section transactions buffalo bills. I don't can either way. But I just thinks it a little funny that russ hires his brother as a vp and doesn't send us a text. They seem to text us about everything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangarang Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) Â Â Yes usa today sports section transactions buffalo bills. I don't can either way. But I just thinks it a little funny that russ hires his brother as a vp and doesn't send us a text. They seem to text us about everything else. Â Is it confirmed they are related though? Edited August 23, 2013 by Bangarang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsfan_34 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Guys, not sure if many of you can read, but his actual role with the Bills has nothing to do with football. So no, it doesn't matter if he has a sports background. But that said, he did major in sports management, so yes, he did do something with professional franchises in his career. Â his position is a business position and being a lawyer he's likely someone that will handle internal legal affairs for the company. The Bills aren't simply a 'team' they are a company that is worth $800million. And every $800million has general counsels (or lawyers) on retainer. Â Relax, put down the pitchforks. his experiences is more than satisfactory for what he'll be doing for the Bills company, as he has already worked with other multi-million dollar companies. Â And if nepotism was the reason, why didn't Russ bring him in years ago when Russ was CEO? C'mon kids, grow up ... plus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heitz Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 That's what I thought when I read his bio--absolutely zero relevant experience..... Â Except for the fact that he's vice president and general counsel of a company, which would seem relevant for a vice president and general counsel job... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) Guys, not sure if many of you can read, but his actual role with the Bills has nothing to do with football. So no, it doesn't matter if he has a sports background. But that said, he did major in sports management, so yes, he did do something with professional franchises in his career. Â his position is a business position and being a lawyer he's likely someone that will handle internal legal affairs for the company. The Bills aren't simply a 'team' they are a company that is worth $800million. And every $800million has general counsels (or lawyers) on retainer. Â Relax, put down the pitchforks. his experiences is more than satisfactory for what he'll be doing for the Bills company, as he has already worked with other multi-million dollar companies. Â And if nepotism was the reason, why didn't Russ bring him in years ago when Russ was CEO? C'mon kids, grow up ... Â Maybe because he now has total control of the organization? Â Gregg Brandon is an IP (intellectual property) attorney as per his bio. Unless the Bills plan on suing folks for trademark infringement or their business mainly consists of IP licensing deals, he has little to no relevant experience to be the Bills' general counsel (his new position). I'd expect such a position to be held by an attorney with labor law, commercial/contract law and perhaps litigation management experience. He has none of the above. Pretty easy to see why he was hired, however. Â Here's a good article on the phenomenon: Â http://dealbook.nyti...-scandal/?_r=1 Â Like many articles these days, the comments are better than the article. A defense of nepotism by Andrew Ross Sorkin (some may know him from CNBC) is hardly surprising, however, considering that his father is a partner at one of NYC's most profitable firms and has probably earned an average of $2-3m a year for the last 30 years, putting him squarely in the top 1/10th of 1% in the parlance of the day. Funny, too, that dad's page on said law firm's website lists the NY Times (where sonny works) antitrust case as one of his biggest cases. Also funny that ARS's mother-in-law is an editor at a major women's magazine, while her daughter (ARS's wife) is a literary agent. See how all this works? I learned all of this from a 3 minute set of Google searches. Ain't technology amazing..... Â Except for the fact that he's vice president and general counsel of a company, which would seem relevant for a vice president and general counsel job... Â I'm the general counsel and SVP of a subsidiary of a large company, yet based on my experience I'd in no way be qualified to be the Bills' general counsel. Not how the law works. There are practice specialties that one works for years in before being able to actually "do" anything, particularly of that size. I wish him well and luck, since he's part of our team, but believe me, there are many other people who are better qualified for that position.... Edited August 23, 2013 by MattM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lightning Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Guys, not sure if many of you can read, but his actual role with the Bills has nothing to do with football. So no, it doesn't matter if he has a sports background. But that said, he did major in sports management, so yes, he did do something with professional franchises in his career. Â his position is a business position and being a lawyer he's likely someone that will handle internal legal affairs for the company. The Bills aren't simply a 'team' they are a company that is worth $800million. And every $800million has general counsels (or lawyers) on retainer. Â Relax, put down the pitchforks. his experiences is more than satisfactory for what he'll be doing for the Bills company, as he has already worked with other multi-million dollar companies. Â And if nepotism was the reason, why didn't Russ bring him in years ago when Russ was CEO? C'mon kids, grow up ... Â Â Thanks mom, Â Russ & Gregg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBD Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Is there any confirmation that they are related? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Is there any confirmation that they are related? Â Yes--they're brothers. Here's the Buffalo News article on it--it's towards the bottom: Â http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/bills-nfl/bills-notebook-marrone-expects-byrd-to-make-smooth-transition-20130821 Â Â Â I take part of what I said above back--looks like his current company handles sports teams' websites, so if the Bills are having legal problems with their website, he's their man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eme123 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Yes usa today sports section transactions buffalo bills. I don't can either way. But I just thinks it a little funny that russ hires his brother as a vp and doesn't send us a text. They seem to text us about everything else. Â In the corporate world everyone is a VP. The guy probably takes out the garbage or something Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
White Linen Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Guys, not sure if many of you can read, but his actual role with the Bills has nothing to do with football. So no, it doesn't matter if he has a sports background. But that said, he did major in sports management, so yes, he did do something with professional franchises in his career. Â his position is a business position and being a lawyer he's likely someone that will handle internal legal affairs for the company. The Bills aren't simply a 'team' they are a company that is worth $800million. And every $800million has general counsels (or lawyers) on retainer. Â Relax, put down the pitchforks. his experiences is more than satisfactory for what he'll be doing for the Bills company, as he has already worked with other multi-million dollar companies. Â And if nepotism was the reason, why didn't Russ bring him in years ago when Russ was CEO? C'mon kids, grow up ... I usually ignore posts like this but this time I'm saying something. I really hate post like this. Why can't you just give your opinion and save all the "not sure if any of you can read" BS? There were 5 comments prior to your post and you start saying things about "putting down the pitchforks". Then after your ridiculous lecture you're going to say C'mon kids, grow up. You actually had some very good points in your post and could have actually been taken seriously. Totally uncalled for and frankly boring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RalphOP83 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Do some research on his former company (XOS digital)... They are on the cutting edge of all kinds of sports technology.... Russ had the power to hire years ago.... Say hello to the head of our new technology and analytics dept Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Do some research on his former company (XOS digital)... They are on the cutting edge of all kinds of sports technology.... Russ had the power to hire years ago.... Say hello to the head of our new technology and analytics dept  What else can you tell us? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Barbarian Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 That's what I thought when I read his bio--absolutely zero relevant experience..... Â got to learn the ropes somewhere, as long as we win it wont matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICanSleepWhenI'mDead Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 http://www.linkedin.com/pub/gregg-g-brandon/4/397/556 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Do some research on his former company (XOS digital)... They are on the cutting edge of all kinds of sports technology.... Russ had the power to hire years ago.... Say hello to the head of our new technology and analytics dept  No, he was hired to be the general counsel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICanSleepWhenI'mDead Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Wonder if this affects Littman's role? Littman had a Treasurer and/or CFO title in the organization if I recall correctly, but he's a lawyer. Wasn't Littman second only to Ralph on the Bills organization chart before Russ Brandon was promoted? I have a vague recollection of seeing that somewhere (maybe in the Bills media packet, or on company letterhead?). Not sure if that changed after Russ Brandon was promoted. Â If Littman is being pushed aside, I wonder if a healthy (lucid?) Ralph would allow that to happen? Makes me wonder about Ralph's health, although I haven't tried to research Littman's age, so it might simply be that Littman wants to step away or reduce his role, or harbored resentment at Russ Brandon being promoted to CEO if Littman wanted the job title. Â All speculation on my part, but when Ralph's top aide for years was lawyer Littman, who maybe got passed over for the CEO job, and now the CEO brings in his lawyer brother, it makes me wonder about possible in-fighting as Ralph fades further from the scene. Â Or maybe Littman's role hasn't changed at all - - aren't we still under the cap? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Wonder if this affects Littman's role? Littman had a Treasurer and/or CFO title in the organization if I recall correctly, but he's a lawyer. Wasn't Littman second only to Ralph on the Bills organization chart before Russ Brandon was promoted? I have a vague recollection of seeing that somewhere (maybe in the Bills media packet, or on company letterhead?). Not sure if that changed after Russ Brandon was promoted. Â If Littman is being pushed aside, I wonder if a healthy (lucid?) Ralph would allow that to happen? Makes me wonder about Ralph's health, although I haven't tried to research Littman's age, so it might simply be that Littman wants to step away or reduce his role, or harbored resentment at Russ Brandon being promoted to CEO if Littman wanted the job title. Â All speculation on my part, but when Ralph's top aide for years was lawyer Littman, who maybe got passed over for the CEO job, and now the CEO brings in his lawyer brother, it makes me wonder about possible in-fighting as Ralph fades further from the scene. Â Or maybe Littman's role hasn't changed at all - - aren't we still under the cap? Â I thought the same thing--this move shows that Russ is fully in charge now and doesn't care/worry about the Wilson family looking askance at this hiring of his brother. Â Thanks, too, for the link to Gregg's LI profile. I feel slightly better about the hire (other than my general on principal (earned by working at companies where it happened waaayyy too often to the company's detriment) distaste at hiring a relative) after reading that in that he does seem to have some more "general" corporate-type experience at his last job. Â That said, I still believe that if the job opening was subject to an open, transparent, "blind" (i.e., resumes with identifying characteristics scrubbed off) process, it's borderline whether Gregg would have even made the cut for an initial interview. Jobs like this are amazingly competitive to get and would in most cases go to someone like a law firm partner in one of the major disciplines (like labor or corporate here) or someone with direct, relevant experience in a franchise or League legal dept. Just my two cents. That said, I wish Gregg well in the new role and I hope he can add some value to the team..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICanSleepWhenI'mDead Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) I wish him well and luck, since he's part of our team, but believe me, there are many other people who are better qualified for that position.... I dunno, he might be a good fit. A guy who obtained a trademark registration for a cat litter product might be just what an organization that hasn't made the playoffs in this millenium needs: http://www.trademark...b-78756485.html  Think of the additional revenues if the Bills put a Sani-Sorb logo on their uniforms. Edited August 23, 2013 by ICanSleepWhenI'mDead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beerball Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 No, he was hired to be the general counsel. Quite, he's on a roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haven Moses Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Like the Old mayor of Chicago, Mayor Daley used to say, "What do you think I'm gonna do? HIre my enemies?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chandler#81 Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Thanks, MattM. Does this mean we kids don't have to grow up?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billsrcursed Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Thanks, MattM. Does this mean we kids don't have to grow up?? Â Hey, watch it with that pitchfork! you almost got me in the eye!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KGUNBILLS Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 Sound like a good old fashioned "CON JOB". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
San Jose Bills Fan Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 He's a 3G Greg( )? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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