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  • Buffatexas
    Registered User
    • Aug 2002
    • 862

    Schumer/Goodell to meet with Wilson

    Sorry if this was already posted

    National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell will join U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer at an upcoming meeting with Bills owner Ralph Wilson to explore ways to help keep the team in Buffalo, according to the New York Democrat.


    BUFFALO, N.Y. -- NFL commissioner Roger Goodell will join U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) at an upcoming meeting with Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson to explore ways to help keep the team in Buffalo, according to Schumer.....
  • Bulldog
    Top Dog
    • Jan 2003
    • 2654

    #2
    Schumer discusses Bills with NFL commissioner



    At least someone is going to try and get some things done before it's too late.
    I only drink when I'm alone or with others.

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    • Bulldog
      Top Dog
      • Jan 2003
      • 2654

      #3
      Re: Schumer/Goodell to meet with Wilson

      Mods, please merge the threads.
      I only drink when I'm alone or with others.

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      • bnice
        Registered User
        • Jan 2007
        • 21

        #4
        From PFT

        POSTED 2:58 p.m. EST, February 13, 2008
        GOODELL WILL MEET WITH SENATOR ON POSSIBLE BILLS MOVE by Michael David Smith
        The meeting that NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell is having today with U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) isn't his only scheduled meeting with a senator.
        In addition to the Goodell-Specter Spygate meeting, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) has scheduled a meeting with Goodell and Bills owner Ralph Wilson to discuss what can be done to keep the team in Buffalo.
        "[Goodell] and I are going up to meet with Mr. Wilson in the near future to discuss the future of the Bills and try to figure out ways we can help the Bills to stay in Buffalo," Schumer told reporters in a conference call today.

        The Bills plan to have a total of eight preseason and regular-season games at the Rogers Centre in Toronto in the next five years, and that has led to some speculation that Toronto, which is a bigger and wealthier city than Buffalo, might ultimately be an attractive home for the Bills on a permanent basis.

        But Schumer said he's confident that the team will stay in Upstate New York.

        "Commissioner Goodell is committed to doing anything he and the league can to keep the Bills in Buffalo," Schumer said.

        U.S. Rep. Brian Higgins, D-N.Y., also said today that he wants to do all he can to keep the Bills where they are. In a letter to Goodell, Higgins said the league should consider allowing full community ownership of the Bills, modeled after the Green Bay Packers, or at least allow local fans to own a minority stake in the team

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        • THATHURMANATOR
          Registered User
          • Jul 2002
          • 69112

          #5
          Re: From PFT

          Good news. Glad Goodell is for keeping them here.

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          • Patrick76777
            Registered User
            • Jul 2002
            • 17297

            #6
            Re: From PFT

            Originally posted by THATHURMANATOR
            Good news. Glad Goodell is for keeping them here.

            Someone will come in and spin this to make it look bad.
            Resign our own guys!

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            • THATHURMANATOR
              Registered User
              • Jul 2002
              • 69112

              #7
              Re: From PFT

              Originally posted by Patrick76777
              Someone will come in and spin this to make it look bad.
              Oh of course!

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              • Mitchy moo
                Roways rooking ahread!
                • Sep 2005
                • 18380

                #8
                Re: From PFT

                Originally posted by Patrick76777
                Someone will come in and spin this to make it look bad.
                Hopefully (D-NY) Schumer comes with a big checkbook and Dr. Kevorkian's insane assistant.













                J/K.

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                • BADTHINGSMAN
                  Registered User
                  • Oct 2002
                  • 10504

                  #9
                  Re: Schumer/Goodell to meet with Wilson

                  Awesome news..

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                  • HHURRICANE
                    Registered User
                    • Mar 2005
                    • 15490

                    #10
                    Re: From PFT

                    Originally posted by Patrick76777
                    Someone will come in and spin this to make it look bad.
                    Yeah, kind of like how Hilary has really helped upstate NY. So dumb of us to be cynical.

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                    • gr8slayer
                      Registered User
                      • Feb 2005
                      • 20796

                      #11
                      Re: Schumer/Goodell to meet with Wilson

                      Great news, hopefully Goodell will help us out (even though he doesn't have much say in the team moving, the other owners do.)

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                      • Jan Reimers
                        Thank You, Terry and Kim, for Saving the Bills. Now, Work on the Sabres.
                        • May 2003
                        • 17353

                        #12
                        Re: Schumer/Goodell to meet with Wilson

                        While I'm happy to have so many powerful players involved, nothing will change until Ralph gets off his "sell to the highest bidder" approach.
                        Should have known, way back in 1960 when we drafted Richie Lucas Number 1, that this would be a long, hard ride. But who could have known it would be THIS bad?

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                        • Forward_Lateral
                          Registered User
                          • Mar 2004
                          • 29895

                          #13
                          Re: Schumer/Goodell to meet with Wilson

                          Isn't Goodell from Buffalo area?

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                          • Jan Reimers
                            Thank You, Terry and Kim, for Saving the Bills. Now, Work on the Sabres.
                            • May 2003
                            • 17353

                            #14
                            Re: Schumer/Goodell to meet with Wilson

                            Originally posted by Forward_Lateral
                            Isn't Goodell from Buffalo area?
                            Jamestown, I believe.
                            Should have known, way back in 1960 when we drafted Richie Lucas Number 1, that this would be a long, hard ride. But who could have known it would be THIS bad?

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                            • don137
                              Registered User
                              • Jul 2002
                              • 7720

                              #15
                              Re: Schumer/Goodell to meet with Wilson

                              It helps having Goodell in Buffalo's corner.

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