firstngoal Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 The epitomy of cheapness - Bills owner Ralph E. Wilson It's pretty sad when a local restaurant owner has to come to the rescue to ensure Bills fans that they will be able to see the Bills game on the tube on Sunday. Shame on you Ralph E. Wilson for not giving back to the fans that have loaded your pockets over the years. You have now earned the letter "E" as your middle initial. The "E" of course stands for Ebenizer.
jumbalaya Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 firstngoal, did you buck up for an extra ticket or two? People like you always look for others to do the heavy lifting and then criticize them for it. I believe the word for you is ingrate.
mead107 Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 The epitomy of cheapness - Bills owner Ralph E. Wilson It's pretty sad when a local restaurant owner has to come to the rescue to ensure Bills fans that they will be able to see the Bills game on the tube on Sunday. Shame on you Ralph E. Wilson for not giving back to the fans that have loaded your pockets over the years. You have now earned the letter "E" as your middle initial. The "E" of course stands for Ebenizer. Ralph has done it many times.
Buffalonian-at-Heart Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 The epitomy of cheapness - Bills owner Ralph E. Wilson It's pretty sad when a local restaurant owner has to come to the rescue to ensure Bills fans that they will be able to see the Bills game on the tube on Sunday. Shame on you Ralph E. Wilson for not giving back to the fans that have loaded your pockets over the years. You have now earned the letter "E" as your middle initial. The "E" of course stands for Ebenizer. How do you know he wouldn't have?
RJ (not THAT RJ) Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 An idiot. Cannot spell epitome, and has no idea of the actual history of the franchise he allegedly follows.
sweatpantsjoe Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 The epitomy of cheapness - Bills owner Ralph E. Wilson It's pretty sad when a local restaurant owner has to come to the rescue to ensure Bills fans that they will be able to see the Bills game on the tube on Sunday. Shame on you Ralph E. Wilson for not giving back to the fans that have loaded your pockets over the years. You have now earned the letter "E" as your middle initial. The "E" of course stands for Ebenizer. Get over it. He's done it plenty of times in the past and he does it practically annually in the Pre-Season, which are a lot more tickets to buy up than a regular season game against the Pats.
judman Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 Smart move Mr. Salvatore! Next time I am out that way, I will eat at your establishment. And, thank you.
EndZoneCrew Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 The epitomy of cheapness - Bills owner Ralph E. Wilson It's pretty sad when a local restaurant owner has to come to the rescue to ensure Bills fans that they will be able to see the Bills game on the tube on Sunday. Shame on you Ralph E. Wilson for not giving back to the fans that have loaded your pockets over the years. You have now earned the letter "E" as your middle initial. The "E" of course stands for Ebenizer. Actually, he should buy 72,000 season tickets and give them all to charity!
TheBows Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 The epitomy of cheapness - Bills owner Ralph E. Wilson It's pretty sad when a local restaurant owner has to come to the rescue to ensure Bills fans that they will be able to see the Bills game on the tube on Sunday. Shame on you Ralph E. Wilson for not giving back to the fans that have loaded your pockets over the years. You have now earned the letter "E" as your middle initial. The "E" of course stands for Ebenizer. This is really a poor reflection on us as fans, not Wilson's generosity. This is now our biggest division rival and we didn't sell out. I don't get it. (I guess it is the holidays and people are out of town...and maybe family should take priority at this time, so I do get it, but c'mon man!) The game sold out in time because of the generosity of a local fan. Good for him and I hope his restaurant gets a ton of business. Best holiday wishes to Ralph!
Nanker Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 The epitomy of cheapness - Bills owner Ralph E. Wilson It's pretty sad when a local restaurant owner has to come to the rescue to ensure Bills fans that they will be able to see the Bills game on the tube on Sunday. Shame on you Ralph E. Wilson for not giving back to the fans that have loaded your pockets over the years. You have now earned the letter "E" as your middle initial. The "E" of course stands for Ebenizer. Merry Christmas everyone - except you finstngoal. You can go !@#$ yourself.
Sammyboy Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 This is really a poor reflection on us as fans, not Wilson's generosity. This is now our biggest division rival and we didn't sell out. I don't get it. (I guess it is the holidays and people are out of town...and maybe family should take priority at this time, so I do get it, but c'mon man!) The game sold out in time because of the generosity of a local fan. Good for him and I hope his restaurant gets a ton of business. Best holiday wishes to Ralph! Bingo......I was sitting here wondering how I would reply to the OP. You did it better and much kinder than I could have. Thanks.
Ghost of Rob Johnson Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 (edited) The epitomy of cheapness - Bills owner Ralph E. Wilson It's pretty sad when a local restaurant owner has to come to the rescue to ensure Bills fans that they will be able to see the Bills game on the tube on Sunday. Shame on you Ralph E. Wilson for not giving back to the fans that have loaded your pockets over the years. You have now earned the letter "E" as your middle initial. The "E" of course stands for Ebenizer. He did just donate $1 Million to Kaleida Health for their adult day care program. But you're right, he owes something to you... http://orchardpark.wgrz.com/content/ralph-c-wilson-jr-donates-1-million-kaleida-health "The funding will be used to subsidize the cost of attendance and transportation to the adult day care program. It will also provide funding for programmatic activities and much needed capital purchases such as equipment and supplies. Kaleida Health operates two adult day care centers, in Amherst and North Tonawanda. The Wilson’s donation will also assist Kaleida Health’s home care program, the Visiting Nursing Association. The donation will support the patient and caregiver in their home in a variety of ways including the purchasing of “mediplanners,” or medication management tools, personal emergency response systems, telehealth monitoring services, plus home safety and falls risk education and programming." <edited for content> beerball Edited December 24, 2010 by Beerball
BillsVet Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 This is really a poor reflection on us as fans, not Wilson's generosity. This is now our biggest division rival and we didn't sell out. I don't get it. (I guess it is the holidays and people are out of town...and maybe family should take priority at this time, so I do get it, but c'mon man!) The game sold out in time because of the generosity of a local fan. Good for him and I hope his restaurant gets a ton of business. Best holiday wishes to Ralph! I don't think it's a poor reflection at all. Just means that people aren't interested in the team to sell out a the home finale. I would bet Christmas has something to do with it, but come on, they're 4-10, have no marketable stars, and are about to go without a playoff appearance for 11 consecutive seasons. This is more a case of apathy than anything else. Had Mr. Salvatore not purchased the tickets, this would have been the 4th blackout of the season out of 7 true home games. The fans are tired and disinterested because what they see on the field is mediocre. As for the OP, RW is a businessman and he does not need to pay for those tickets, even though the team can buy them back for 34 cents on the dollar. No one should call RW a scrooge or evil for not ponying up all that money to buy those tickets and produce a televised game. OTOH, he must make this team better with financial support or risk losing more ST holders in 2011, provided there's a season.
Heels20X6 Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 The epitomy of cheapness - Bills owner Ralph E. Wilson It's pretty sad when a local restaurant owner has to come to the rescue to ensure Bills fans that they will be able to see the Bills game on the tube on Sunday. Shame on you Ralph E. Wilson for not giving back to the fans that have loaded your pockets over the years. You have now earned the letter "E" as your middle initial. The "E" of course stands for Ebenizer. I see the Christmas Idiot has made his yearly appearance again this year, dropping nuggets of stupidity in the stockings of Bills fans...
The Dean Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 The epitomy of cheapness - Bills owner Ralph E. Wilson It's pretty sad when a local restaurant owner has to come to the rescue to ensure Bills fans that they will be able to see the Bills game on the tube on Sunday. Shame on you Ralph E. Wilson for not giving back to the fans that have loaded your pockets over the years. You have now earned the letter "E" as your middle initial. The "E" of course stands for Ebenizer. Stunningly ignorant.
Trader Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 The epitomy of cheapness - Bills owner Ralph E. Wilson It's pretty sad when a local restaurant owner has to come to the rescue to ensure Bills fans that they will be able to see the Bills game on the tube on Sunday. Shame on you Ralph E. Wilson for not giving back to the fans that have loaded your pockets over the years. You have now earned the letter "E" as your middle initial. The "E" of course stands for Ebenizer. I am not saying that this did happen or that it did not happen but it would be a bad precedent for an owner to bail out the ticket sales all the time. Anyone could have bought a ticket on line or through organizations for 20 bucks this past week. Maybe a group sales person makes a call an offfers a local businessman tickets for half or 1/4 that price to buy them all. so 7000 tickets for 5 dollars each is 35k. Maybe the business man offers 25k for the deal and gets great publicity as a result. Not saying that happened just saying it could happen. The result is the game is on TV= big bucks for the team and league.
Corp000085 Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 Merry Christmas everyone - except you finstngoal. You can go !@#$ yourself. +1 or should I say, +51, for every season that Ralph "E." Wilson has allowed my family to cheer for Buffalo Bills football. About four or five days later I got a call from Lamar, and he said, Ralph, we need an eighth franchise to balance out this new league. One from the east and one from the west. And I'll give you your choice of five different cities where you can place your franchise. And I picked Buffalo.
EastRochBillsfan Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 Well, firstngoal, not much I can add here. The JURY has spoken. What say you?
PromoTheRobot Posted December 24, 2010 Posted December 24, 2010 (edited) Ralph Wilson is a great and generous man. Ask Kevin Everett how he feels about the millions of dollars Ralph gave to spinal injury research. These people who whine about blackouts disgust me. They expect everything to be given to them. If Bills fans are so awesome then how about buying a ticket? And you wonder why L.A. is targeting the Bills. We look like we don't care. PTR Edited December 24, 2010 by PromoTheRobot
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