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Not to bash New Orleans, but why are the Bills primo real estate to be moved? I understand the assumptions that a new owner might have given the economic state of WNY, but it's not like the team is suffering eventhough the economics of the region are terrible.
New Orleans has virtually no city left, no economy to garner "business deals/endorsments", and a good majority of the people that once called it home probably will never return for several reasons. The stadium is a mess, eventhough partly rebuilt, and the state/city has no funds to consider building a new one. Their owner tried to move them, and they've been trying to flea town for years so it's appearant he doesn't even want to be there regardless of what he might say publically.
Jacksonville can't sell out a stadium with one of the lowest seating capacities in the league and is smack dab in the middle of a region with 4 football teams (ATL, MIA, TB, JAX) and 5 if you want to even consider CAR, or even 6 counting NO. Not to mention it's metro area is SMALLER than Buffalo's, and they had a hard time filling the stadium when it hosted the Super Bowl.
The Chargers play in one of the biggest cities in the entire country yet cannot sell out home games or gain fan interest, what makes anybody think that LA, an hour and a half north will be any different. They lost 2 high profile franchises, what would make anybody there care about a franchise like Buffalo (I'm going based on nationwide assumptions associated with the Bills, not facts on this one).
Yet, a city with a solid fan base surrounded by a couple decent-sized metro areas and an owner/org that is committed to keeping the team in the area is automatically the team to move just because the "economy" is bad and the senile owner is throwing a hissy fit over chump change in a multi-million dollar economy.
I guess I am not completely sold on the fact that this team will be relocated. I think any new owner, or the NFL for that matter, would be hard pressed in justifying the relocation of this team.
New Orleans has virtually no city left, no economy to garner "business deals/endorsments", and a good majority of the people that once called it home probably will never return for several reasons. The stadium is a mess, eventhough partly rebuilt, and the state/city has no funds to consider building a new one. Their owner tried to move them, and they've been trying to flea town for years so it's appearant he doesn't even want to be there regardless of what he might say publically.
Jacksonville can't sell out a stadium with one of the lowest seating capacities in the league and is smack dab in the middle of a region with 4 football teams (ATL, MIA, TB, JAX) and 5 if you want to even consider CAR, or even 6 counting NO. Not to mention it's metro area is SMALLER than Buffalo's, and they had a hard time filling the stadium when it hosted the Super Bowl.
The Chargers play in one of the biggest cities in the entire country yet cannot sell out home games or gain fan interest, what makes anybody think that LA, an hour and a half north will be any different. They lost 2 high profile franchises, what would make anybody there care about a franchise like Buffalo (I'm going based on nationwide assumptions associated with the Bills, not facts on this one).
Yet, a city with a solid fan base surrounded by a couple decent-sized metro areas and an owner/org that is committed to keeping the team in the area is automatically the team to move just because the "economy" is bad and the senile owner is throwing a hissy fit over chump change in a multi-million dollar economy.
I guess I am not completely sold on the fact that this team will be relocated. I think any new owner, or the NFL for that matter, would be hard pressed in justifying the relocation of this team.
Is this guy for real? 
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