Re: Mary Wilson has been announced as controlling owner of Bills.
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Dr. Lecter
This means I can marry her and when she passes I get the team with no estate taxes.
dont you have to be hetero to still get married in NY?
Re: Mary Wilson has been announced as controlling owner of Bills.
You might have to crack an egg in that one, Doc.
Re: Mary Wilson has been announced as controlling owner of Bills.
So the idea is that Mary Wilson who does not want to own the team (according to Ralph) is soooooooo thankful to the residents of Buffalo that she will take less money to sell to a local owner?
OK.
Chicken wings are great.
Re: Mary Wilson has been announced as controlling owner of Bills.
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Originally Posted by
sukie
You are soooo jealous!
Re: Mary Wilson has been announced as controlling owner of Bills.
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Originally Posted by
SpikedLemonade
So the idea is that Mary Wilson who does not want to own the team (according to Ralph) is soooooooo thankful to the residents of Buffalo that she will take less money to sell to a local owner?
OK.
Chicken wings are great.
No. The idea is that the wife of a man who would never move the team until he died will now going against her husbands wishes, all of her close friends on the Bills, from the Bills, and that she has developed relationships with associated to the Bills and take the top dollar so that the team can move.
Makes a ton of sense.
Because Mary Wilson is clearly all about the money and doesn't care about the long list of people she would piss off with that move.
In fact, she was the one by his side when he died... Maybe that money grubbing ***** helped him along.
Re: Mary Wilson has been announced as controlling owner of Bills.
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X-Era
....all of her close friends on the Bills, from the Bills, and that she has developed relationships with associated to the Bills....
We know this how?
Re: Mary Wilson has been announced as controlling owner of Bills.
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Originally Posted by
SpikedLemonade
We know this how?
Are you serious man?
Please prove to me that she plans to scorn all of the glut of people very close to Ralph (but apparently not her) publicly wanting the Bills to stay in Buffalo.
Re: Mary Wilson has been announced as controlling owner of Bills.
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Originally Posted by
X-Era
No. The idea is that the wife of a man who would never move the team until he died will now going against her husbands wishes, all of her close friends on the Bills, from the Bills, and that she has developed relationships with associated to the Bills and take the top dollar so that the team can move.
Makes a ton of sense.
Because Mary Wilson is clearly all about the money and doesn't care about the long list of people she would piss off with that move.
In fact, she was the one by his side when he died... Maybe that money grubbing ***** helped him along.
Your sarcasm may be lost on some.
She's not the sometimes-typical trophy wife that the tax laws force old coots to marry bimbos. I think Ralph correctly smelled the government tax grab potential and acted accordingly, and along the way took steps to keep the team in WNY.
Re: Mary Wilson has been announced as controlling owner of Bills.
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HurkeyNuts
I think I would rather ask the lady (any lady) behind the cash register at the AM/PM on the corner about football related things before I asked Mike Schopp. Mary Wilson now is the owner, she doesn't have to sell to anybody. She might decide she likes owning the team and hold on to it. Either way I think she is going to honor Ralph and make sure the team remains in Buffalo.
Re: Mary Wilson has been announced as controlling owner of Bills.
This article should help clear up what this announcement means... It's a formality.
http://bills.buffalonews.com/2014/04...buffalo-bills/
Re: Mary Wilson has been announced as controlling owner of Bills.
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HurkeyNuts
Consummated eh? Hmmm, is she going to **** over the fans again with the strap on and the whips?
Re: Mary Wilson has been announced as controlling owner of Bills.
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coastal
dont you have to be hetero to still get married in NY?
Hey - I am a very honorific person.
Re: Mary Wilson has been announced as controlling owner of Bills.
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X-Era
Are you serious man?
Please prove to me that she plans to scorn all of the glut of people very close to Ralph (but apparently not her) publicly wanting the Bills to stay in Buffalo.
Why would she be scorning them?
Ralph could have done something to keep them in Buffalo and didn't.
Did he scorn the people close to him?
Re: Mary Wilson has been announced as controlling owner of Bills.
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SpikedLemonade
Why would she be scorning them?
Ralph could have done something to keep them in Buffalo and didn't.
Did he scorn the people close to him?
Ralph did do something to keep the Bills in Buffalo.
Ralph did not have to sign that lease to keep the Bills in Buffalo at least another 6 years.
He did not need to sign a new lease at all. The next owner could have been free to move the Bills the day they bought them if that were the case.
Ralph bought Buffalo time to get an ownership group & Stadium plan in place.
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She isn't going to sell to someone who wants to move the team.
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better days
Ralph did do something to keep the Bills in Buffalo.
Ralph did not have to sign that lease to keep the Bills in Buffalo at least another 6 years.
He did not need to sign a new lease at all. The next owner could have been free to move the Bills the day they bought them if that were the case.
Ralph bought Buffalo time to get an ownership group & Stadium plan in place.
The lease was signed in December 2012. The old lease ended before the 2013 season started.
A new lease had to be signed even if Ralph knew he would be dying in March 2014.
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DynaPaul
She isn't going to sell to someone who wants to move the team.
No one is going to say or try to move this team until 2020.
Re: Mary Wilson has been announced as controlling owner of Bills.
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SpikedLemonade
Why would she be scorning them?
Ralph could have done something to keep them in Buffalo and didn't.
Did he scorn the people close to him?
Other than what he has already done, what did you want him to do to keep the team in Buffalo?
Re: Mary Wilson has been announced as controlling owner of Bills.
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YardRat
Other than what he has already done, what did you want him to do to keep the team in Buffalo?
Sell it to local owners or have a deal in place to sell to local owners upon his death.
Re: Mary Wilson has been announced as controlling owner of Bills.
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kishoph
I think I would rather ask the lady (any lady) behind the cash register at the AM/PM on the corner about football related things before I asked Mike Schopp. Mary Wilson now is the owner, she doesn't have to sell to anybody. She might decide she likes owning the team and hold on to it. Either way I think she is going to honor Ralph and make sure the team remains in Buffalo.
Ditto.
The lease is what it is, the Bills in Buffalo cover a sufficient tv market, the fan base is among the most loyal. The ownership is in trust with Mrs. Wilson with the say on selling.
These days, many folks can't seem to grasp that it it is possible for owners of businesses to be (very) satisfied with their lot in life, are pleased with the product their business supplies, pleased to employ people and be happy that their business provides a good livelihood for others.
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Funny to watch the Canadian(s) secretly hoping the team moves to Toronto (while pretending not to) coming unglued.
BUFFALO Bills, *****es.
Deal with it.