DeLuca1967

Of course you do. It agrees with your point of view. It also appears to have been written before the Friday press conference.

Which facts would those be?

Longer contracts save teams money over time. A players signs a $70 million contract he's lucky to see half of that money. This whole new concept of 'Cash to Cap' seems to be more like 'Going Out Of Business'. I get the sick feeling that a sale is on the horizon and it won't be to the Rich family or Tom Golisano.

How? Dead cap space is already spent. It is bonuses already paid. If the cap is $109 million The Bills have $20 million of dead cap space? The most the Bills can spend, actual cash from the TV revenue is $89 million. If Ralph plans on being under the Cap by that $14 million he will only be spending $75 million of his TV revenue share. If I'm wrong please show me where.

If the Bills Salary amount to about let's say $95 million this year. That's $14 under the cap + $20 million dead cap space. So Ralph is pocketing $34 million this year based on those numbers? Man, I wish I was that poor.

Any idea on how much 'dead cap space' the Bills are carrying into this year? If the cap is $109 million and that is covered by the TV revenue. If the Bills have lets say $20 million in dead cap space? That $20 million goes back into Ralph's pocket to cover the bonuses he paid out in earlier years. Is this wrong?

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Bullzhit! Ralph Wilson owns the naming rights and could sell it just like any other team. Erie County didn't name the stadium. Ralph Wilson did. Are you sure you want to be talking about others IQ? If Ralph is so poor why does he ignore this revenue stream. Revenue that goes 100% to him. Not Erie County. http://www.realfootball365.com/nfl/article...ium-060417.html

I don't think this is correct. I don't think the Bills can choose how the amortization works. If the Bills choose to count an entire $10 million dollar signing bonus in the 2007 cap figure. I believe in the NFL eyes that number will still be spread over the length of the contract and the balance will not hit until th player is released. In other words the Bills will be keeping their set of books that differ than the NFL's. In the NFL's eyes they will have so much money available under the cap but on the Bills books they will have less. To put it in it's simplest form. If the money is not covered by the TV revenue it's not being spent.

Really? Its' Erie County's stadium. So we can do with it what we want? Yet Ralph holds all the naming rights? Yet Ralph is the only tenant? Yet Ralph has the final say in regards to anything involving the Stadium. The LEASE you refer to was nothing more than extortion. Plain and simple. The fact that Erie County has to give Ralph a $3.5 million dollar welfare check is sick. Who pays for the County Officers controlling traffic? Is it Ralph? Does Erie County get any of the parking revenue? Concessions? If it's our stadium shouldn't we? Also, Ralph makes millions from the Bills every season. So yes, he has pocketed a ton of money. They fact that a multi billion dollar company continues to pillage communities across the country is a crime. People complain that a Casino is a black hole. If that's the case the NFL works much like a casino. If takes in all the money it can and when it's all gone they move on like locust.

It seems they made it pretty clear. Ralph will not spend anything over the this years TV revenue. I would guess they are doing so as to not burn any future TV revenues. My guess is they are preparing for a sale. It's much like the Sabres situation where Regier was not allowed to pick up any long term contracts until the sale of the Sabres was complete. Adding this to everything Ralph has said about the Bills and WNY over the past year? It doesn't look good sports fans. Not good at all

It might work if the Bills can get Larry Tripplet to eat Ko Simpson.

I would like to respond further. Unfortunately I will spending the rest of the day trying to figure out the Red & Blue QB rating system. It has to be easier than the math formula the NFL uses now.

Levy did accomplish one amazing feat of Friday. He made Matt Millen look like a friggin genius. The Bills thought they could throw Marv out there and tell some lame jokes and and skate by. They must have been mortified that actual football questions were asked. Levy being so out of touch is an embarrassment to the franchise. It got to the point of being sad. WGR had it right. It's not like Marv was cornered at some airport and was blindsided. The Bills called this press conference. What was their plan. Did Levy have a 20 minute presentation on Red & Blue quarterbacks he never got to finish? Was there anything sadder than Marv talking about charts and graphs he didn't understand. If it was in a meeting shouldn't he have stayed until he understood. Is it too much to ask that the Bills have an informed General Manger?

Have you ever heard of Tony Snow? The real funny thing is that the $3.5 million the tax payers are paying for that TV is $3.5 million more than Ralph will be spending on his own team. It's even funnier that you bring up the comparison to Sadaam's Minister. Considering how Marv bumbled ans stumbled through the press conference. It was even funnier on the NFL network when he called Ko Simpson a defensive lineman. There's a man with his finger on the pulse of the team.

Not if you take the entire $50 million out of this years cap. Anyway only the bonus would be guaranteed. If it's a 6-7 year deal Nate wouldn't see a penny of the back end money if he is released.

Then lets take our $5 million dollar TV back. We can put it downtown and show Sabre highlights. As always this is only my opinion

I hear ya man. I saw Nate Clements trying to get the senior citizens coffee discount at Tim Hortons the other day. You may like what Marv was saying. But I don't think you understood what he was saying. Enjoy watching Whitner and Simpson while you can. They are gone as soon as they are UFA's. Ralph has closed the purse strings. If the money isn't covered by that years TV revenue it ain't being spent. As always this is only my opinion.

I appreciate the kind words. These boards are all about opinions. What people like Reemus & Darrin do is avoid the topic at hand and attack the posters. It's the classic Republican strategy of attacking the messenger. Darrin has spent all afternoon proving this point. I think I have more than proven myself in regards to admitting when I'm wrong. I'm a 'prove it to me' first kind of guy. If you can prove it to me I'll give you credit and rethink my position. Regier is a perfect example. Two years ago I wanted Regier fired. His results over that time have changed my mind. It's what Steven R Covey calls changing your paradigms. Was I wrong two years ago? Based on the information at that time? I still don't think so. Does the past two years prove it would have been a mistake and I was wrong. 100% yes. Here we are today and in 30 minutes Marv Levy has proven everything I have thought about his qualifications as GM were 100% dead on. And it must be driving people crazy. It's proven in which the anger people are posting with. As always this is just my opinion.

Maybe I should have said "I" just like you might have wanted to have typed "why" instead of "while".

5 minutes is better but still a little desperate. Once we're done with your timing we can start on your originality.

So you are admitting Marv is just a figure head? Someone to toss out for press conferences that the press will be nice to? He doesn't draft. He admittedly knows nothing of any of the finances. What does he do? You are expiring no confidence that Marv is not only here to play shuffleboard with Ralph.

Wow! You responded less than a minute after I posted. I guess being in Alaska there is just not much for you to do until the sister gets home from deboning whales Please wait a couple of minutes before you respond. It makes you seem needy

Only 4,351 irrelevant posts to go! You're well on your way. Go champ

Lets' start with Marv Levy. Marv was forced out of the league because it was thought it passed him by. The Bills decided to make a change at GM. I had no problem with that. I did like TD to a point but not to a point I would be upset that he was leaving. Did the Bills do an extensive search? Did they interview any front office personnel from around the league? Did they interview any former GMs? The answer to all those questions is No! Ralph hired his friend who has no GM experience and was forced out of the league. And it showed. The Bills free agent class in 2006 was a joke. They didn't have one impact free agent. Tripplet and Royal? The Bills were 28th against the run and Royal had 23 receptions. These are the crown jewels of the 2006 free agent class. The Draft? Whitner is a good player. I still think you need to get more out of the #8 pick. McCargo? Did what he does best. he got injured. All of that and today he admitted he knows nothing about the cap or the franchise tag. He's the friggin GM !