Ralph Wilson knows what you’re thinking: Last week, financial statements revealed that Rogers Communications will pay the Bills $78 million for the right to host eight games in Canada over the next five years. That averages out to a tidy $9.75 million a game, or roughly twice what the Bills collect in gross revenues for a typical home game at Ralph Wilson Stadium.
Naturally, this means the Bills will have more money to invest in players, right?
“Uh, no it won’t,’ ” Wilson said Friday afternoon from his home in Detroit. “That $78 million doesn’t go into our pocket. You’ve got to pay the players out of that. We’ve got the cap. We always spend up to the cap. So I don’t know where people get the idea we have more money to spend. Listen, the public really doesn’t understand how complicated this whole CBA (the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement) really is.”
Naturally, this means the Bills will have more money to invest in players, right?
“Uh, no it won’t,’ ” Wilson said Friday afternoon from his home in Detroit. “That $78 million doesn’t go into our pocket. You’ve got to pay the players out of that. We’ve got the cap. We always spend up to the cap. So I don’t know where people get the idea we have more money to spend. Listen, the public really doesn’t understand how complicated this whole CBA (the NFL’s collective bargaining agreement) really is.”
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