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Obviously both of those cannot be true.
Sure they can. The salient and known points were that the players got a 5% raise, the salary cap was going to be based on ALL revenue, not just shared, and "additional" revenue sharing hadn't been defined. The million other details that the contract contained were what couldn't have been read/digested in 45 minutes.
This time I believe they'll have had time to read it. And it will be interesting to see how Ralph votes.
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Actually it's not a simple poll .... If I remember correctly Ralph didn't vote against the last CBA because it was a bad deal, he voted against because he felt he didn't have "full disclosure" and the owners hadn't enough time to digest what the CBA really said. The fact that it indeed turned out to be a bad deal (proving the owners maybe SHOULD have read it before voting) is beside the fact.
Wrong. He voted against it because there wasn't enough time to read it AND he knew it was a bad deal.
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Which probably helps explain this article from WSJ.
Unemployment benefits extended for another 99 weeks? Sounds like someone knows that Summer of Recovery V 2.0 ain't happenin'.
Long enough to make them want to vote for Barry again in 2012.
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If they get anything out of him, it will be a miracle.
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Well, she has to get her name out there, no?
Yep. And making **** up is one way of doing it.
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No, simply spending money doens't do anything in this league, although many posters here would argue otherwise with their "small markets can't compete" mania. Ralph and Snyder are equally incompetent.
Yes, Golisano has spent a fortune on quixotic bids for governor--at least he had some interesting ideas and would have been a change from the Cuomo, Pitaki, Patterson, Cuomo negligence that has overseen the fall of the Empire State. But your attempt at humor falls flat. I would venture that TG has given away more money than Ralph has ever made. Golisano's job now is deciding where to give his fortune away. Wilson's is squeezing ("expect another 3 years of the same") the last dime form his team's generous fans until he literally dies.
You can venture all you want. Some people don't broadcast all of their philanthropic efforts. And most of Ralph's fortune is tied to the value of the Bills.
BTW, does Golisano fly up from Florida to check-up on Paychex?
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The Packers overpaid for the Defensive Player of the Year? Why can't we overpay for players like that, instead of Walker, Dockery....
Funny that Charles Woodson looked worse than Merriman when the Pack signed him. I wonder how he rebounded so well?
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Jenkins barely played for them and only faced the Bills once the past 2 years. Suffice it to say that the Jets can beat the Bills without him.
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Does Tila Tequila really want to relocate to Buffalo?
Sure. At this point in her faded 15 minutes of a career, getting "beaten-up" by Merriman again would be a boost for her.
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You may be right about Wilson and what he wants. Yet he has done nothing in almost 2 decades to make that happen.
I want to be a Blue Angels pilot.
Golisano doesn't want to be a sports team owner. He bought the Sabres as an obvious act of charity for the city of Buffalo. When an owner with a true interest in the team was found, he made the sale. He's a philanthropist, not a money hoarder worried about his "legacy".
To quote Jagger and Richards, "you can't always get what you want." And again on the flip side, spending money like it's water, a la Snyder, doesn't ensure anything.
And yes, Golisano has donated millions of dollars. Most of it during his quest to become governor.
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Does Green Bay sign alot of high profile free agents? The only 2 of note on their current team is Charles Woodson or Ryan Pickett. Neither of which were in high demand when they reached free agency, and they had to overpay.
Bingo.
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With the recent history of overpaying for marginal talent on the line, the Bills should be up to the cap in no time.
That's the premium for getting them to come to Buffalo. Unfortunately.
And the cap floor is reportedly 90% of the cap ceiling ($108M), meaning the Bills have ~$24M to spend.
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Merriman said awhile ago that he's been trying to recruit his Chargers buddies.
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Clabo
A starting Tight End
CSBill
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You can't compare Pegula to Golisano. Buffalo won the ownership lottery the day Pegula bought the Sabres. Pegula is a rare exception in sports where the owner doesn't care if he loses money so long as he wins a championship. There are very few teams in any sport that operates that way. But even with that we don't know if his spending will result in championships like Steinbrenner or become a joke like Dan Snyder.
If you think the Sabres were not in danger of leaving your fooling yourself. The NHL couldn't keep the Thrashers in Atlanta and saw them relocate to Winnipeg. There's no way Bettman wanted to see a team go to what is now the smallest market in the NHL. (replacing Buffalo BTW). Coyotes have one more year in Phoenix and they'll be gone too. Phoenix is in a dire situation but Buffalo was every bit as much so. The former owner was led away in handcuffs and thrown in jail. The team was being run by the NHL on an austerity budget until such time as an owner could be found. But that was a temporary solution at best. Only the Hammister group came forward with a proposal to buy the team and that offer was all smoke and mirrors. Golisano literally came in at the 11th hour and saved the team. Yes I know much of that was for political reasons at the time but he still stepped up when no one else did. I don't begrudge him one penny of the money he made on the transaction.
There has been a lot of speculation as to how much control Quinn had over the hockey department. I have never seen any proof one way or another. Briere wasn't part of their long term plans, Drury was. Then Drury screwed them over. After assuring the Sabres they would have the opportunity to negotiate with him before July 1 he never once returned any of their calls and signed in NY. I am by no way saying mistakes weren't made but the decisions that were made was to keep the club on the team's self imposed cap. As for the other players mentioned. McKee was a UFA and signed a huge 4 year contract in St. Louis in which he was bought out before he fulfilled the contract. I will give you Dumont. That was a mistake, but that was a hockey decision in which the team decided to keep Kotalik and cut ties with Dumont. Quinn is no saint but I never doubted his desire to bring a championship to Buffalo. I have never thought that about Wilson.
Not for one minute do I think Golisano would be a great owner. But he would be an owner who keeps the team in Buffalo and that's what we all want. One of the stipulations of selling the Sabres is that on the day Pegula ever sells he has to sell to an ownership that will keep the Sabres in Buffalo. That is clearly assuring the fans the team will be in Buffalo for a long time. Wilson has never come close to that.
I agree with everything, except about Wilson not wanting to bring a championship to Buffalo. I think everyone involved in an organization from the owner on down wants that, even if it's not said out loud.
And if anyone thinks that Golisano will spend more on the Bills than merely to break-even, you're fooling yourself. At best he'd be a place-holder owner, a la what he was for the Sabres, and that's fine. Ideally Pegs steps up and buys the Bills, but I doubt he spends tons of money on the team like he's doing with the Sabres.
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Here are the positions this ESPN reporter thinks are our biggest needs:
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/6780926/nfl-2011-team-team-needs
As Bills Fans, we could argue that RT is a bigger need. That said, we need people up front that can win matchups.
On defense, we may have such a player in Dareus. If he can approach the level of Wilfork, he and Williams will present a disruptive force, one which can win football games.
It's the same on offense. The Jets are winning with a qb who imo is no better than Fitz. At least not yet. But, players such as Mangold and Ferguson are winning their matchups, and they are providing a ground game, as well as pass protection.
When the Bills are a strong team on both sides of the line, they will be a playoff team. I think that Gailey has a great offensive mind as compared to Jauron, who wasn't good at anything. A strong move on free agency for a quality OT and TE could very well make us a good team, rather than a doormat.
Lets hope!
Hopefully the scuttlebutt that the Bills are looking at Clabo (meaning they're looking for a starting RT) are true. A good TE, which the Jets also have, would also be nice.
As for defense, I still keep wondering if scrapping the 3-4 and drafting Bowers in the 2nd would have made for a better defense? A DL of Williams, Dareus, and Bowers, plus Kelsay or someone else at LDE, would have made for a killer DL.
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Actually if you are a sane Republican you should welcome Perry getting in as he will split the crazy vote with Bachmann - right now you have Huntsman and Pawlenty spliting the dull but sane vote from Romney.
I ultimately see a Romney-Bachman ticket.
I challenge you to do research on Barack Obama before taking him seriously.
No need for research. If you were merely awake these past 2-1/2 years, that's all you need.
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If he is released, I'd consider adding him. But the abbreviated time he'd be with the team would make it hard for him to pickup the system quick enough.
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So The Dark Knight Rises is that last of the rebooted Batman series?
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This is the last year of Orton's contract and he's scheduled to get ~$9 in base and roster bonus. No thanks.
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Anyone that doesn't have a problem with how Golisano ran the Sabres was simply not paying attention. There's a reason Pegula and his executives have taken great strides to publicly declare there will be no restrictions or interference on/with the Hockey Dept.---- "hockey people" were not making the decisions in the Hockey Dept. Larry Quinn was not a hockey man, and he held sway over too many important hockey decisions. The budget wasn't a problem in principle, but refusing to negotiate contracts in-season and lock up key players (not only Drury/Briere, but also JP Dumont and Jay McKee and others) is what ultimately tore apart what was arguably the best Sabres' roster in the history of the franchise.
Of course Golisano's wealth would contribute mightily to an ownership group (it's not vast enough for him to go it alone, anyhow), but that's the extent to which I'd feel comfortable regarding his involvement. Furthermore, the NHL would have never allowed the Sabres to leave Buffalo, unless there were absolutely no suitors. The League bent over backwards to keep the team in Western NY, just as they have done for the Coyotes in Phoenix (a much worse situation than Buffalo's circa 2002-03). He deserves credit for stepping in, but he made a pretty big profit in the long run---- it's not as though he martyred himself for the good of the team.
I respect Golisano for keeping the Sabres in Buffalo, but even with his money and the (relatively) little amount invested in the Sabres, he still demanded turning a profit. What a concept!
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If you want to believe that the Bills are going to be sold to a lower local bidder then that is your prerogative. Odds are very strong that a 92 yr old owner who is known for the stringent way he has managed his franchise for half a century is not going to act out of character. Mr. Ralph has lived for almost a century. He is who he is.
The owner has been very explicit in his expressions that the team will remain in western NY as long as he owns the team. He refuses to say what happens afterwards. As I stated to the other poster you can believe what you want. My belief is that it is going to be auctioned off to the highest bidder. If a local bidder is the highest it stays. If not it will probably be moved.
Fine. We'll believe what we want to believe.
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By the by, here's some video of the infill removal from the other week.
youtube.com/watch?v=vwkD9_JXGzg&NR=1
Right.
As I understand, this company didn't touch any below-grade materials (asphalt, drainage system, sand, rubber padding) that were installed when the turf was last changed in 2003.
Yep, the "e-layer" or whatever you call it would have been another bid. But apparently they only needed to patch it up in certain areas.
I found this comment last week to be interesting (and the players should love it):
"A-Turf is being installed over the existing rubber and urethane e-layer, creating a field to deliver ideal shock absorption. With a G-MAX of 115 to 120, the new field will be equivalent to that of the finest natural grass fields in the world."
Take a look at this photo.
Hopefully the players do like it. And as for the field/endzones, I like it, but wonder what red lettering and white outlines would have looked like.
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Oh, my bad, I didn't mean to make that question to pertain to re-inforcement at the base of the lettering. The sewing with heavy stitches does that. That stitching just seemed to be the last thing Chris Brown said was left to be done on the field. I then repeated my question about there being a rubber infill, as that would ostensibly be the final step in installation.
Adding the "infill" is a non-sexy part of the field installation, so Brown likely neglected it for that reason. There will be 516,000 pounds of infill installed. And there is a rubber/urethane pad under the turf leftover from before.
I have a hunch that at 4PM EST today
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Let Jackson and Mankins become UFAs. They deserve it.
As for the benefits the players lost-out on, tough ****. But franchising a guy once seems reasonable.