Kirby Jackson Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Discuss Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 This is my shocked face. 1 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sig1Hunter Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Seems like a nice change from the previous stance which leaves the door open for fans at future games. Good call. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) "Thank you for your continued support through this challenging offseason. We hope you and your family and friends are staying safe and healthy. In June, New York State issued COVID-19 guidance to allow professional sports to be played without spectators. After much discussion and collaboration with the State and Erie County, those guidelines will remain unchanged for at least our first two home games against the New York Jets on September 13, and the Los Angeles Rams on September 27. We fully support New York State’s efforts to keep New Yorkers safe and will continue working together, along with the NFL, to establish policies and procedures that hopefully permit fans later this season. We appreciate your patience and continued support of the Bills, and we will communicate any changes or future ticket sales dates in the weeks ahead. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact your account representative." Edited August 25, 2020 by PromoTheRobot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirby Jackson Posted August 25, 2020 Author Share Posted August 25, 2020 Just now, RiotAct said: This is my shocked face. Yeah, I’m not surprised. The prudent thing to do is to make decisions along the way. This feels like a pretty reasonable approach. Look at it again in a month and see where things stand. You can adjust from there. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 We'll get these two home dates back in the playoffs. 17 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Just now, Sig1Hunter said: Seems like a nice change from the previous stance which leaves the door open for fans at future games. Good call. I give it a 1% chance that they’ll change their tune for games 3&4 (and beyond). The narrative will either be “cases are SKYROCKETING since kids are back in school!!!!!” or “let’s continue to be as safe as possible so we don’t end up like those southern states”. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Just now, RiotAct said: I give it a 1% chance that they’ll change their tune for games 3&4 (and beyond). The narrative will either be “cases are SKYROCKETING since kids are back in school!!!!!” or “let’s continue to be as safe as possible so we don’t end up like those southern states”. I know it's hard to believe but maybe bring careful now gets us games later. 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logic Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 I had been holding out a small sliver of hope that the Bills would allow fans. I'm not surprised that they will not be doing so. It makes sense. Oh well. Onward and upward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lightning Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 McD is spot on, the attendance policy should be uniform league-wide. This is assininine. 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HappyDays Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 There is no reason to go this far with it. They could allow spread out fans and mandate masks, it would be fine. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColoradoBills Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 "It is what it is". 1 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCBills Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 Very frustrating to hear. Probably will boil down to red state teams get fans and blue state teams don't, at least initially. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lightning Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 You're 6' apart in a restaurants, indoors w/o masks now for Christ sake. You'd be masked-up, and spread out in the stadium pius you're outside. With proper spacing there's no reason we can't have fans. This is just stupid. 12 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giuseppe Tognarelli Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 12 minutes ago, Green Lightning said: McD is spot on, the attendance policy should be uniform league-wide. This is assininine. Assininine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiotAct Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, HappyDays said: There is no reason to go this far with it. They could allow spread out fans and mandate masks, it would be fine. I think it boils down to, it’s easier to just throw your hands up and say “no fans allowed!” than to come up with a workable plan for letting people in at a reduced capacity with the proper guidelines. There’s no way on earth it absolutely can’t be done, especially with the technology and manpower at the organization’s disposal. This is assuming that there’s no underlying political pretext here with the learned officials who were part of the “much discussion and collaboration”... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Lightning Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 (edited) Added letters because I was p#ssed off I guess. Edited August 25, 2020 by Green Lightning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KD in CA Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 5 minutes ago, SCBills said: Very frustrating to hear. Probably will boil down to red state teams get fans and blue state teams don't, at least initially. Yup. Everyone is setting policy (and narrative) based on who they want to win in November. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mannc Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 8 minutes ago, SCBills said: Very frustrating to hear. Probably will boil down to red state teams get fans and blue state teams don't, at least initially. Yep. It’s a self-inflicted wound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrbojanglezs Posted August 25, 2020 Share Posted August 25, 2020 3 minutes ago, TBDlurkerSINCE07 said: You're pointing to Texas and Florida in your examples, two of the worst states for the virus right now. Not exactly helping with your argument that NYS is not doing a good job, with one of the lowest virus rates at the moment. Lowest numbers at the expense of destroying small business across the state 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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