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  • The King
    Without me it's just Awe so
    • Jun 2004
    • 42380

    Bills still one of NFL's least desired



    Considering the competing factors that affect any sort of decision about where professional athletes would prefer to play throughout their given sport, the first measurables usually lean toward things like state tax, the local weather, and the local advantages of being famous in a given area — all those play into the ‘big market advantage’ that free agents are often said to be weighing their options against. While the NFL is spared a lot of that discussion, since player movement is so stunted, especially among stars, it doesn’t mean that those sorts of considerations don’t hold some weight.

    Read more: http://wallstcheatsheet.com/sports/5...#ixzz3NUw50nE9
    I remember that one fateful day when Coach took me aside. I knew what was coming. "You don't have to tell me," I said. "I'm off the team, aren't I?"
    "Well," said Coach, "you never were really ON the team. You made that uniform you're wearing out of rags and towels, and your helmet is a toy space helmet.
    You show up at practice and then either steal the ball and make us chase you to get it back, or you try to tackle people at inappropriate times."
    It was all
    true what he was saying. And yet, I thought something is brewing inside the head of this Coach.
    He sees something in me, some kind of raw talent that he can
    mold. But that's when I felt the handcuffs go on.


  • DRutka
    Registered User
    • Sep 2003
    • 21

    #2
    Re: Bills still one of NFL's least desired

    "and add in an impending fear of moving to Toronto"

    I wouldn't put much into an article that still writes this. Obviously whomever wrote this didn't do much research or is working off old research.

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    • notacon
      Registered User
      • Aug 2012
      • 33010

      #3
      Re: Bills still one of NFL's least desired

      Well...duh!

      Of course.

      Pegula could change that. I'm not encouraged by his record with the Sabres and what seems like his timidity in doing what is necessary for the Bills.

      He has some time, but not too much. A new regime, which is necessary for this team to counter their awful, but deserved, perception as the Bills being one of the worst run franchises in the NFL, needs to start ASAP.

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      • sukie
        Seriously?
        • Sep 2012
        • 21512

        #4
        Re: Bills still one of NFL's least desired

        UFA players should take note:

        New Courtyard by Marriott down town. Boom.
        Lucrative endorsement ops for True Value, Lockport Outdoor Store, Veins Veins Veins and West Herr .
        Canalfest needs a new Grand Marshall every year!!!!!!

        Add a newly carpetted lockerroom with fresh Glidden slabbed all over it and Buffalo should be a huge draw.

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        • Mr. Miyagi
          Lecter's Little *****

          • Sep 2002
          • 53616

          #5
          Re: Bills still one of NFL's least desired

          People always use the small market excuse. It's never about the market size. It's about winning. Show me a small market city that nobody wants to go to and I'll show you the Green Bay Packers. LA is a huge market, yet no one cares about football there. You have a winning culture and you will attract the right kind of players.

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          • SpikedLemonade
            • Jun 2024

            #6
            Re: Bills still one of NFL's least desired

            Originally posted by sukie View Post
            UFA players should take note:

            New Courtyard by Marriott down town. Boom.
            Lucrative endorsement ops for True Value, Lockport Outdoor Store, Veins Veins Veins and West Herr .
            Canalfest needs a new Grand Marshall every year!!!!!!

            Add a newly carpetted lockerroom with fresh Glidden slabbed all over it and Buffalo should be a huge draw.
            The Buffalo economic renaissance miracle has almost scrubbed out the crap stain completely.

            Free Agents will soon take notice.

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            • jamze132
              Don’t hate…
              • Jun 2003
              • 29330

              #7
              Re: Bills still one of NFL's least desired

              I'll have to check my figures but I think close to 98% of professional athletes will go wherever the money is.
              Last edited by jamze132; 12-31-2014, 01:01 PM.

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              • stuckincincy
                Buffalo Bills Fan
                • Sep 2003
                • 15084

                #8
                Re: Bills still one of NFL's least desired

                Originally posted by jamze132 View Post
                I'll have to check my figures but I think close to 98% of professional athletes will go wherever the money is.
                53 man roster X 32 teams = 1,696 gigs available in the NFL...and the waiting list is long.
                Fiat justitia ruat caelum. Noli timere. Laus Deo.

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                • Swiper
                  Legendary Zoner
                  • Sep 2010
                  • 33105

                  #9
                  Re: Bills still one of NFL's least desired

                  Originally posted by stuckincincy View Post
                  53 man roster X 32 teams = 1,696 gigs available in the NFL...and the waiting list is long.
                  And about ten decent QBs.

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                  • stuckincincy
                    Buffalo Bills Fan
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 15084

                    #10
                    Re: Bills still one of NFL's least desired

                    Originally posted by Swiper View Post
                    And about ten decent QBs.
                    Thanks to the NFL declaring years ago that the pass play is King...
                    Fiat justitia ruat caelum. Noli timere. Laus Deo.

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                    • notacon
                      Registered User
                      • Aug 2012
                      • 33010

                      #11
                      Re: Bills still one of NFL's least desired

                      Originally posted by SpikedLemonade View Post
                      The Buffalo economic renaissance miracle has almost scrubbed out the crap stain completely.

                      Free Agents will soon take notice.
                      "Economic renaissance"?!?! Uhhhhhh....what "Economic renaissance"??

                      I have been in every city that has a NFL team, except Green Bay, and Buffalo is the worst of them all. Buffalo's "Economic renaissance" is like most cities' Dark Ages. Detroit comes close to as bad as Buffalo, but, thier weather is 10 times better and the suburbs around Detroit are very nice.

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                      • SpikedLemonade
                        • Jun 2024

                        #12
                        Re: Bills still one of NFL's least desired

                        Originally posted by notacon View Post
                        "Economic renaissance"?!?! Uhhhhhh....what "Economic renaissance"??

                        I have been in every city that has a NFL team, except Green Bay, and Buffalo is the worst of them all. Buffalo's "Economic renaissance" is like most cities' Dark Ages. Detroit comes close to as bad as Buffalo, but, thier weather is 10 times better and the suburbs around Detroit are very nice.
                        Someone must be lying to me then because earlier this year when the very slight possibility of the Bills relocating was discussed, the homers told me otherwise.

                        Talking Proud Buffalo!!!

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