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All 12 of them?

Cool. Although this is one of many possibilities, I'm fine with a Niagara County site and the shared Bills-Bulls practice/training facility is a nice tie in to financing from NYS.

Coverage inside the Bills war room - 7pm EST. Link

I believe in EJ. Strong arm, good head on his shoulders, appears to have some fire in his belly, showed good command of the offense and made some great throws in year 1. But I also have Edwards and Fitz jerseys gathering dust in my closet, so what do I know?

Third! Hopefully this was in the renovation scope of work.

Considering that the Bills have a large out of town following, it would be nice if they could accommodate those fans in some ways. For example, the Bills offer various perks to season ticket and club holders, and sometimes out of town fans can't take advantage of those offerings due to being out of town. Flexible scheduling of these events, where possible, would be appreciated.

Where does your stuff come from? When people speak with such certainty, it gives me a hearty laugh. Your statement about Pegula and Jacobs that "they put everything into their current teams and their businesses" - is that based on extensive research or just your intimate knowledge of high finance?

Some very good news in this article: - Buzz about the Jacobs family and their ability to work around their ownership of the Bruins - Pegula's continued cautious statements about ownership of the Bills but also expressions of interest in keeping the team local - Trump's money man went out of his way to try to position his boss as a very serious suitor - Schumer quote: "“I am even more optimistic this week than I was last week that we can keep the Bills in Buffalo” - Analysis of the Bills lease agreement by the Raiders exec: “I’m familiar with the broad strokes. It struck me at that time that it was a bold, clear statement by Ralph Wilson he wanted to provide every single opportunity for the Bills to thrive in Buffalo.” (Thanks Mr. Wilson!) - This analysis from a consultant for NFL team relocations: "“There are several reasons why the lease agreement that Ralph Wilson agreed to two years ago is greatly beneficial to Bills fans and which leads to a more likely scenario of the team staying somewhere in the region on a long-term basis,” Ganis said. “It’s not an assurance, but it certainly adds to the probability that the team will stay somewhere in the region.”

Thanks for the recap. Hopefully the team website puts a video of the exhibits up on their site. Hard to imagine Mrs. Wilson selling to out of town interests considering how genuine they are. Would be odd for her to mingle so freely with the fans and then turn around and break our hearts.

Interesting take about the possibility of Marrone retaining Crossman as a means of luring Schwartz. I knew that Crossman and Marrone are good friends, but how about Crossman and Schwartz?

Makes you wonder what the background conversations were like. Did the Bills have some knowledge that he's ready to clean up his act and play for his hometown team?

Interesting analysis, but diametrically opposed to the analysis that Peter King gave on air (to Murph I think). King called Ralph a fan and stated that in that way he was UNLIKE most of the newer owners.

Here's my gripe with the BFA. I went to their website, took their survey, and then sent them an email with a question I had about sending a contribution. Two weeks later, still no reply. If they want to be open for business, be open for business.

Four things: 1) Do any of us really know exactly what attributes of RWS are considered "deficiencies" by either the league, the Bills or by potential investor groups? I know I've never gotten a good handle on that. Is it the location? Is it a lack of communications infrastructure? Whatever the supposed deficiencies are, they are not necessarily fan amenities being addressed by the current renovation, they are likely of the type that are revenue-limiting in nature. I'm just not sure we know what these are and until we know that, our speculation is pretty aimless. 2) Yesterday Russ mentioned that among the tasks that the Stadium Advisory group needs to tackle is "market research". Does this mean trying to answer and clearly define the deficiencies question above? Does it mean trying to determine how an Amherst, Buffalo or Niagara Falls stadium would positively inject more "regional" support/identification into the franchise vs. the longer commute to RWS? Does it mean exploring other transportation options such as expanding rail lines to RWS as was discussed years ago? 3) I think PTR is onto something with an Amherst stadium. While my first choice would be a retrofit of RWS, linking the project to the UB campus not only improves the prospects for public (NYS) funding of a new stadium, but it also makes the finished product potentially more economically viable and sustainable over the long haul. 4) Let's remember that this group is ADVISING the new owner, so the group's recommendations won't be enacted without the new owner signing a lease. The new owner has to be on board. I wonder how a new owner would view a shared (Bills/UB) stadium vs. having the run of the pace as the Bills do now.

This is an odd construct. Are you assuming that Erie County as stadium owner currently sets ticket prices and controls club seat license revenue? If so, I'm quite sure you are mistaken.

Quoting the WGRZ article, Shoalts says the Toronto group isn't necessarily eyeing the Bills, but may be looking at bringing another team to the city. How can this be? I have to believe that the Bills have established Toronto as a part of their market and Goodell has been on the record saying the Bills are a regional franchise. This being the case, there's no way the NFL will allow two teams in the WNY-southern Ontario region. Toronto's bid has to be for the Bills or bust.

Agreed. Also, anyone speaking with "certainty" is also saying in effect that they know for certain that a specific proposed ownership group has secured the approval of at least 24 of the owners. That's a mighty tall order at this stage of the game.

Please tell me you're his financial advisor.

Awesome. Wish I could have attended.

Pretty sure you don't need to worry about seeing any "Byrd's Nest" signs this year.

I'd like to see more video from the pregame locker room on the video board before the game. Would be even better with audio. Would also be cool to have footage of players and coaches (shot on the sidelines during the game) shown on the video board that same day. The downside is it would probably be a huge game day editing task and also could cut into their advertising revenue.

Interesting note on GR this morning. Howard played a clip of Poloncarz talking on another station (WBEN?) where he (Poloncarz) states that he's been made privy to part of the trust under a nondisclosure agreement. Howard was trying to speculate that that is what might account for Poloncarz' optimism recently, I.e., that there may be something in the trust that points to the team staying in Buffalo. Hard to tell. Wondering if any attorneys out there can speculate on the significance of the disclosure to Poloncarz.

Maybe you can stop laughing and provide a link tying Whaley to any criticism of the FO? And for that matter, who (other than you) considers a GM to not be a part of the FO?

I guess an example of this is when he said, upon taking over the President's duties, that "the brand is tarnished"?

Not sure how much you know about San Antonio, but I lived there for 3 years. It's totally a Cowboys market and Jerry Jones will NEVER cede it to anyone. Also, while it is a highly populated area, it's not a wealthy area.