Schumer/Goodell to meet with Wilson

[Buffatexas]

Sorry if this was already posted

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3244280

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]

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080213/SPORTS03/80213027

At least someone is going to try and get some things done before it's too late.

[Bulldog]

Mods, please merge the threads.

[bnice]

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 (http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/bills/2008-02-13-goodell-meeting_N.htm)," 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

[THATHURMANATOR]

Good news. Glad Goodell is for keeping them here.

[Patrick76777]

Good news. Glad Goodell is for keeping them here.


Someone will come in and spin this to make it look bad.

[THATHURMANATOR]

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

[Mitchy moo]

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.

[BADTHINGSMAN]

Awesome news..

[HHURRICANE]

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.

[gr8slayer]

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

[Jan Reimers]

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.

[Forward_Lateral]

Isn't Goodell from Buffalo area?

[Jan Reimers]

Isn't Goodell from Buffalo area?
Jamestown, I believe.

[don137]

It helps having Goodell in Buffalo's corner.

[Jan Reimers]

It helps having Goodell in Buffalo's corner.
Yes it does, as well as Higgins, Schumer, et. al. Now, if we could just get Ralph to agree to a plan that will keep the Bills in Buffalo. He is the key.