KD in CA Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 What? Business is about making money?? Disgusting.... The horror..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurker Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 He was loyal to "yes men" - not great at their job but they got along with RW Chuck Knox left because no commitment - his owner chose to not sign #1 pick overall in NFL draft 1979 Well, that's debatable. The Montreal Alouettes offered Cousineau double the money the Bills did and his agent jumped on the offer. IIRC, pretty much the one and only time a CFL team outbid the NFL. And in a round about way, the "Cousineau affair" worked out OK (i.e., it allowed the Bills to draft Jim Kelly with the pick they got from trading him to the Browns when he came back to the NFL). Of course, the same scenario played out with Jimbo and the USFL.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Ralph voted against the CBA because he felt that the supplimental revenue sharing that he had his eyes on was going to be decreased (it was decreased in the subsequent/cureent CBA also, but I don't think he noticed). Even though he was clearing tens of millions a year, he still wanted access to more free money that the real big revenue teams were earning. And your mentioning expansion cities as destinations for the BIlls makes no sense. The NFL was....expanding into new markets. There is no way they would have voted on Ralph's sudden urge to move the Bills to Carolina or Jax. Also, the NFL had "suspended" the Browns in Cleveland until a new "Browns" team could replace the old team. So Cleveland makes no sense as a destination either. Once Wilson squeezed a new stadium out of the County, the Ralph was often renovated/updated, whenever Wilson wanted. There was no reason for him to move--all other owners moved over stadium issues, not "to make more money in bigger markets". Erie County made sure that there was never a reason for Ralph to seriously (or actually) consider moving the team--despite his lame talk about "Hartford" and such if his "deadline" for seeling luxo-boxes in 1998 wasn't met. He was a bluffer, but poor Erie County was never in a position to call his bluff, as had each city/municipality where a an owner had actually left town with the team. He had a sweet deal and he knew it. The Bills was printing money for him. All he had to do was sit back and watch it roll in--no matter how bad the team was. He was no fool and he wasn't going anywhere. Relocation versus expansion is moot. An owner decides to relocate and an expansion team is granted in the city that just lost its team. And guys like Adams, Modell, and Davis were in the same situation as Ralph, i.e. minimal initial investment and raking in the money hand over fist, yet they demanded more than their cities were willing to give and bolted. So that doesn't wash either. As for the 2006 CBA, the majority of NFL owners admitted it was a huge mistake. And the subsequent one was much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Augie Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Do you even know who Lou Saban was? We watched him from our season tickets and my mother used to play bridge with his wife. Yes, I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnC Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 We watched him from our season tickets and my mother used to play bridge with his wife. Yes, I do. Doesn't Lou Saban have a daughter who lives in western NY? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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