Lv-Bills Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 LOL. Seriously, I really did. I asked him to be my guest in one of my seats just to see if he would be interested in buying the Bills upon Ralph's death and keeping them in Buffalo. He is from blue collar Pittsburgh after all. Buffalo is the same type city, so I just gave it a shot mainly out of a joke, but hoping he would answer and get some publicity out of it. He politely declined, and told me to have fun. He answers a lot of his own emails, and I thought what the hell. He answered it in about 3 hours just after midnight this morning. Maybe we should start to all bombard him about buying the Bills and keeping them right here in Buffalo????? Hey, at least I tried something! You never know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDawkinstein Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 LOL. Seriously, I really did. I asked him to be my guest in one of my seats just to see if he would be interested in buying the Bills upon Ralph's death and keeping them in Buffalo. He is from blue collar Pittsburgh after all. Buffalo is the same type city, so I just gave it a shot mainly out of a joke, but hoping he would answer and get some publicity out of it. He politely declined, and told me to have fun. He answers a lot of his own emails, and I thought what the hell. He answered it in about 3 hours just after midnight this morning. Maybe we should start to all bombard him about buying the Bills and keeping them right here in Buffalo????? Hey, at least I tried something! You never know! haha nice job. it never hurts to ask, right?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lv-Bills Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 haha nice job. it never hurts to ask, right?!? I thought it might be just stupid enough a request to get him to bite on it, but he didn't. Dammit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribo Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 At least you ensured a thought of the Bills has gone through his mind now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lv-Bills Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 At least you ensured a thought of the Bills has gone through his mind now. If he had interest about a year or so ago in buying the Pittsburgh Pirates (although that is his hometown), hey, why not the Bills. You know, the NFL, the most glamorous league in the USA! Come on Mark, dammit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HopsGuy Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 He replied to one of my emails a few years ago, too. I have a lot of respect for the guy, but I don't always agree with him. He was just badly burned by the Tribune Company. He was basically used to inflate the price of the Cubs when they had no intention of selling to him. I would think that he's probably looking at opportunities outside the sports world after that. Always interesting views. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Capolupo Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 LOL. Seriously, I really did. I asked him to be my guest in one of my seats just to see if he would be interested in buying the Bills upon Ralph's death and keeping them in Buffalo. He is from blue collar Pittsburgh after all. Buffalo is the same type city, so I just gave it a shot mainly out of a joke, but hoping he would answer and get some publicity out of it. He politely declined, and told me to have fun. He answers a lot of his own emails, and I thought what the hell. He answered it in about 3 hours just after midnight this morning. Maybe we should start to all bombard him about buying the Bills and keeping them right here in Buffalo????? Hey, at least I tried something! You never know! The NFL doesn't allow individuals who own teams in other sports to be an owner in the NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lv-Bills Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 The NFL doesn't allow individuals who own teams in other sports to be an owner in the NFL. I don't think someone who owns a NBA franchise would have much of a problem selling it to become an NFL owner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 The NFL doesn't allow individuals who own teams in other sports to be an owner in the NFL. That used to be the case but now they can, IIRC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribo Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 The NFL doesn't allow individuals who own teams in other sports to be an owner in the NFL. Do you have a link or a source to back that up? You stated it as a fact, and I think that is interesting, so please let me know where you got the info? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scribo Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 That actual rule is that a person or organization owning a pro sports team cannot own an NFL team in the same market. So Cuban could own the Bills, presuming he does not move them to Dallas... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ans4e64 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 If he did buy the Bills, does he intend to keep them here? I'd be reeeal nervous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heels20X6 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 The NFL doesn't allow individuals who own teams in other sports to be an owner in the NFL. WRONG. The Bucs owner also happens to Manchester United and is trying to purchase the Montreal Canadians too. So....WRONG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattM Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 WRONG. The Bucs owner also happens to Manchester United and is trying to purchase the Montreal Canadians too. So....WRONG. The Glazer family who you're referring to actually lives in Rochester, believe it or not. Too bad they already own an NFL franchise..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lv-Bills Posted September 23, 2008 Author Share Posted September 23, 2008 The Glazer family who you're referring to actually lives in Rochester, believe it or not. Too bad they already own an NFL franchise..... Is this actually true??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageAgainstTheMachine Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 LOL. Seriously, I really did. I asked him to be my guest in one of my seats just to see if he would be interested in buying the Bills upon Ralph's death and keeping them in Buffalo. He is from blue collar Pittsburgh after all. Buffalo is the same type city, so I just gave it a shot mainly out of a joke, but hoping he would answer and get some publicity out of it. He politely declined, and told me to have fun. He answers a lot of his own emails, and I thought what the hell. He answered it in about 3 hours just after midnight this morning. Maybe we should start to all bombard him about buying the Bills and keeping them right here in Buffalo????? Hey, at least I tried something! You never know! Wait, what's his email address? Maybe if we carpet bomb him with emails, he might consider showing up for a game, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 LOL. Seriously, I really did. I asked him to be my guest in one of my seats just to see if he would be interested in buying the Bills upon Ralph's death and keeping them in Buffalo. He is from blue collar Pittsburgh after all. Buffalo is the same type city, so I just gave it a shot mainly out of a joke, but hoping he would answer and get some publicity out of it. He politely declined, and told me to have fun. He answers a lot of his own emails, and I thought what the hell. He answered it in about 3 hours just after midnight this morning. Maybe we should start to all bombard him about buying the Bills and keeping them right here in Buffalo????? Hey, at least I tried something! You never know! That was a dumb thing IMO. If he does buy them there's no guarantee he will keep them in Buffalo. It wouldn't surprise me to see him move the team to the west coast closer to Dallas. Why would you ask a guy to compete with Jim Kelly's already assembled ownership group? Leave things alone. Let Kelly do his work without inviting others into the bidding war. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowery4 Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Didn't that Man U purchase send him restructuring hi s debts too? Yikes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steely Dan Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 Is this actually true??? Yes, they are from Rochester. A friend of mine used to work for the Bucs making travel arrangements for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Quint Posted September 23, 2008 Share Posted September 23, 2008 That was a dumb thing IMO. If he does buy them there's no guarantee he will keep them in Buffalo. It wouldn't surprise me to see him move the team to the west coast closer to Dallas. Why would you ask a guy to compete with Jim Kelly's already assembled ownership group? Leave things alone. Let Kelly do his work without inviting others into the bidding war. I don't think that was the response he was looking for, Dan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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