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Jim Kelly remains optimistic about the Bills staying in Buffalo
John Hemingway(facing certain death): I want to see Buffalo win the Super Bowl.
David Coltrane(threatening John): Nobody's going to live that long, pal.
-The John Larroquette Show, "A Dark and Stormy Night", 4/12/94
I'm trying to think of a polite way to say that if Ralph won't sell the team then I'm ready for him to leave this earth...
He wants the best for his already rich family, he doesn't care about the fan base. He won't sell the team, and when he dies it will become a bidding war. Guess how many people in Buffalo have enough money to outbid LA or Toronto? Yeah... no.
He wants the best for his already rich family, he doesn't care about the fan base. He won't sell the team, and when he dies it will become a bidding war. Guess how many people in Buffalo have enough money to outbid LA or Toronto? Yeah... no.
I honestly believe at this point that Ralph just wants to see his team win a superbowl and he's not going to give up until he dies, whether he's competent enough to make that happen or not. He's already given his family the best and he's even starting to outlive them. The Bills have been his life. I can't blame him for not wanting to give them up.
He wants the best for his already rich family, he doesn't care about the fan base. He won't sell the team, and when he dies it will become a bidding war. Guess how many people in Buffalo have enough money to outbid LA or Toronto? Yeah... no.
I want the team to have a different owner too BUT the reason he wont sell is because of the Estate Tax. Its lower if its sold after his death.
Re: Jim Kelly remains optimistic about the Bills staying in Buffalo
Why do I get this weird feeling that Ralph is giving the team to Jim in his will. Maybe thats just hope but him saying he knows of things makes me think their is a succession plan. You can also see Jim is always around. I think these investors are people who will buy a minority stake in the team to pay off the taxes and share in ownership as part of the deal. Just a guess but he seems supremely confident about it
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Why do I get this weird feeling that Ralph is giving the team to Jim in his will. Maybe thats just hope but him saying he knows of things makes me think their is a succession plan. You can also see Jim is always around. I think these investors are people who will buy a minority stake in the team to pay off the taxes and share in ownership as part of the deal. Just a guess but he seems supremely confident about it
Re: Jim Kelly remains optimistic about the Bills staying in Buffalo
I love Kelly, I really do. He's my 2nd favorite player all-time, behind Bruce Smith. I even met him and played touch football with him at Jim Kelly Football Camp in Rochester back in the day. He had an ego, but he really cared about that camp. A lot of athletes lend their name to something, make a token appearance and disappear. He missed the first day because of a prior commitment, but he was there all day, every day after that, in the hot summer sun (ok, it was Rochester so it wasn't that hot), driving around in a golf cart helping all the different groups (we were divided by age and then by position).
So, I hate to say anything bad about the guy. And I like what he's saying and TRYING to do about the Bills.
But the reality is that it is completely out of his power. He doesn't have the money or the political clout to do much about the team's future. He's well-respected and he's a great cheerleader for keeping the team in Buffalo, but that's it. As with every previous time this subject has come up, he says nothing concrete. He alludes to people and interests and behind-the-scenes long-term plans, but there are no details, no evidence, nothing real.
Yes, I know "the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" (in Sam Jackson Boondocks voice), but please tell me this: if Ralph has a plan for the team after his death, what benefit is there to keeping it on the down low? He's getting raked through the coals by the fans and the media, and a concrete plan to keep the team in Buffalo would allow him to live out his life as a hero regardless of how crappy the team does on the field. Keeping it silent adds no benefit whatsoever.
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