Golisano stokes the fire on Bills' future

[sdbillsfan2]

The future of the Buffalo Bills, that age-old topic endlessly feared by the team's fans, was once again a topic of conversation this week after comments made by former Sabres owner Tom Golisano during an interview with a Virginia television station.

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[better days]

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The future of the Buffalo Bills, that age-old topic endlessly feared by the team's fans, was once again a topic of conversation this week after comments made by former Sabres owner Tom Golisano during an interview with a Virginia television station.


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With people like Kelly & Golisano wanting to keep the Bills in Buffalo, I think the future of the Bills in Buffalo is much more assured than many people think.

[jamze132]

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The Bills aren't going anywhere.

[Night Train]

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I've had a lifelong friend that has told me constantly the Bills will be moving very soon. This has been going on for the last 25 years. ( I'm over 50 )

After yesterdays news that more revenue sharing was pushed through by Ralph, it looks like he'll have a longer wait, even if Ralph dies soon and the team has a new owner. There is little to no incentive to move the Bills within the next 10 years of this agreement, if the reports are true.

It must be killing him to read that news, further diminishing his chances to say " I called it " .

[McBFLO]

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I love what I'm hearing about thew new revenue sharing aspect with the new CBA: "top revenue teams" pay at 10% tax on "local revenue"(which I assume would be from luxury boxes, sponsorships, etc) and that $ would go to the "smaller revenue teams". That will also be a HUGE factor IMO in keeping the Bills in Buffalo.

[FlyingDutchman]

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With people like Kelly & Golisano wanting to keep the Bills in Buffalo, I think the future of the Bills in Buffalo is much more assured than many people think.

even Pegula

[OpIv37]

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With people like Kelly & Golisano wanting to keep the Bills in Buffalo, I think the future of the Bills in Buffalo is much more assured than many people think.

It's not up to them.

Kelly and Golisano don't have the money to buy the team. And even if they did, the decision is on Ralph and the NFL.

Having Kelly and Golisano on the side of keeping the Bills in Buffalo certainly doesn't hurt, but it's no guarantee either.

I don't know why people can't see this.

[better days]

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It's not up to them.

Kelly and Golisano don't have the money to buy the team. And even if they did, the decision is on Ralph and the NFL.

Having Kelly and Golisano on the side of keeping the Bills in Buffalo certainly doesn't hurt, but it's no guarantee either.

I don't know why people can't see this.

Well, they both know people that do have money. Ralph will be dead when this goes down & not have any say unless he has already made plans.

[OpIv37]

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Well, they both know people that do have money. Ralph will be dead when this goes down & not have any say unless he has already made plans.

If Ralph is dead, then his family has the say, which could be even worse as they have no interest in running the team or paying the taxes that it would take to keep the team.

[Mr. Pink]

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If Ralph has no succession strategy then the team is going to go into his estate which will then be sold to the highest bidder. Why some people fail to see this baffles me.

It baffles me further that Ralph, as of today, has no succession plan.

[SabreEleven]

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If Ralph has no succession strategy then the team is going to go into his estate which will then be sold to the highest bidder. Why some people fail to see this baffles me.

It baffles me further that Ralph, as of today, has no succession plan.

How do you know he doesn't? He doesn't have to make it public.

[Jan Reimers]

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It's not up to them.

Kelly and Golisano don't have the money to buy the team. And even if they did, the decision is on Ralph and the NFL.

Having Kelly and Golisano on the side of keeping the Bills in Buffalo certainly doesn't hurt, but it's no guarantee either.

I don't know why people can't see this.

It's not a guarantee, Op, but with Golisano and Pegula showing interest, and Kelly trying to put a consortium together, it gives us a very good chance at a local group purchasing the team. And a favorable revenue sharing agreement makes our chances even better.

The flipside is an out of town owner moving the team at considerable cost - NFL relocation fees and very possibly a new stadium among them - which will not be factors if the team remains in Buffalo.

[OpIv37]

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How do you know he doesn't? He doesn't have to make it public.

if he has one, why wouldn't he just make it public and make all this nonsense go away?

[Mr. Pink]

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How do you know he doesn't? He doesn't have to make it public.

In this day and age, everything gets leaked.

[Jan Reimers]

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If Ralph is dead, then his family has the say, which could be even worse as they have no interest in running the team or paying the taxes that it would take to keep the team.

If Ralph's wife keeps the team, there will be no, or relatively low, estate taxes. If the team is sold - whether to locals or out-of-towners - there will be hefty estate taxes.