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Bills owner Ralph Wilson is questioning whether the NFL's high-revenue owners have the best interest of the league at heart, stepping up concerns that small-market franchises like his face an uncertain future under the new labor agreement.
I'm sure Ralph's ears are burning right now. He's got to be in the owners doghouse across most of the NFL.
But give the old guy credit. He had guts and backbone to stand up and fight these guys. and he did get what he wanted, national media attention draw to the story to fight the big guys trying to dominate the sport.
Good for Ralph. Possibly good for us, more likely catastrophic.
Lou Saban: You can get it done, you can get it done. And what’s more, you’ve gotta get it done.
I'm sure Ralph's ears are burning right now. He's got to be in the owners doghouse across most of the NFL.
But give the old guy credit. He had guts and backbone to stand up and fight these guys. and he did get what he wanted, national media attention draw to the story to fight the big guys trying to dominate the sport.
Good for Ralph. Possibly good for us, more likely catastrophic.
Hopefully, Mike Brown of Cinci will come out and say the same thing.
Anything that makes Jones,Snyder and Co. squirm is good !
Anonymity is an abused privilege, abused most by people who mistake vitriol for wisdom and cynicism for wit
Pretty feisty for an elder or the elder I should say. I have alot of respect for Ol' Ralphy. I can't believe how much dissrespect he gets on this board.
Singling out Jerry Jones of the Dallas Cowboys, Daniel Snyder of the Washington Redskins and Robert Kraft of the New England Patriots, Wilson said: "They, to me, and this is just my opinion, don't have the same values about the league as the old guard did."
I don't know if I agree with those comments even though I can't stand any of the three but it is interesting that two of these three were chosen by the COMMISH to find his succesor. Where was Ralph? Sorry ass biased bastard. Any good leader would have included at least one owner who opposed the direction he is leading the flock. Coward. You can learn alot from people who do not agree with your politics.
How can someone so intelligent be so ignorant at the same time? Kind of like George Bush.
Wilson spoke after meeting with Erie County executive Joel Giambra, who implored Bills fans "to get active, to get angry" and write to Tagliabue, the league and elected officials on the team's behalf.
Unfortunately, I think money speaks louder than anything else in the new NFL and the money is centered on the owners who have the least interest in the continued viability of teams like Buffalo.
I've made up my mind. Don't confuse me with the facts.
I'm the most reasonable poster here. If you don't agree, I'll be forced to have a hissy fit.
It doesn't make Jones and co look like scum, it makes ralph look like an old whiny, *****y fool.
you can interpret it any way you want. The old fool has legitimate concerns. The NFl wouldn't be where it's at today is it weren't for owners like him.
you can interpret it any way you want. The old fool has legitimate concerns. The NFl wouldn't be where it's at today is it weren't for owners like him.
I am interpreting it correctly. All he did was make sh@! worse. We got his view on the CBA about a month ago when he *****ed in the press about it. Then again a couple days later. Yeah Ralph you can't afford the team, you hate the CBA...we got it.
For him to do this today wasn't brave, it wasn't smart, it was fuggin stupid. He looks like a friggin moron.
I don't care his concerns are legit, there is nothing that can be done. The CBA is DONE! That's it. *****ing now does nothing. It is more than apperant no one but maybe a team or two will side with him.
Here is the reality of it, the NFL has grown past Ralphs ability to compete. he doesn't have the resources. Not only that he can't grasp the concepts of how to compete in this new NFL. I don't give a damn he doesnt' like it, and I don't give a damn if he is right.
As a fan of this team I give a damn about having a competant owner that can do what needs to be done to compete. We don't have that in Ralph wilson
Good find turf! A well written article that genuinely tries to give the Bill's side of the story. No pot shots at Ralph, just plain factual reporting.
Facts are this, CBA is done. ***** in 2011 when something can be done. In the mean time deal with the other facts, Ralph cant afford to keep the Bills but is too damn stuborn to sell. Oh and that fact that ralph pulled a really fuggin stupid move by calling this PC And calling out other owners. He looks cheap, bitter and like a jealous old woman.
Wilson spoke after meeting with Erie County executive Joel Giambra, who implored Bills fans "to get active, to get angry" and write to Tagliabue, the league and elected officials on the team's behalf.
Anyone know how we can do just that?
i'm not 100% positive, but this may be Tagliabue's correct addy:
Paul Tagliabue
Commissioner
National Football League
280 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
i'm not 100% positive, but this may be Tagliabue's correct addy:
Paul Tagliabue
Commissioner
National Football League
280 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
i'm not 100% positive, but this may be Tagliabue's correct addy:
Paul Tagliabue
Commissioner
National Football League
280 Park Avenue
New York, NY 10017
If Ralph is so unhappy with the CBA, the new NFL, and the Bills' place in it, he should - for the sake of the long suffering fans who have supported this franchise so loyally - consider selling to Golisano.
When all you can do is ***** and whine about the present, while longing for the "good old days," it's time to go.
Ralph - with the help of all of us Bills' fans and NFL management - has turned a $100,000 investment into a $600-700 Million asset. We should all be so lucky.
I think, as a tribute to the fans who have helped make him so rich, Ralph should begin making plans for him, or his estate, to sell to Golisano.
Should have known, way back in 1960 when we drafted Richie Lucas Number 1, that this would be a long, hard ride. But who could have known it would be THIS bad?
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