Mary Wilson has been announced as controlling owner of Bills.

[BertSquirtgum]

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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/04/03/mary-wilson-named-controlling-owner-of-bills/#comment-3281076

[WagonCircler]

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This is my point. It could be that Mary as sole owner can pick and choose who she sells the team to. It's her to do with as she sees fit.

Which is great news, because that means she is not obligated to choose the highest bidder. If Jon Bon Jovi (for example), who would move the team, bids $900 MIL and Jeremy Jacobs (again, for example), who would keep the team here, bids $895 MIL, a trust would have no choice but to choose the $900 MIL. Mary Wilson, on the other hand, could choose the lower bid.

[X-Era]

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Which is great news, because that means she is not obligated to choose the highest bidder. If Jon Bon Jovi (for example), who would move the team, bids $900 MIL and Jeremy Jacobs (again, for example), who would keep the team here, bids $895 MIL, a trust would have no choice but to choose the $900 MIL. Mary Wilson, on the other hand, could choose the lower bid.

It would seem that way. That's my guess.

[Albany,n.y.]

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Bill Polian just said the Bills better keep that c*** out of the room on the day of the draft.

[Mace]

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[coastal]

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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?

[YardRat]

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You might have to crack an egg in that one, Doc.

[Guest]

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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.

[swiper]

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You might need these , Dr. Lechter

You are soooo jealous!

[X-Era]

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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.

[Guest]

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....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?

[X-Era]

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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.

[stuckincincy]

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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.

[kishoph]

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Not for long....

Mike Schopp @Schopptalk Seems Mary Wilson, wife of the late Ralph Wilson, becomes controlling owner of the Bills. The trustees will commence working toward a sale.

Mike Schopp @Schopptalk 17m Potential candidates to buy the Bills will be vetted in the coming months, with a sale perhaps being consummated in about a year.





https://twitter.com/Schopptalk/statu...95808346587136

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.

[ZAZusmc03]

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This article should help clear up what this announcement means... It's a formality.

http://bills.buffalonews.com/2014/04/03/mean-mary-wilson-control-buffalo-bills/