A change of hands changes fortune
Profitability depends on team’s debt load
The Buffalo Bills are one of the National Football League’s most profitable teams, but that could change in a hurry if the team is sold.
Because Bills owner Ralph Wilson founded the team for a mere $25,000 back in 1959, he doesn’t have to worry about paying off a huge loan to finance the team’s purchase.
But whoever buys the Bills from Ralph Wilson or his estate will have that worry — and those loan payments could easily turn the franchise from one that makes a nice profit to one that roughly breaks even or worse.
And that could be the biggest hurdle to keeping the Bills in Buffalo once the team changes hands.
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