If the Toronto group buys the Bills, will you still support the team?

[K D]

You really needed another option for your poll. If the Toronto group buys them, so what? If the team remains in WNY, then I'll remain a loyal fan of the team. If the team is moved to Toronto, I'm done. Will cancel my Sunday Ticket. I'll probably still watch football games, but would almost instantly identify with my local Chicago Bears. The Bills moving would truly be the death of the franchise for me.

Because that will never happen. Read between the lines. You think the CANADIAN telecommunications giant and the owner of Maple Leafs Sports Entertainment network as well as 2 other Toronto teams has any intentions of owning a team in Buffalo, NY?

 

NEWS FLASH: There is no Santa Clause or the Easter Bunny and the Toronto group wants a team in Toronto

[HalftimeAdjustment]

If the Toronto group wins the bid and pretends to want to stay in Buffalo I will continue following and rooting for the team. After all regardless of whether the owner took the team to Toronto in 2020, if the BUFFALO Bills win the SB in 2018 it is still the Bills winning. As soon as the move is declared I will cease all support but not before. Also I will never believe any group is keeping the team in Buffalo until they sign a new long term deal.

[K D]

If the Toronto group wins the bid and pretends to want to stay in Buffalo I will continue following and rooting for the team. After all regardless of whether the owner took the team to Toronto in 2020, if the BUFFALO Bills win the SB in 2018 it is still the Bills winning. As soon as the move is declared I will cease all support but not before. Also I will never believe any group is keeping the team in Buffalo until they sign a new long term deal.

Thanks for your honesty and your realistic take on the situation. They must think we are dumb if they want us to believe a group from Toronto would want to keep a team in Buffalo, NY and thus deny their city of a team. We are not sheep. Shame on Bon Jovi and Ron Jaworski and anyone else that tries to deceit us in the process.

 

Personally I would probably fall somewhere in the middle. I would watch the team from a distance but knowing they would be moving soon I just couldn't be as big of fan as I am now. I couldn't take that kind of heartbreak. And I will be on the frontline of any protests people can think of in the meantime. The NFL would be dumb to allow this to happen. This is going to be a trainwreck for the next 6 yrs and my hope is that the Toronto group will realize this and back down

[MikeSpeed]

I would follow them this year only for no other reason than out of respect for Ralph. After this year my Bills gear will be sent to the goodwill store. Thankfully I still have my gamecocks.

[Talley56]

I'd still be an NFL fan just because I still enjoy following the sport. But I would not be a fan of whatever the team would be called if they moved. And I don't think I'd ever have a favorite team again. I'd just kind of root for teams on a game-by-game basis.

[maddenboy]

If the Toronto group wins the bid and pretends to want to stay in Buffalo I will continue following and rooting for the team. After all regardless of whether the owner took the team to Toronto in 2020, if the BUFFALO Bills win the SB in 2018 it is still the Bills winning. As soon as the move is declared I will cease all support but not before. Also I will never believe any group is keeping the team in Buffalo until they sign a new long term deal.

 

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[Terry Tate]

The question I'd like to ask today is: if the Toronto group buys our team, will you still support them?

No.

[ALF]

Mary does not have to take the highest bid if Toronto, but could sell to Pegula and keep the team here like Ralph wanted.

[8-8 Forever?]

Sure. 45 years a fan, always a fan. Heck the players and coaches don't live there for the most part. We're kind of rooting for laundry and memories when you really think about it. Who knows if they'll move . 6-7 years a lot can happen.

[CountryCletus]

 

No.

 

So if this Toronto group buys the team and keeps them in WNY, you are done with the Bills?

[MikeSpeed]

 

 

So if this Toronto group buys the team and keeps them in WNY, you are done with the Bills?

If Toronto buys the team, no matter what BS they try to feed the fans, they are moving the team. It would be like buying a car and leaving it at the dealership.

[K D]

So if this Toronto group buys the team and keeps them in WNY, you are done with the Bills?

They won't. They can't. It's not in their DNA. They aren't going to deny their city and they COUNTRY a chance at an NFL team. They will do whatever if takes to bring the NFL to Canada and more specifically, the city of Toronto

[ET1062]

My new favorite team would be whoever is playing Toronto that day.

[TheFunPolice]

I would even cheer for New England* over Toronto

[DCBongo]

If the team plays in Buffalo, then life goes on. If the team moves from Buffalo they are dead to me. I'll watch the super bowl for the commercials and spend more time cursing out the Cubs.

[3rdand12]

Sure. 45 years a fan, always a fan. Heck the players and coaches don't live there for the most part. We're kind of rooting for laundry and memories when you really think about it. Who knows if they'll move . 6-7 years a lot can happen.

I am impressed how even keeled you appear 8&8 . wise words really.

some of us have gotten to be quite nearly in a Tizzy . and by us , i of course mean to say, me .

 

a lot can happen by then cant it ?

 

I root because of the history . I have embraced it again after a rather long time away from Bills .

I think i am pretty good with my instincts . And i do get the ideas that Bills are on the rise and not just a blurb or an afterthought in the NFL soon enough .

 

Best way to keep them here is actually to dominate the AFC .

 

and drive the fans bonkers doing it . I think folks in the area and Beyond ! really want to come out of the woodwork and cheer for a winning Team more than the Goodell realizes.

again.as said by so many so often . winning will fix everything

[BillsFan-4-Ever]

I will be a fan of the Buffalo Bills (Toronto based) until I find a better option once they move. Since I'm not in WNY it has less an impact.

[dpberr]

I'll be a Bills fan as long as they are in Buffalo.

 

Should they be moved to Toronto, I'm opting out of my contract for free agency.

[BarleyNY]

F no. The instant it is apparent the Bills will be moving it is over. One caveat: Browns fans packed their stadium after the announcement that the Browns were moving for one reason only - to show the league they deserved another team. I'd encourage everyone to go for that reason alone. Even if it is just to rally outside the stadium on game days.

[RuntheDamnBall]

Until they really move the team, I'm in, but I'll reserve the right to take potshots at Bon f---ing Jovi all day.