George Gillett interested in the Bills?

[Dr. Lecter]

George Gillett has been interested in the #Bills for at least 4 years according to @ByTimGraham. Tim "adding flesh to the bone" on WGR now!

Jeremy White's Twitter

[Skooby]

George Gillett has been interested in the #Bills for at least 4 years according to @ByTimGraham. Tim "adding flesh to the bone" on WGR now!

Jeremy White's Twitter

Wow, how much bank does this man have ?? He's like a walking business disaster of BK / unfinished business. I would have to say, no way Jose.

http://www.buffalorising.com/2011/10/bills-ownership-rumors-swirl.html

[THATHURMANATOR]

Would he keep them here? WHAT IS THE STORY BEHIND THIS GUY???

[Ed]

Who is he?

[Dujek]

He's the guy that nearly bankrupted the Canadiens and Liverpool Football Club.

Just say no...

[Ed]

So he's the guy Kelly's nephew was talking about?

[mrbojanglezs]

This guy would be a terrible owner. No way NFL owners would vote for him

[cookie G]

Who is he?

You don't want to know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_N._Gillett,_Jr.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/monteburke/2011/03/11/nascar-pileup-ray-evernham-sues-george-gillett-jr/



....Evernham admits that his chances for recouping all of his money are slim, but he stands by his decision to file the suit. “It may be like throwing a bucket of water in the ocean, but at some point you have to stand up and say this stuff has to stop,” he says. “This is about responsibility. There’s something wrong with the system when people can be that leveraged and just walk away and not pay people back.”

Evernham and Gillett once had a good relationship, according to Evernham. When Gillett was originally brought in as a majority owner, “the plan was to grow Evernham Motorsports so we could compete with the likes of Rick Hendrick,” he says. But the relationship soon soured. “In reality, Gillett came in and didn’t put any money into the company and took on more debt and instead of having more money to work with I had less.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2010/11/19/mill-financial-sues-george-gillett-personally-for-117-million-over-liverpool-loan/

You'll get big promises from the guy that won't be fulfilled.

I question whether the other owners would approve the sale.

The NFL doesn't want to see owners in financial trouble owning their teams. It isn't good for the brand.

[Ed]

He sounds like a tool. At least Pegula could outbid him.

[Jaybird]

I live in Montreal, and know that he sold the team (Habs) because hge had loans to pay off for Liverpool. He is not a bad owner, just question his cash flow

[Dozerdog]

With a past like that, the NFL won't let him in unless they are desperate

[BillyT92679]

Well he doesn't have enough liquidity or assets TO be the primary owner

he'd be a minority partner in a consortium of buyers

[bosshog_uk]

After the Liverpool disaster with Tom Hicks, I'd be very, very, very nervous about the situation if it were to materialise. The only saving grace is that Tom Hicks was the real villan in the Liverpool situation, but Gillett didn't exaclty come out of it smelling of roses.

[DraftBoy]

He filed for Chapter 11 protection in 1992. I doubt he'd pass the NFL sniff test.

Then again they may be ok with anybody who gets rid of RW.

[Jan Reimers]

He is basically a blowhard and scam artist who financed his various endeavors with junk bonds, and then went belly up on almost everything he acquired. No thanks, we've already had the Rigases on the Buffalo sports scene.

[Extremebillsfan247]

George Gillett has been interested in the #Bills for at least 4 years according to @ByTimGraham. Tim "adding flesh to the bone" on WGR now!

Jeremy White's TwitterThe bad news is that he has to wait in line with all the other interested parties. Ask the Bills for a comment and they will mutter the same line from early in the year when another prospective buyer was uncovered. The team is not for sale. At least, not while Ralph Wilson is still around.

[justasportsfan]

he'll move the bills to where it is more profitable . No thanks.

[trapezeus]

gillett's history just reads that he's a short term profiteer. especially with how the LA situation is going, he seems like he's the kind of guy to sell part of the ownership so that value doubles and his share goes up accordingly.

If this is Kelly's mystery guy, i don't feel very good about this....at all.

[acehole]

Sounds like our Pres.


You don't want to know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_N._Gillett,_Jr.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/monteburke/2011/03/11/nascar-pileup-ray-evernham-sues-george-gillett-jr/



....Evernham admits that his chances for recouping all of his money are slim, but he stands by his decision to file the suit. “It may be like throwing a bucket of water in the ocean, but at some point you have to stand up and say this stuff has to stop,” he says. “This is about responsibility. There’s something wrong with the system when people can be that leveraged and just walk away and not pay people back.”

Evernham and Gillett once had a good relationship, according to Evernham. When Gillett was originally brought in as a majority owner, “the plan was to grow Evernham Motorsports so we could compete with the likes of Rick Hendrick,” he says. But the relationship soon soured. “In reality, Gillett came in and didn’t put any money into the company and took on more debt and instead of having more money to work with I had less.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/nathanvardi/2010/11/19/mill-financial-sues-george-gillett-personally-for-117-million-over-liverpool-loan/

You'll get big promises from the guy that won't be fulfilled.

I question whether the other owners would approve the sale.

The NFL doesn't want to see owners in financial trouble owning their teams. It isn't good for the brand.