DeLuca1967 Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Simple math. If the 575,248 fans who bought tickets in 2005 paid $25 more per ticket? That would be $14,381,400.00 in additional revenue for the Bills. No need to waste additional tax dollars. If you want to keep the Bills pay the extra $25. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcjeff215 Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Simple math. If the 575,248 fans who bought tickets in 2005 paid $25 more per ticket? That would be $14,381,400.00 in additional revenue for the Bills. No need to waste additional tax dollars. If you want to keep the Bills pay the extra $25. 656418[/snapback] Hell, bump parking, beer, pop, and refreshments. It would do wonders to help the "violent raging drunk" problem, too. -Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cantankerous Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 or tell Ralph to quit being such a tight wad. ps- i'm kidding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PromoTheRobot Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Simple math. If the 575,248 fans who bought tickets in 2005 paid $25 more per ticket? That would be $14,381,400.00 in additional revenue for the Bills. No need to waste additional tax dollars. If you want to keep the Bills pay the extra $25. 656418[/snapback] Okay, that's $14mil, which by the way gets shared with the NFL, so the Bills get only $8mil of that. Now how do you suggest making up the rest of the $110 million or so that the large market teams have over the Bills, smart guy? PTR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orton's Arm Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Simple math. If the 575,248 fans who bought tickets in 2005 paid $25 more per ticket? That would be $14,381,400.00 in additional revenue for the Bills. No need to waste additional tax dollars. If you want to keep the Bills pay the extra $25. 656418[/snapback] What about the fans who bought all eight tickets? You're asking them for $25x8 = $200. For people who go in pairs, it's an extra $400, and whole families would have to pay even more. Not exactly chump change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBuffaloDisease Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Okay, that's $14mil, which by the way gets shared with the NFL, so the Bills get only $8mil of that. Now how do you suggest making up the rest of the $110 million or so that the large market teams have over the Bills, smart guy? Ralph isn't ASKING for $110M. He just wants to NOT lose the $35M or so he makes off the team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadBuffaloDisease Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 What about the fans who bought all eight tickets? You're asking them for $25x8 = $200. For people who go in pairs, it's an extra $400, and whole families would have to pay even more. Not exactly chump change. Well then, just IMAGINE how cheap it will be when Ralph moves the team and there's NO team to pay ANYTHING for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beerme1 Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 I will go around all the lots with a can begging for money from you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanker Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 Okay, that's $14mil, which by the way gets shared with the NFL, so the Bills get only $8mil of that. Now how do you suggest making up the rest of the $110 million or so that the large market teams have over the Bills, smart guy? PTR 656487[/snapback] 1. Charge each reporter $1,000 per locker room interview 2. Charge ESPN and SI "reporters" $10,000 per locker room interview 3. Sell cars in The Ralph's lot during the week 4. Charge $20 a head at The Ralph on away weeks and show The Bills' game on the jumbotron 5. Charge the visiting team $50 to park their buses (hey, it'll add up over time) 6. Bring back the fried baloney sammys and charge $40 each for 'em 7. $10 beer anyone? 8. Send Mr. Wilson all of our S&H Green Stamp books and Raleigh Coupons 9. Charge $20 manditory-purchase-to-gain-admission-to-The-Ralph of a "Tom Donahoe is Satan, Likes to Drink Baby's Blood" Tee shirt 10. Hold a $1 raffle at each home game and Ed will reveal to the lucky winner just exactly why he's a horrible human being Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jwatts Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 That would work except for one small thing everyone forgot, 60% of that $14,381,400.00 or $8,628,840 would go to the players as part of the new CBA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuckincincy Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 That would work except for one small thing everyone forgot, 60% of that $14,381,400.00 or $8,628,840 would go to the players as part of the new CBA. 656825[/snapback] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krazykat Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Simple math. If the 575,248 fans who bought tickets in 2005 paid $25 more per ticket? That would be $14,381,400.00 in additional revenue for the Bills. No need to waste additional tax dollars. If you want to keep the Bills pay the extra $25. 656418[/snapback] I wouldn't pay $25 less for what they are offering now. What is this, let's subsidize the Bills. If Wilson had hired some decent coaches and GMs then he wouldn't be in as much of a mess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ieatcrayonz Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 Simple math. If the 575,248 fans who bought tickets in 2005 paid $25 more per ticket? That would be $14,381,400.00 in additional revenue for the Bills. No need to waste additional tax dollars. If you want to keep the Bills pay the extra $25. 656418[/snapback] $25 is a lot of money! Just ask meazza21 how many boxes of girl scout cookies he can buy with that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apuszczalowski Posted April 9, 2006 Share Posted April 9, 2006 If Wilson had hired some decent coaches and GMs then he wouldn't be in as much of a mess. 656895[/snapback] Really??? So if the Bills spent more to get supposedly "Better" (cause since we haven't seen what the current coaches/GM have put together, they must suck) coaches and GM's the new CBA would not include a bunch of qualifiers put in to take teams out revenue sharing and hold down the small market teams. Damn it Ralph, you keep screwing us over! This is not a problem with fans not paying enough to see this team, Its about the team not being able to break even under the new CBA because of these qualifiers they have added like - A new owner will not be able to collect revenue sharing after buying a team - The additions of items being included now as revenue (like new stadiums) which gets added to the cap since a percentage of all revenue go to the players. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeLuca1967 Posted April 9, 2006 Author Share Posted April 9, 2006 Okay, that's $14mil, which by the way gets shared with the NFL, so the Bills get only $8mil of that. Now how do you suggest making up the rest of the $110 million or so that the large market teams have over the Bills, smart guy? PTR 656487[/snapback] Simple. Raise the prices of everything across the board. Like a previous post said. More for parking. More for Beer. More for food. More for Jersey's. It's not the job of the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins to raise the revenues of the Bills. That's un-American and goes against everything a free market economy is all about. If the Bills do not make enough revenue then it's up to them to be smarter with their money (ala the Sabres) and maximize their revenue streams (ala the Sabres). It's not the WNY tax payers job and it's not the job of other teams. 30 of 32 owners found no problem with the CBA. It's seems that the CBA is a diversion away from the real problem. WNY just does not have the corporate dollar to substain an NFL franchise in the 'New NFL'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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