Drive 4 Five
03-09-2006, 03:29 PM
I'm trying to understand Ralph Wilson's opposition to the new CBA. Here's the way I understand it. The Buffalo Bills are close to the bottom of the league in terms of capital gain. Right? So if you're Ralph Wilson, how does an ever growing salary cap benefit you when you're forced to shell out more and more money every year to compete for greedy ass players like Owens and Alexander?
The fact that the salary cap grew by approximately ten million dollars for the 2006-2007 season really helped out the teams like the Washington Redskins, who nearly had to cut half their roster to fit under the previous cap. So now those teams are rewarded for mismanagement of their salary cap? That does not make sense to me?
While Dallas, Washington, or New England may not have a problem with an elevated cap every year as they have the money to compete, that certainly does not help out the small market teams like Buffalo and Cincinatti. So if you're Ralph Wilson, how does this help you? And some of you are bashing him for opposing?
The NFL is a business. The majority of the owners do not give a damn about you the fan. Interesting that it was the Raven's owner who played an integral part of developing the plan that was eventually agreed upon, the same owner who sold out and pulled his team out of Cleveland in the middle of the night while their beloved fans were asleep. Could you imagine what that would feel like?
The truth of the matter is that Wilson is still one of the few who actually does care about the fans and their communities. How else do you explain the fact that despite the team being near the bottom financially, the Bills have one of the lowest ticket costs, in the entire league, in nearly all of professional sports? Yet you're going to sit here and complain that he is nothing more than a bumbling old fool.
Shame on you. You should be glad that Buffalo even still has a team. Because the truth of the matter is that you too could lose your team someday and that day may be sooner than you think.
The fact that the salary cap grew by approximately ten million dollars for the 2006-2007 season really helped out the teams like the Washington Redskins, who nearly had to cut half their roster to fit under the previous cap. So now those teams are rewarded for mismanagement of their salary cap? That does not make sense to me?
While Dallas, Washington, or New England may not have a problem with an elevated cap every year as they have the money to compete, that certainly does not help out the small market teams like Buffalo and Cincinatti. So if you're Ralph Wilson, how does this help you? And some of you are bashing him for opposing?
The NFL is a business. The majority of the owners do not give a damn about you the fan. Interesting that it was the Raven's owner who played an integral part of developing the plan that was eventually agreed upon, the same owner who sold out and pulled his team out of Cleveland in the middle of the night while their beloved fans were asleep. Could you imagine what that would feel like?
The truth of the matter is that Wilson is still one of the few who actually does care about the fans and their communities. How else do you explain the fact that despite the team being near the bottom financially, the Bills have one of the lowest ticket costs, in the entire league, in nearly all of professional sports? Yet you're going to sit here and complain that he is nothing more than a bumbling old fool.
Shame on you. You should be glad that Buffalo even still has a team. Because the truth of the matter is that you too could lose your team someday and that day may be sooner than you think.