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  • TedMock
    Registered User
    • Jul 2002
    • 3221
    #1

    This probably isn't true, but Toronto?

    I should pass it along anyway. I received this email this morning. Take it for what it's worth - a rumor. Who knows if there is any truth to it. It can't hurt to get the word out. Well, here it is...
    ............................................................................................................................
    From:
    >To: >
    >Subject: FYI Bills in TO
    >Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 12:05:09 -0500
    >
    >Don't know if this is true but...............
    >Got this from a friend of mine.
    >
    >This guy I work with let me in on some information about the Bills
    future
    >in WNY. Apparently, this person was at a dinner meeting with Tom
    Golisano
    >in early September in Buffalo. At this meeting Golisano dropped a
    >bombshell about the nefarious Ralph Wilson. Golisano claims that
    Wilson's
    >intentions all along have been to move the Bills to Toronto. Stay
    with me
    >on this......there are businessmen in Toronto that are ready to plunk
    down
    >mega-millions for the Bills and move them there. Wilson already let
    the
    >NFL know of this (Apparently they can't stop him either). Golisano &
    the
    >people from Rich Products offered Wilson a similar financial package
    but
    >Wilson demurred....when they offered him more, he demurred again...&
    said
    >he wouldn't sell the team to them no matter how much they offered;
    it's not
    >about money. Wilson wants it to be his legacy that he be the first
    person
    >to bring international play to the NFL. Still with me..? There's
    more....
    >Not to be dismayed, TG went to the NFL & has an agreement that when
    the
    >Bills move, they cannot take their name with them, ala Baltimore
    >Colts/Ravens. After the move to TO, Buffalo will be granted an
    expansion
    >franchise with the promise that they build a new stadium & sell it out
    for
    >5 consecutive years. (the NFL wants a franchise in Buffalo because
    it's
    >one of the original teams & has history in the league) TG agreed to do
    this
    >& will build a DOMED stadium on the waterfront in Buffalo with a
    capacity
    >of 60,000. In addition, Buffalo will be granted a Super Bowl in the
    future.
    > The caveat to this is that Buffalo will be without a football team
    for
    >3-4 years. The wheels are already in motion & no one can stop it. TG
    says
    >that RW is playing the game right now..ie: crying the blues about
    money,
    >saying enjoy the team while it's here, not signing/keeping star
    players,
    >etc. Next year or possibly the year after the BIlls will be gone.
    Willis
    >McGahee may have let the cat out of the bag with his recent TO talk in
    >Penthouse. Star players don't want to come to B-lo because they know
    RW
    >is a tight ass. TG also said that if he ran the team he will not be
    such a
    >cheapskate & would turn things around in a hurry like he did with the
    >Sabres.
    >
    >Now I realize how all this sounds & you probably let out a big laugh &
    said
    >"bull****" but this guy has no reason to lie to me. (I can read
    people
    >pretty well too) I don't say much to him when I see him other than
    "hi."
    >We just happened to be proctoring an exam together yesterday when we
    >started talking about sports. This guy is a sports nut who travels
    all
    >over the country for various sporting events. We must expose the
    walking
    >corpse that is Ralph Wilson. Send this to everyone you know &
    encourage
    >people to call radio shows & expose this turd. We may not be able to
    stop
    >it, but we can let him know we will not be fooled & bamboozled. And
    when he
    >dies, which I hope is VERY SOON, we can all fly to Detroit & take a
    big
    >piss on his grave.....
    >
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  • DMBcrew36
    Registered User
    • Feb 2005
    • 5096
    #2
    Re: This probably isn't true, but Toronto?

    interesting

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    • Forward_Lateral
      Registered User
      • Mar 2004
      • 29897
      #3
      Re: This probably isn't true, but Toronto?

      I have a hard time believing the NFL will allow this, to be honest. Sounds more like a conspiracy theory to me.
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      • Dozerdog
        In a jar, on a shelf, next to the unopened Miracle Whip.

        Administrator Emeritus
        • Jul 2002
        • 42586
        #4
        Re: This probably isn't true, but Toronto?

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        • Nighthawk
          Getting old waiting for a championship in Buffalo!
          • Jul 2002
          • 15437
          #5
          Re: This probably isn't true, but Toronto?

          Don't know if it is true, but I'm not a big fan of Ralph and wouldn't put it past him to do such a thing. That being said, it sounds like a false report.
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          • Carlton Bailey
            #6
            Re: This probably isn't true, but Toronto?

            I wouldn't try to stop this, because it sounds absolutely awesome. A waterfront stadium with Tom Golisano as our owner...and a Super Bowl??!! Where do I sign? This sounds like a big lie anyway, but I hope it happens.

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            • Dr. Lecter
              Zero for Zero!
              • Mar 2003
              • 67946
              #7
              Re: This probably isn't true, but Toronto?

              The story is BS.

              This part:

              NFL know of this (Apparently they can't stop him either)

              Is false. All teams that move get a vote by the NFL. And if it was happening, no way in hell our dip**** RB finds out about before it happens.
              Originally posted by mysticsoto
              Lecter is right in everything he said.
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              • TedMock
                Registered User
                • Jul 2002
                • 3221
                #8
                Re: This probably isn't true, but Toronto?

                Originally posted by Forward_Lateral
                I have a hard time believing the NFL will allow this, to be honest. Sounds more like a conspiracy theory to me.
                I agree and hopefully I didn't just cause a mass paranoia. I probably did, but that wasn't my intention. I just figured it's worth mentioning; just-in-case.

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                • Forward_Lateral
                  Registered User
                  • Mar 2004
                  • 29897
                  #9
                  Re: This probably isn't true, but Toronto?

                  Do you guys even know how much money it would cost Toronto for this? I highly doubt they'd put up over 100 million so some 90 year old who's ready to die anytime soon could bring his team into their city.

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                  • Philagape
                    WIN NOW
                    • Jul 2002
                    • 19432
                    #10
                    Re: This probably isn't true, but Toronto?

                    Originally posted by Dr.Lecter
                    The story is BS.

                    This part:

                    NFL know of this (Apparently they can't stop him either)

                    Is false. All teams that move get a vote by the NFL. And if it was happening, no way in hell our dip**** RB finds out about before it happens.
                    It's all an act; Willis is really the mastermind behind it.
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                    • Carlton Bailey
                      #11
                      Re: This probably isn't true, but Toronto?

                      Willis probably knows who was on the grassy knoll...
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                      • Goobylal
                        Registered User
                        • Jan 2004
                        • 19371
                        #12
                        Re: This probably isn't true, but Toronto?

                        LOL! Where do I begin?

                        First of all, the NFL would LOVE to have a team in Toronto. They've been saying as much for years now. And what's taking Ralph so long to sell to them? He's have the opportunity, well, forever to make that move. But as has been stated, the NFL has to approve the sale, so assuming the NFL wants to keep the Bills in Buffalo, which I think is BS itself, they can block this.

                        As for Golisano not being a cheapskate, sorry but when he took over the Sabres, he didn't spend a lot on the cap and didn't change much in the organization. Fortunately for him, the NHL adopted a cap to level the playing ice and Regier and Ruff anticipated the rules changes, and then FINALLY he opened up his wallet this year. But make no mistake; if the Sabres don't win it all and/or finished with a profit this year, he won't be spending to the limit again. And I'm fine with that as long as it keeps the Sabres in Buffalo. The point being that execting Golisano to be a spendthrift if he were to buy the team is pure fantasy in and of itself.

                        Last of all, the region CANNOT support a new stadium. Although I like the idea of a new stadium with a dome (it would have to be retractable, and kept open during games and closed other times to make it useful all year round), it's not feasible given the money woes of the region.
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                        • TigerJ
                          Registered User
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 22575
                          #13
                          Re: This probably isn't true, but Toronto?

                          Let's just say I'm highly skeptical and leave it at that.
                          I've made up my mind. Don't confuse me with the facts.

                          I'm the most reasonable poster here. If you don't agree, I'll be forced to have a hissy fit.

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                          • Dozerdog
                            In a jar, on a shelf, next to the unopened Miracle Whip.

                            Administrator Emeritus
                            • Jul 2002
                            • 42586
                            #14
                            Re: This probably isn't true, but Toronto?

                            Sounds like a cheesy chain letter that only ******s would fall for and send along.
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                            • Carlton Bailey
                              #15
                              Re: This probably isn't true, but Toronto?

                              Originally posted by Dozerdog
                              Sounds like a cheesy chain letter that only ******s would fall for and send along.
                              Shut up. It seems I'm in line to inherit Bill Gates-type money from the King of Nigeria's grandson's nephew's dog.
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