Nothin' new here, but the piece makes a good point that people here seem to overlook.
The final price hinges in large part on the still-unknown mandate of the trust that will be responsible for selling the team. If expected to get the most possible money without regard to the potential for relocation, a group that would eventually Mayflower its way to L.A. could be willing to pay a lot more than $1.1 billion. If expected to find an owner that will keep the team in Buffalo, the number will be lower.
Few expect the team to move. The final purchase price, along with the identity of the purchaser, will go a long way toward allowing a full assessment of whether the perfunctory “we have no intention to move the team” can be believed.
The question is who does the trust serve. It doesn't seem like anyone in Wilson's family has any reason to care about whether or not the team remains in Buffalo, besides his niece Mary Owen that is who's currently employed by the team as Exec VP of Strategic Planning, one of the glaring faults of this organization when it comes to performance. But she won't be a factor as an employee.
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