Jon Bon Jovi...More determined than Ever

[imbondz]

I'm deleting any Bon Jovi tunes on my iPod...except Living on a Prayer and You Give Love A Bad Name. And probably keep Bad Medicine too if I have it

[paladin warrior]

GOD PlS Don't let him buy it .....Go away Jon Bon Jovi----->

[OpIv37]

No. What he would do is try and move the Bills to New Jersey.

Which would be closer to where I live now, but would still suck. The Bills forever belong in Buffalo.

Jersey already has two teams, plus the Eagles just over the river.

I don't think the state could support another one.

[helmetguy]

NNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

[Beebe's Kid]

I'm deleting any Bon Jovi tunes on my iPod...except Living on a Prayer and You Give Love A Bad Name. And probably keep Bad Medicine too if I have it

I am kind of disappointed that you didn't work those into a clever post.

[more cowbell]

This homo and his lesbian haircut can go F himself

[BertSquirtgum]

Who cares about these idiots reports. No way these Canadian clowns buy the Bills.

[chris66]

Who cares about these idiots reports. No way these Canadian clowns buy the Bills.

Why not. Russ didnt do the fans any favors by stating the bills were a regional team that included southern Ontario. In fact a strong case could be made that Toronto is the same market thus avoiding any relocation fees.
Its no different than if the Pats wanted to move to Hartford or Providence.
Toronto is the the 4th largest population and 5th largest tv market on the continent. It wouldn't be hard to get 24 owners to agree. It instantly raises the value of all the teams and generates more tv revenue

[better days]

Why not. Russ didnt do the fans any favors by stating the bills were a regional team that included southern Ontario. In fact a strong case could be made that Toronto is the same market thus avoiding any relocation fees.
Its no different than if the Pats wanted to move to Hartford or Providence.
Toronto is the the 4th largest population and 5th largest tv market on the continent. It wouldn't be hard to get 24 owners to agree. It instantly raises the value of all the teams and generates more tv revenue

The reason the Canadians won't buy the Bills is because an owner that wants to keep the team in Buffalo will.

[stuckincincy]

The reason the Canadians won't buy the Bills is because an owner that wants to keep the team in Buffalo will.

IIRC ,years ago the authorities in Montreal went after a player in Expo stadium that conked a bird with a batted ball...Oh Canada!

[Ginger Vitis]

IIRC ,years ago the authorities in Montreal went after a player in Expo stadium that conked a bird with a batted ball...Oh Canada!

In Montreal? Maybe..I remember Dave Winfield in 1983 in Toronto killing a seagull when he threw a baseball at the seagull at the end of the 5th inning warmup.. After the game Winfield was taken to the police station and charged with "Unnecessary suffering to a animal"

[stuckincincy]

In Montreal? Maybe..I remember Dave Winfield in 1983 in Toronto killing a seagull when he threw a baseball at the seagull at the end of the 5th inning warmup.. After the game Winfield was taken to the police station and charged with "Unnecessary suffering to a animal"

Ah - thanks. That was it...

Just for fun - the CLE Indians'10-cent beer night:

http://mlb.si.com/2013/06/04/a-mista...er-night-riot/

[chris66]

The reason the Canadians won't buy the Bills is because an owner that wants to keep the team in Buffalo will.

I'm sure there is one, but you're kidding yourself if you dont think the owners see Toronto as a viable market and its ultimately the owners who decide what owner is going to join their little club.

[trapezeus]

Why not. Russ didnt do the fans any favors by stating the bills were a regional team that included southern Ontario. In fact a strong case could be made that Toronto is the same market thus avoiding any relocation fees.
Its no different than if the Pats wanted to move to Hartford or Providence.
Toronto is the the 4th largest population and 5th largest tv market on the continent. It wouldn't be hard to get 24 owners to agree. It instantly raises the value of all the teams and generates more tv revenue

Only problem with this is that it doesn't generate more tv revenue. It's an international market. There was something on this and the fact the nfl doesn't get additional revenue on Canadian games.

I agree that the regionalized team could make them easier to move up both but the cfl has clout in canada and they won't like splitting with an nfl team on a full time basis. Plus Toronto folks like coming for a cheaper game and the tailgate

[better days]

I'm sure there is one, but you're kidding yourself if you dont think the owners see Toronto as a viable market and its ultimately the owners who decide what owner is going to join their little club.

Well, first & foremost it is the owner of the team, Mary Wilson that decides who she wants to sell to, then 24 of 32 NFL owners have to approve the sale.

[WagonCircler]

I'm sure there is one, but you're kidding yourself if you dont think the owners see Toronto as a viable market and its ultimately the owners who decide what owner is going to join their little club.

Don't be so sure about that. The owners have a very real fear of being hit with an anti-trust violation. They have been living under the umbrella of baseball's anti-trust exemption for years, but they don't actually have one of their own.

Every time a franchise moves it pisses off a lot of people. I detest Chuck Schumer, but he's a very powerful man and he is rightly feared by people like Goodell.

Losing the only NFL team to play in NY State would not sit well with him or others who could make payback a real *****.

[imbondz]

Why not. Russ didnt do the fans any favors by stating the bills were a regional team that included southern Ontario. In fact a strong case could be made that Toronto is the same market thus avoiding any relocation fees.
Its no different than if the Pats wanted to move to Hartford or Providence.
Toronto is the the 4th largest population and 5th largest tv market on the continent. It wouldn't be hard to get 24 owners to agree. It instantly raises the value of all the teams and generates more tv revenue

The Pats moving a city over is the same as the Bills moving to another country? oooook. The same would be if Buffalo moved to Rochester, but were still called the Buffalo Bills. Most of us could stomach that. Toronto or anywhere else is out of the @$%@#%^ question.

[Fletch]

Funny. It's just floating names.

With the folks on that Bills search board, it looks like an outside buyer who could move the team would be only an emergency last ditch option. Plus they have 6 years to get it done the way they want it ( keeping them in WNY )

I take any of these reports with a grain of salt. It's a long process and it's leaning towards local ownership.

It's funny, because what I perceive as a "last ditch option" is trying to keep the team in a region that cannot possibly support it by modern day NFL standards which revolve entirely around corporate money, not individual fan ticket sales.

Even at individual fan ticket sales, we still can't sell out the stadium despite tremendously competitive ticket prices. Granted, winning would cure most if not all of that, but that's another story that creates a huge catch-22 for us.

Let's face it, Buffalo clearly does not have the corporate base to fund the luxury suites nor the fan base to fund PSLs. We're a blue collar town/team.

Frankly I prefer it that way and think that the modern day corporately funded base has ruined what used to be a good thing, but that doesn't matter, what matters is how things actually work. We have some of the best individual blue collar fans in the NFL, if not the best, but what's missing Buffalo simply does not have in a state that's so broke that it makes a recent bankruptcy declarer look loaded.

[Bill Cody]

Well, first & foremost it is the owner of the team, Mary Wilson that decides who she wants to sell to, then 24 of 32 NFL owners have to approve the sale.

There will probably be sealed bids. There is a strong possibility the new owner will be the highest bidder, if not the IRS can say the team was not sold for fair market value.

[better days]

There will probably be sealed bids. There is a strong possibility the new owner will be the highest bidder, if not the IRS can say the team was not sold for fair market value.

What does fair market value have to do with anything?

You can sell your property for whatever you want, to whoever you want.

And Bids are not sealed to the person that is doing the selling, that is just STUPID.