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There are often huge discrepancies between official attendance and actual attendance. With free student tickets and discount deals available to everyone else, one also has to consider PAID attendance. That revenue plus booster dollars are what drives programs' bottom lines. How could UB make money in an NFL stadium? They only way is if it got a lot - and I mean A LOT - better as a program. That would need to have to happen first. Also there is the big question of whether or not there is any advantage to the Bills if they share the stadium. They'll be the ones that have to be sold on the idea because without their support it wouldn't happen.

The Bills are not in not cap hell at the moment, but maybe cap purgatory or cap heck. They'll be able to navigate their salary cap situation, but I worry that to do so we will see a net loss of talent this offseason. Whaley will need to do well in the draft. Clay will restructure his roster bonus, Mario will likely be released and Gillmore will likely be signed to a long term deal. Those will collectively clear a lot of space, but talent-wise we are down Mario. Regardless of his use/misuse last season, that's a huge loss of talent. Incognito will likely re-sign and hopefully Glenn will. He could also get tagged. While important, those re-signing would just keep those positions even with last season. There will be other releases and signings to be sure, but there won't be space for any high priced free agents (other than our own Glenn or possibly his replacement). Things will clarify quite a bit in the next few weeks so sit tight. Heck, the official base salary cap hasn't even come out yet. Beyond next season there is concern, too. As you say, what if Taylor earns a huge deal? Heck, what if he just earns a moderate deal? The impact on the 2017 cap will start to come into a little better focus, too. The one thing that could really blow things up is the developing Shady fiasco. If they were forced to release him, it would create another huge hole in the roster as well as a significant cap problem.

I find it difficult to believe that the Saints did not attempt to trade Evans prior to his release. They must not have had any takers at any price. Very odd. Edited to add: Evans has been missing time recently and his play has fallen off a bit already. That's why no trade. It would be a safe bet that he will either chase a ring or his last decent check. Neither is is a fit in Buffalo.

$10.5M in dead money is cap relief? Plus what we have to pay another starting running back, of course. People really need to learn how the salary cap works. That explains a lot.

They face a hefty immediate cap hit - some of which could be deferred with a post June 1st designation. Oh, and they'd be out a playmaker and immediately in need of a starting RB. That's all. I'm not defending McCoy. In all likelihood he is probably a total dirtbag and in deep trouble. He also is probably going to hurt the Bills with those actions. I just don't get cheering about it.

Yeah! Then the Bills will only be out the $16M they've already paid him for 12 games played! Gosh, that is great news! smdh

The better question is why would UB warrant a "premier stadium"? That is utterly ridiculous. I don't know, maybe try to build the program up to a point where it is somewhat relevant first?

Exactly. Big, but average. Probably not an option for Buffalo with Shady on the team. No loss.

The league can chose to discipline a player even if he isn't charged with a crime. Obviously formal charges and convictions would both dramatically increase the chances of league discipline, but it can be implemented without either.

If restructured, the team would still have the option to roll over the same amount of space and take the same effective cap charges as they would have if they did not restructure. So, they just limit their options by not doing so. That isn't creating an advantage.

I am with MG Kelly on this. Those are all inflated numbers. Even if they weren't, it wouldn't be enough. I live in Williamsville and I've seen that stadium on many game days. And, yes, a college program does need to draw fans to make it worthwhile to utilize an NFL stadium. There is no way that UB could draw enough revenue to make it profitable - especially considering all of the deals, freebie tickets and and other specials used to get attendance up. Honestly, how many pre-game concert goers left before kickoff last season?

No way. UB can't draw 10,000 fans. How do you justify the added wear and tear on an NFL field for that? The Steelers share a field with Pitt and it is always in terrible shape (although it has drainage issues too). Just not worth it. Now that I think about it, an NFL stadium might actually lose money hosting UB games.

Look, a bunch of non-lawyers arguing about legal definitions. Here is this: Proof: The conviction or persuasion of the mind of a judge or jury, by the exhibition of evidence, of the reality of a fact alleged: as, to prove, is to determine or persuade that a thing does or does not exist. http://www.lectlaw.com/def2/p184.htm So it would actually be a jury that would decide whether or not the evidence of testimony would constitute proof in this case.

That's insane. He has $2M of his 2016 salary guaranteed and the Saints are in cap hell. They couldn't have traded him for a low round pick and saved that $2M? What the heck happened?

That's a fair point, but I do not see Glenn as a premium player. He's solid. He plays a premium position to be sure, but he would be overpaid as a franchise player. And I think he will be overpaid on the free agent market, true. Not top dollar, but overpaid. Maybe tagging him is worth it to try to sign him to a long term deal or kick the can down the road a year. I'll certainly give you that. It'd be nice to know what Glenn is thinking. Does he want to be here or is he ready to bolt? Is he looking to stay or has his agent already worked another deal on the quiet (should he not get a tag)? I dunno. Maybe the tag is the right answer if a deal can't be reached. Then either work a long term one out with him or address the position next offseason when (hopefully) there are less needs. http://overthecap.com/player/charles-clay/675 It is. Copied the wrong number. Will fix previous post. My point stands though. There is no reason to keep it as is and several advantages to restructuring.

Well, that's part of the picture. The whole picture is this: Keeping it as it stands: 2016 cap hit: $13.5M 2017-2019 cap hits: $6.5M each Restructure: 2016 cap hit: $6M 2017-2019 cap hits: $9M each The Bills need the $7.5M cap space badly this season. If for some reason the space goes unused it can be brought forward, so the Bills could actually still effectively utilize the space per the first scenario. They wouldn't HAVE to do that, but they could if they chose to. But the first example doesn't provide the opportunity to utilize the cap space per the second example. Flexibility is a good thing. Also pushing off cap hits allocates current cash expenditures to be accounted for in years with higher team caps. That means they take up less space percentage-wise. There is zero advantage to taking the hit in 2016 and there is no way it happens.

The OL franchise tag is expected to be around $13.5M. That's possible, but not fun to manage. Why would you prefer a $10M cap hit this season to four $2.5M cap hits over the next four seasons? With the ability to roll unused cap dollars into future years there is no advantage to taking the hit early. Spreading the hit out just gives the team more flexibility.

"Can get done" and "will get done" are very different things. If Glenn chases the last dollar I don't see how he remains a Bill.

None were specifically named, they were listed as suspects 1-4. The police report alleges all four assaulted the officers.

Shell of former self, HGH/PED accusations dogging him....seems obvious. Just has to wait for the post Super Bowl wave of season ticket sales to die down before announcing. Newton gave up toward the end, but his team let him down up until then. He actually played well, all things considered, until he quit. He deserves to be dogged for quitting, but his team let him down too.

Funny thing there. The security cameras inside the bar were "not functional". Gotta remember, the sole purpose of those cameras are to protect the club. In the event there it be something on them that might incriminates the club or even sheds some bad light on it then their footage disappears. In a trial that kind of video can be used to argue something like: the club should have responded to the fight in less time, so they're partially responsible for the injuries.

I find that hilarious, whether or not it was already planned. It's exactly what I'd put out there if I was his agent. "LeSean, you were planning to head to - I don't know, somewhere far away - Phoenix. For training. Today. Now get on a plane and get the f*** out of Philly. Remember, it was a planned trip."

Yup. And two groups of people who think normal laws and rules don't apply to them. Naw! Couldn't be!

Funny how there's always problems with the cameras in bars when something like this happens.

Possibly with a "conduct detrimental" clause. Notably, cap relief is directly tied to real dollars paid. Things like recouping portions of signing bonuses are tied to funds repaid, which basically never happens. But that's all jumping the gun quite a bit. Also the Bills would actually lose cap room in 2016 by releasing McCoy unless they designated him a post June 1st cut.