BillsImpossible
10-01-2015, 08:25 PM
I think every season ticket holder that has kids or young relatives knows that their young family members might not be able to afford to have Buffalo Bills season tickets in the future.
The fan base that has supported the Bills practically since they were born is getting older, and the younger generation is reluctantly optimistic about the Bills and/or have little interest in watching or playing football.
Anyone have kids or nieces and nephews that are between the ages of 10-18?
It's all about them, seriously. Trying to get, "them," to take their eyes off of their cell phones for a brief moment is a task in itself.
My nieces and nephews are all around 12-16 years old and none of them are Bills fans, even though they all grew up around football on Sundays over at grandma's and grandpa's house every weekend since they were born.
The Bills need to win the hearts and minds of the kids now or the franchise is screwed in the long run.
They're the future season ticket purchasers of expensive tickets in a new stadium that will likely be in service by 2023.
It was a 10 year deal back in 2013.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000152741/article/buffalo-bills-stadium-lease-deal-receives-county-approval
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Bills (http://www.nfl.com/teams/buffalobills/profile?team=BUF)' 10-year, $271 million lease agreement has received unanimous approval from Erie County lawmakers.
...
State and county taxpayers would be on the hook for $226.8 million over the 10-year period.
Ouch.
The $271 million 10-year lease agreement means that a new stadium will not exist until 2023 because us dweebs have to pay off 84% of the, "deal."
That was a bad deal for the average taxpayer, but it happened and we have to deal with our kids, nieces and nephews leaving New York partly because of it.
For the younger generation, they don't dig football like we do.
That's a problem that stems from 15 years of ineptitude.
I'm talking about the future Buffalo Bills fan base here.
This is more important than any of us think right now.
It's all Tyrod Taylor and playoff happy talk, but think of the future that isn't far away for a brief moment in way too real time.
It's freaking October already. Time is flying.
The Kenmore East varsity football team had to forfeit a game this year because they didn't have enough players.
http://preptalk.buffalonews.com/2015/09/02/kenmore-east-to-forfeit-its-football-opener/
Ken-Ton Athletic Director Brett Banker announced this afternoon Kenmore East will forfeit its season-opening game at Grand Island on Friday night due to lack of players.
Why is their roster so thin?
http://preptalk.buffalonews.com/2015/09/29/kenmore-east-football-losing-the-numbers-game-with-thin-roster/
The problems center around roster size, a rare issue for good-sized schools in the suburbs.
Kenmore East and Kenmore West are going to merge.
http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/town-of-tonawanda/ken-ton-consolidation-scenario-would-mean-only-1-high-school-20130930
School Board President Bob Dana said an aggressive approach to consolidation may be what’s best for the district, which saw its unofficial enrollment total slide again in this school year to slightly more than 7,000 students.
That was from 2013, and the enrollment numbers have gotten worse in one of WNY's largest suburbs.
Ken-Ton is closing 3 elementary schools.
Not enough kids.
If the kids don't like football, and there's not enough of them to fill the seats in the near future, who is going to purchase all of those expensive season tickets 8 or more years from now?
I became a season ticket holder at the ripe old age of 21 because I was a Bills fan by the time I was 10 years old.
Meanwhile, Kenmore East is planning to construct a new $8 million football field for the 2016 season.
Talk about f'd up priorities.
The fan base that has supported the Bills practically since they were born is getting older, and the younger generation is reluctantly optimistic about the Bills and/or have little interest in watching or playing football.
Anyone have kids or nieces and nephews that are between the ages of 10-18?
It's all about them, seriously. Trying to get, "them," to take their eyes off of their cell phones for a brief moment is a task in itself.
My nieces and nephews are all around 12-16 years old and none of them are Bills fans, even though they all grew up around football on Sundays over at grandma's and grandpa's house every weekend since they were born.
The Bills need to win the hearts and minds of the kids now or the franchise is screwed in the long run.
They're the future season ticket purchasers of expensive tickets in a new stadium that will likely be in service by 2023.
It was a 10 year deal back in 2013.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap1000000152741/article/buffalo-bills-stadium-lease-deal-receives-county-approval
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Buffalo Bills (http://www.nfl.com/teams/buffalobills/profile?team=BUF)' 10-year, $271 million lease agreement has received unanimous approval from Erie County lawmakers.
...
State and county taxpayers would be on the hook for $226.8 million over the 10-year period.
Ouch.
The $271 million 10-year lease agreement means that a new stadium will not exist until 2023 because us dweebs have to pay off 84% of the, "deal."
That was a bad deal for the average taxpayer, but it happened and we have to deal with our kids, nieces and nephews leaving New York partly because of it.
For the younger generation, they don't dig football like we do.
That's a problem that stems from 15 years of ineptitude.
I'm talking about the future Buffalo Bills fan base here.
This is more important than any of us think right now.
It's all Tyrod Taylor and playoff happy talk, but think of the future that isn't far away for a brief moment in way too real time.
It's freaking October already. Time is flying.
The Kenmore East varsity football team had to forfeit a game this year because they didn't have enough players.
http://preptalk.buffalonews.com/2015/09/02/kenmore-east-to-forfeit-its-football-opener/
Ken-Ton Athletic Director Brett Banker announced this afternoon Kenmore East will forfeit its season-opening game at Grand Island on Friday night due to lack of players.
Why is their roster so thin?
http://preptalk.buffalonews.com/2015/09/29/kenmore-east-football-losing-the-numbers-game-with-thin-roster/
The problems center around roster size, a rare issue for good-sized schools in the suburbs.
Kenmore East and Kenmore West are going to merge.
http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/town-of-tonawanda/ken-ton-consolidation-scenario-would-mean-only-1-high-school-20130930
School Board President Bob Dana said an aggressive approach to consolidation may be what’s best for the district, which saw its unofficial enrollment total slide again in this school year to slightly more than 7,000 students.
That was from 2013, and the enrollment numbers have gotten worse in one of WNY's largest suburbs.
Ken-Ton is closing 3 elementary schools.
Not enough kids.
If the kids don't like football, and there's not enough of them to fill the seats in the near future, who is going to purchase all of those expensive season tickets 8 or more years from now?
I became a season ticket holder at the ripe old age of 21 because I was a Bills fan by the time I was 10 years old.
Meanwhile, Kenmore East is planning to construct a new $8 million football field for the 2016 season.
Talk about f'd up priorities.