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RTW2012

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  1. Owner Ralph Wilson's position has never changed — the team will go to the highest bidder after he dies. While he has expressed his desire for the Bills to stay in Buffalo, it will be "out of his hands."

     

    Again, please enlighten us to when Ralph actually said that. The team will be sold, that is all that's been said.

  2. Ralph has said exactly what will happen when he dies. The team will be auctioned and sold to the highest bidder. Why do people think there is some secret plan in place.

    He has run this franchise into the ground with his cheap coaching and management hires.

    They are likely to leave after he dies.

     

    No, Ralph has never said that. If you can find where he did, please enlighten us. All that has been said is that the team will not be owned by his wife or daughters.

  3. I don't think wishing has anything to do with it...even if the front office and people on this board are successful in shaming fans into selling out games the fact is the Bills will be sold on the open market with no consideration to fan loyalty as per Mr. wilson

     

    Only Ralph and a handful of people know exactly what will happen. Unless you are one of them, you have no idea what the "fact is."

  4. Successful small market teams besides Green Bay?

     

     

    Pittsburgh is the 59th most populous city in the US. New Orleans is 52nd.

     

    Of the top 50 US cities in population, 25 of them have NFL teams.

     

    Of small market teams, Tampa won a Super Bowl in 2002 and they're 55th. St Louis won a Super Bowl and they're 58th. Cincinnati is 62nd. Buffalo is 70th.

     

    Of course city populations are not always representative of true market size.

     

    Metropolitan areas- Tampa is 19, Pittsburgh is 22, St. Louis 18, Buffalo 47, New Orleans 46.

     

    Using city populations alone is plain ridiculous.

     

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  5. They have been sellouts because you are allowed to declare games soldout if you sell all of your non-premium seats. The Bills have not "completely" soldout a game this year. There have been many club seats available for each home game as well as suite tickets in the endzone clubs. The Bills have had a couple of thousand non-premium seats available and unsold for each home game this year. The same thing is happening in Washington with the Skins.

     

    The attendance figures in question are based on the number of fans at the games, and the percentage is based on the stadiums' seating capacity. When the Bills were setting attendance records in the early 90s it was based on the number of fans at the games. The teams with over 100 percent are counting standing room fans in addition to the fans in the seats.

     

    Interestingly, the Bills are the lowest attended road team in the league, no doubt in part because 2 of their road games were at Cincy and Miami.

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