Is this the beginning of the end of the "Buffalo" Bills?

[Ebenezer]

Why not another doomsday thread??

Think about this though...the team is not going to do well this year...people are already mad...season ticket numbers go down next year...games start to not sell out...Ralph gets another year older...

It's a legit question...

Is this team just on autopilot until Ralph dies? At that point they just get sold and we lose "our" team. Pretty sad really.

[finsrclowns]

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[OpIv37]

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If this team wins a Super Bowl before Ralph dies, it'll be in Buffalo for the forseeable future. Without that claim to fame, it will be tough to keep the team in Buffalo after Ralph goes to the big luxury box in the sky. Golisano or Danny Wegman will have to step up.

[casdhf]

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I'm getting season's next year, for sure

[BillsFever21]

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They are gone after Wilson dies. Enjoy them while they are here.

An owner can move somewhere else and make more money off ticket sales then they can here.

[Buckets]

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I think professional football has already left Buffalo.

[Static]

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this would suck...........

[Mr. Cynical]

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I think professional football has already left Buffalo.

Great line.....albeit very depressing.

[SkapePhin]

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Where would they move? Even as a Dolphin fan, I would hate to see the Bills move..

[Ebenezer]

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Where would they move? Even as a Dolphin fan, I would hate to see the Bills move..

Los Angeles
San Antonio
Portland
Orlando

hell, even New Orleans has a better economy than Buffalo right now...think about all those federal dollars pouring in...

[Mudflap1]

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Sadly, this team better get on the right track or they are as good as gone. Not if, but when.....

And who says that they won't become so pitiful that Wilson will sell the team before he dies and they'll move?

Jon

[Touborg]

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Los Angeles
San Antonio
Portland
Orlando

hell, even New Orleans has a better economy than Buffalo right now...think about all those federal dollars pouring in...

I think you can rule out Orlando and San Antonio. SA are getting the Saints if anything, and I don't see a 4th profittable team in Florida.

Are you guys really so convinced the team will be moving?

[Mudflap1]

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Are you guys really so convinced the team will be moving?

Yes. It will likely be Los Angeles.

Jon

[Ebenezer]

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I think you can rule out Orlando and San Antonio. SA are getting the Saints if anything, and I don't see a 4th profittable team in Florida.

Are you guys really so convinced the team will be moving?

There is buckets of money in Orlando and with tourism they would flourish...

No. We've been gnashing our teeth about the Bills leaving since 1995 because we enjoy beating ourselves up over nothing...Of course we are convinced...Nobody stepped up when the Sabres were available (twice)...nobody stepped up to buy the Arena league team for crying out loud...what makes anybody think that those with money around here are going to pony up close to $1bil for a team?? The taxpayers in OP (rather affluent) won't spend $29 a year to prop up their school system. You think somebody will buy the team? Check out the area's economy...flatline...

[DolfanTom]

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They are gone after Wilson dies. Enjoy them while they are here.

An owner can move somewhere else and make more money off ticket sales then they can here.

You guys are nuts. I came over here for some idle trash talking and then I see threads like this. You've got to be kidding me!!

I had the displeasure of attending St. John Fisher College and Brockport during three of your four SuperBowls and - as a FinFan - it was no picnic! You guys have a tremendous fan base, albeit a fanbase that will say the sky is falling the minute something remotely goes wrong.

In addition to your fan base, don't forget all the improvements made to your stadium a few years back. Pataki would never have allowed that $$ to be spent had he not had assurances you would be around for many many years to come!

You guys aren't going anywhere! It's sad to say it - it really is - but you know the Saints will end up in L.A. eventually. That's just economics as NO rebuilds over the next 20 years. After L.A. gets taken, where exactly would a new owner move the Bills too that would make sense?

Not happening! And - quite honestly - I'd be sad even as a Dolphins fan if it ever happened!