BillsMafi$ Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 (edited) Edited March 14, 2022 by BillsMafi$ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJB Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Terry is che... Ralph is cheap!!! 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warcodered Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 If he'd done that wouldn't it have been out there before the deal was essentially done? Isn't the whole idea to publicly pressure them with that threat? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCBills Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Don’t care.. it’s a negotiating tactic. 9 9 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H2o Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Does this surprise anyone, really? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 All part of the game…… 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Otreply Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 SOP for all team owners, it’s in the first chapter of the NFLs guide to team ownership, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 (edited) Every report I’ve seen said they simply mentioned that a lot of other markets would love to have an NFL team (which we knew because their press guy said it to the media). Edited March 14, 2022 by BillsFan4 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetermansRedemption Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Whatever tactics he used, it worked. 1 billion in funding for a 1.4 billion dollar stadium seems massive to me. They got the state and county (taxpayers) to pay for over 70% of this thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndirish1978 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 FOS is a pos, this isn't accurate absent some very specific interpretations of what was said publicly and they present no new sources to verify that claim. 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4_kidd_4 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Gross all around. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloBillsGospel Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Said every owner in the NFL who had to build a new stadium. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 No, not really. They mentioned Austin in a report. That is all. And it was a report put together by the firm Jerry Jones brought in. And there is NO WAY Jones is allowing yet another team into his market. It was not a threat. It was an example. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Process Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Taxpayers paying $1B is so ***** gross 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg S Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Once Hochul became Gov then you knew they weren't going to leave. She was not going to allow them to move on her watch. I remember here in the NYC area when the Isles were trying to get a new arena to replace Nassau Coliseum . The owners got then Gov Cuomo on board and he fast tracked the project. They got by all the political BS to get shovels in the ground. Now they have UBS Arena. Behind the scenes I would imagine Hochul did the same for the Bills and played a big part in helping get the deal done. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillsFan4 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 (edited) Not thrilled about the amount of public funding but I’m also not surprised. Unfortunately it’s part of the cost of having a professional sports team. Especially for a small market like Buffalo that doesn’t offer anywhere near what other bigger markets could. But I’m thrilled it got done (not that I didn’t expect it to). I feel that Buffalo fans deserve to have their team locked into Buffalo for the next couple decades. Every other NY team got stadiums with public funding. Why shouldn’t we? and hey, at least we will get more enjoyment out of this compared some of the other things our tax dollars go towards. Edited March 14, 2022 by BillsFan4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChevyVanMiller Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 If he hadn’t threatened to move the team, Jerry Jones would have slapped him in the face with his Texas two grits and a sausage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
longtimebillsfan Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Is this really new???? That bogus "move to Austin" threat happened early on in the negotiations. Hey, did you hear the Bills extended Josh Allen????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiltonWaddams Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 My opinion is that I am sorry for all of those who live in New York State and appreciate each one of you more each day. Thanks for funding the team that belongs in Buffalo to stay in Buffalo. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddaryl Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 (edited) Very OLD News... Yes the Pegulas did suggest they were willing to move the team a few years ago because Stadium talks were stalled and not getting the attention it needed It wasn't a hard threat it was brought up about other cities who would provide a stadium. And don't forget the NFL itself has been pushing Buffalo for a new Stadium for a Decade, and I bet would of wanted the team moved if this couldn't get resolved Edited March 14, 2022 by ddaryl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ned Flanders Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Front Office Sports??? Just another social media gnat out there playing click bait. Nothing to see here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JESSEFEFFER Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I think that Austin Tx was mentioned as an NFL worthy site by some spokesperson from the Jerry Jones connected stadium consulting firm hired by PSE to help with new stadium negotiations. I don't think it played well and Terry and Kim never seemed to embrace that strategy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJBobby Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 13 minutes ago, BillsMafi$ said: Excellent Negotiation Tactic for the Western NY born Governor. Seems to have worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaw66 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I saw one quote from Terry. That quote did not say he was going to move the team. What he said was that there was a limit to how much he would invest in a stadium in western New York because unlike other markets, WNY is not big enough to make investment in a stadium economic. He was just talking about the economic realities and why he wouldn't put a a billion dollars into a stadium. The implication was not that he would move the team. The implication was that the state has to decide whether it's worth it to the state to invest in a stadium that won't have a positive economic return. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ndirish1978 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 If I'm not mistaken this is the same company that tried to big time Pat McAfee on some deal, to which he replied "I can buy your company, you couldn't buy mine" and told them to f off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenorthremembers Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 7 minutes ago, ndirish1978 said: FOS is a pos, this isn't accurate absent some very specific interpretations of what was said publicly and they present no new sources to verify that claim. You nailed it. The dude never threatened to move the team. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArtVandalay Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Saying if we don't get a deal I will keep the team here anyway doesn't give you much leverage 🤣 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFunPolice Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 (edited) I think it's probably somewhere in the middle. There had to be ambiguity in order to get NY to act to this magnitude. You can't go in saying "I'll never move the team no matter what but please give me a billion dollars." In other words, I'm asking you for an enormous sum of money that you really don't have and probably don't want to give, but if I don't get it it's fine and nothing will happen. I wonder if a lot of the Sabres stuff was an indirect way of getting attention as well. If they moved the team they couldn't also own the Sabres. I hope that in exchange for this historic commitment of taxpayer dollars we got an IRONCLAD 25 year lease, at least. Edited March 14, 2022 by TheFunPolice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talleywhacker Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Water is wet It gets light out during the day It gets dark at night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSE Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 He threatened to move the team downtown AND I liked it... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Fischer Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Delete this thread and check your sources. "Front Office Sports" is not a journalistic organization. They simply regurgitate news for clicks. If Parrino, Graham and the army of Bills reporters didn't report the threat, then it's a good bet it never happened. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uticaclub Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 10 minutes ago, Process said: Taxpayers paying $1B is so ***** gross The high taxes and strict business regulations are also gross. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dpberr Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 I've always considered this particular blurb in the coverage of stadium negotiations as columnist "poetic license" with the truth to gin up some emotional response from the Bills fanbase. If reporters were fired for not writing factual information with bonafide sources, you wouldn't have read it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uticaclub Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 1 minute ago, uticaclub said: The high taxes and strict business regulations in NY are also gross. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC883 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 well, at least upstate ny is getting money for something. This is a better expenditure of NYS money that what it usually wastes money on. Also, this is paid for by out of state fans who travel up for games and pay NYS taxes on gas,, lodging, etc. If NYS is smart, it could add a lodging tax on days abutting Bills game days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Just now, RyanC883 said: well, at least upstate ny is getting money for something. This is a better expenditure of NYS money that what it usually wastes money on. Also, this is paid for by out of state fans who travel up for games and pay NYS taxes on gas,, lodging, etc. If NYS is smart, it could add a lodging tax on days abutting Bills game days. NYS could come up with $1B with no issue. Legalizing and taxing weed and sports gambling could probably pay for it within a year or two. Or go hit up Wall Street, where folks make and lose $1B every morning before breakfast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 6 minutes ago, dpberr said: I've always considered this particular blurb in the coverage of stadium negotiations as columnist "poetic license" with the truth to gin up some emotional response from the Bills fanbase. If reporters were fired for not writing factual information with bonafide sources, you wouldn't have read it. Also, both sides obviously negotiate through the media. The team uses the media to put pressure on the state, and vice versa. Take everything with a huge grain of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanC883 Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Just now, DrDawkinstein said: NYS could come up with $1B with no issue. Legalizing and taxing weed and sports gambling could probably pay for it within a year or two. Or go hit up Wall Street, where folks make and lose $1B every morning before breakfast. sports gambling could pay for it itself. odd it's not legal in NYS, given the ads for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nester Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 First time watching the nfl? None of this is news Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 Just now, RyanC883 said: sports gambling could pay for it itself. odd it's not legal in NYS, given the ads for it! I thought both were recently legalized. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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