I have so many mixed feelings about this season. On one hand we have the draft coming up and edwards this and marshawn that, but the bottom line is all signs point to toronto. The pittsburgh preseason game would sell alot of tix at the ralph, unlike detroit. Then our big rival miami! In toronto are u serious! Right now our team is basically being shopped in toronto and they are buying. I hope to god Jimbo can do what he says he can or else alot of hearts will be broken in western new york
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I'm not convinced the Bills end up going anywhere. I realize there are a lot of things up in the air because of Ralph Wilson's age and the fact he will be selling it after he dies, but that doesn't necessarily mean the team is gone. You do have to worry about someone coming in and buying the team for the express purpose of moving it, like what is happening in the NBA with Seattle, but it isn't like someone couldn't buy the team and make it work in Buffalo. I think a local owner would work.
I think Jacksonville is the most likely team to move if LA comes to pass. They are a good team and still have trouble selling tickets. They are an afterthought in an area that is more college-football than NFL focused.
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Originally posted by NE39I'm not convinced the Bills end up going anywhere. I realize there are a lot of things up in the air because of Ralph Wilson's age and the fact he will be selling it after he dies, but that doesn't necessarily mean the team is gone. You do have to worry about someone coming in and buying the team for the express purpose of moving it, like what is happening in the NBA with Seattle, but it isn't like someone couldn't buy the team and make it work in Buffalo. I think a local owner would work.
I think Jacksonville is the most likely team to move if LA comes to pass. They are a good team and still have trouble selling tickets. They are an afterthought in an area that is more college-football than NFL focused.GO Gators!!!!!!
GO GATORS!!
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Originally posted by tampabay25690I AGREE on JAX....I go to games there once in a while and they never sell out unless its the FLORIDA--GEORGIA game......AS fans and I know I dont live there but I still own season tix. WE need to make sure games are sold out buy merchandise............I bet there is alot of people on this site that live in BUFFALO or nearby that sit and home and watch the games instead of getting cold...........
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The only fly in all this ointment is Ralph's contention that the team will be sold to the highest bidder. Local ownership would definitely work, and could keep the team in Buffalo - but not if it is outbid by Toronto, Los Angeles or San Antonio money.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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Originally posted by casdhfI don't think it matters what they raise the season tickets to here, we'll pay it.
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The Bills are toast. The only question is when, not if. So let me ask you this: Would you accept sharing the Bills with Toronto or would you act like a baby and turn your back?
I'm convinced that is the NFL's long-range plan: Have the team eventually play most of their games in Toronto, while playing 3-4 games at RWS and call them something like the "Buffalo Bills of Toronto. That way the NFL can say they didn't abandon a heritage city, while still tapping into a new lucrative market.
In the meantime I suggest picking up some season tickets for the UB Bulls (prices start at a very Buffalo friendly $78). They have one of the up-and-coming head coaching stars in the NCAA, they had a breakthrough year in 2007, they are poised for a MAC championship and bowl bid in 2008, and they may wind up being the only football left in WNY.
Other than that I suggest denial and heavy drinking. There's already no shortage of self-pity.
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I think that the NFL does not have a long range plan for the Bills to play in Toronto. I think it is Ralph's sales plan that puts us in danger of losing the team.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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Originally posted by NighthawkAnd that is what they should do...raise ticket prices. We pay the lowest in the league, which is ridiculous.
The problem is not being able to sell out luxury suites, even with the lowest prices in the NFL for luxury suites.Originally posted by mysticsotoLecter is right in everything he said.
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what part of luxury box sales dont some of you understand
you could triple ticket prices and sell triple the merch and it would be a drop in the bucket compared to filling the boxes with fatcats
so please for the love all that isnt stupid stop talking about sellouts and merch and focus on how the bills can get boxes sold
answer: figure out a way to get toronto companies to buy them
solution: make the games in to a hot tic and then later hold to companies up for boxes there by making them buy boxes here tooOne set of rules for all in the beloved community
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Originally posted by Meatheadwhat part of luxury box sales dont some of you understand
you could triple ticket prices and sell triple the merch and it would be a drop in the bucket compared to filling the boxes with fatcats
so please for the love all that isnt stupid stop talking about sellouts and merch and focus on how the bills can get boxes sold
answer: figure out a way to get toronto companies to buy them
solution: make the games in to a hot tic and then later hold to companies up for boxes there by making them buy boxes here too
How some miss the entire focus of the current NFL (corporate $$, premium seats) is baffling. The average fan sitting in the cheap seats don't matter.Anonymity is an abused privilege, abused most by people who mistake vitriol for wisdom and cynicism for wit
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