Will Bills’ Mafia still show up at the home opener to tailgate?

[SDS]

3 hours ago, Tipster19 said:

It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if they do and they do it in a big way. No matter what you still have to watch it on tv so why not from the parking lot? To me the Bills’ Mafia tailgating isn’t just tailgating, it’s an event. All the activities from Pinto Ron to all the way to just chilling and grilling I have never seen any fan base get so up for a home game. Thoughts?

can we just grow up and lose the bills mafia schtick?

[Saxum]

Sometimes I drive 60 minutes to a friends house and it is 45 minutes to my bar.  

On a good day (I have issues with legs) 90 minutes is fine to me.

[SCBills]

I’ll fly up for games/tailgates, but being from down south, I’ll probably have to quarantine for the next calendar year...

 

[freddyjj]

I believe Fireball, any moonshine and craft brews kill Covid-19 so we should be good.

 

[That's No Moon]

2 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

Absolutely. But even if you had a fully tested safe vaccine you'd still have that percentage not getting it.

Agreed.

I'd love for these people to meet their great-great grandparents who would smack the mess out of them.

2 hours ago, SDS said:

can we just grow up and lose the bills mafia schtick?

It's not really my thing either but c'mon man. Let the kids have their fun.

[eball]

2 hours ago, SDS said:

can we just grow up and lose the bills mafia schtick?

The players really seem to like it. What’s the problem?

[uticaclub]

It’s not a tailgate, it’s a protest

[That's No Moon]

1 minute ago, uticaclub said:

It’s not a tailgate, it’s a protest

 

[Augie]

5 minutes ago, uticaclub said:

It’s not a tailgate, it’s a protest

 

I’ve been known to protest warm beer and soggy wings at a tailgate. Can it be both and we are allowed to get away with it? 

 

No way I’d go sit outside the stadium when a game is going on and I can’t get inside. The home experience is too good for me to do that. 

[Thurman#1]

5 hours ago, Nextmanup said:

Pretty sure Bills property will be off limits to fans.

 

 

 

 

Yup.

 

IMO we're smart enough to understand why public gatherings of any kind aren't a good idea right now.

[ProcessTruster]

7 hours ago, PromoTheRobot said:

 

Absolutely. But even if you had a fully tested safe vaccine you'd still have that percentage not getting it.

therefore ultimately, the population just gets on with life, tailgating and other human behavior resumes and Covid sits out there just like N1H1 and all the other viruses being beter and better understood with better and better vaccines,  taking their own toll each year as they have always done, without any particular fanfare.   and life goes on.  

[JohnNord]

11 hours ago, Tipster19 said:

It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if they do and they do it in a big way. No matter what you still have to watch it on tv so why not from the parking lot? To me the Bills’ Mafia tailgating isn’t just tailgating, it’s an event. All the activities from Pinto Ron to all the way to just chilling and grilling I have never seen any fan base get so up for a home game. Thoughts?

I think there’s a good chance of this happening, obviously not at the stadium but at a public location.  I don’t see the pandemic forcing Pinto Ron to not pass around the communication bowling ball shot ???

[JMF2006]

13 hours ago, Tipster19 said:

It wouldn’t surprise me one bit if they do and they do it in a big way. No matter what you still have to watch it on tv so why not from the parking lot? To me the Bills’ Mafia tailgating isn’t just tailgating, it’s an event. All the activities from Pinto Ron to all the way to just chilling and grilling I have never seen any fan base get so up for a home game. Thoughts?

 

I don't think so

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OP City Council banned tailgating for this season even on private lots.

 

My guess is there will be a huge police presence and huge fines to hosts and party goers.

[cwater10]

1 hour ago, Gene1973 said:

I've read a study where 94% of COVID19 deaths were due to comorbidity as opposed to sraight up COVID19 deaths.

 

I would say fans should be able to tailgate, and quite frankly attend games. We work in offices with recycled air, and only wear masks when within 6 ft, tailgating and game attendance is outdoors...

 

When you are at work, do you also become progressively intoxicated and unhinged to the point where all inhibitions are lost causing causing outbursts of such good judgement that leads to various attentions seeking stunts like throwing selves on burning tables?  Not that there is anything wrong with that...  But heck, during a global pandemic, what could go wrong?  Besides, where are you ever going to find a healthier, non comorbidity having bunch of good fellas and gals then at a tailgate?  

Edited September 2, 2020 by cwater10

[PromoTheRobot]

4 hours ago, ProcessTruster said:

therefore ultimately, the population just gets on with life, tailgating and other human behavior resumes and Covid sits out there just like N1H1 and all the other viruses being beter and better understood with better and better vaccines,  taking their own toll each year as they have always done, without any particular fanfare.   and life goes on.  

 

There's really no way of knowing what the outcome will be if we do nothing about it, and you have a segment of society committed to spreading the infection. Another possibility is the virus mutates and we keep getting waves of infections with various levels of fatalities or infirmaties.

Edited September 2, 2020 by PromoTheRobot

[Mickey]

2 hours ago, Gene1973 said:

I've read a study where 94% of COVID19 deaths were due to comorbidity as opposed to sraight up COVID19 deaths.

 

I would say fans should be able to tailgate, and quite frankly attend games. We work in offices with recycled air, and only wear masks when within 6 ft, tailgating and game attendance is outdoors...

 

Despite their other health issues they would not be dead had it not been for covid. Its like a cancer patient who dies from pneumonia. 

[PromoTheRobot]

3 hours ago, Gene1973 said:

I've read a study where 94% of COVID19 deaths were due to comorbidity as opposed to sraight up COVID19 deaths.

 

 

You can parse it many ways. You can argue Covid doesn't kill at all. The conditions Covid creates does. It's still all triggered by the infection.

[cwater10]

1 hour ago, Gene1973 said:

Allow fans, but ban alcohol. Would be a true test of fandom would it not?

Quite possibly Gene...  Been there, done that... of my own volition.  And it was great.  Not to get all preachy, not at all...  I've partaken in more tailgates than I can remember (literally lol...) You bring to mind one of my favorite moments on the journey to sobriety many years ago.  I'm not sure why I feel compelled to share it this morning, but what the hell... here goes.  

 

As a long time season ticket holder, and fresh into sobriety, I recall calling my sponsor repeatedly from a payphone in the stadium concourse under the upper bowl on a Monday Night game back in '89 when Frank Reich pulled a game saving miracle in the closing seconds.  In was my first sober night game, about 6 months into sobriety, still sitting with the insane, wonderful and completely out of control crew that I had my seasons with for many years.   It was the 80's and it was a Monday Night game.  You can fill in the blanks and sense the moment and the atmosphere.  I was sure I was going to fall off the wagon at any moment, prompting me to call said sponsor repeatedly throughout the second half.  I can't believe he kept answering the phone, but he talked me through it.  Miraculously, the Bills pulled out the win and I didn't drink.  My fandom not only survived the test, but I later realized that it brought me to the point of putting my best interests in jeopardy.  Going to the game was a bad decision driven by passion for the Bills.  For the next several years, I gave up my season tickets in the name of preserving my own and my familiy's best interests.  And you know what seasons those next few season ticketless, only watching on TV years turned out to be.... yep 1990, 1991, 1992 and 1993.  Damn!  Talk about timing!  Did I feel like I was missing out?  Yeah, a little bit.  But my inner Bills fan dominated, and those years as a Bills fan were still so freakin' fantastic and they still put a huge smile on my face when I think about them.  In many ways, The Bills games and the joy that they brought during those years, even on TV, were the "port in the storm" that I relied on to experience some occasional joy during what felt like some fairly joyless times in my own life.  I can only hope that this year's "TV only" Bills games will serve as the same touchstone to others who may be experiencing their own otherwise joyless times during this horrific year.  

 

31 years later, I have continued to experience every joyous moment, every nail biting wretched "Billsy screw up", and the absolutely unique experience of commited Bills Mafianess.  I wouldn't have considered missing a moment of it.  I've been one of the lucky ones.  I have never really felt tempted to drink since that Monday Night back in October of '89.  My life has since normalized and my life has brought happiness beyond my wildest dreams.  Your post struck an emotional chord in me and I thank you for that.  It was that "test of fandom", going to a Bills game without alcohol, that was probably one of the biggest turning points in my life.  Again, I say with all humility that I know that I am truly one of the lucky few that come through such moments, that come through addiction and move on to happy and healthy lives.  In those 31 years that followed, I have survived the loss of both parents, the agonizing illness and death of that treasured sponsor that talked me through that Monday Night and became a treasured best friend and the loss countless other friends that were not so fortunate.  I have watched my business fail and lost everything during the recession of 2008.  And I survived it.  I never drank.  I never got high.  Life got better.  Way better! It can and does normalize.  

 

I can smile now and have been smiling for years.  When the Bills win, my smile is always wider.  And I do smile a grateful and humble smile when I think about how petty it feels that in light of all that I have come through since that the last time I was tempted to drink, that my last real temptation to drink was because the thought of being at a Bills game with friends without drinking was too much for me to process in that moment.  I tell you from personal experience that we can get through a season of only having to watch The Bills on TV.  And we can do this without placing our own best interests and the best interests of those that we love at risk.  We can handle a great deal more than that, and come through the other side and celebrate together again.  Apologies for the ramble...  Something in your words hit me someplace deep when I wasn't looking.  Thank You Gene1973.  You made me smile this morning.

Edited September 2, 2020 by cwater10

[JoshAllenHasBigHands]

6 minutes ago, Mickey said:

Despite their other health issues they would not be dead had it not been for covid. Its like a cancer patient who dies from pneumonia. 

Yeah, but in this example its the pneumonia that is the equivalent of COVID. When that person dies, would you say the Cancer or the COVID killed them? 

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

11 hours ago, SDS said:

can we just grow up and lose the bills mafia schtick?

 

exactly that,  these people have no idea what the mafia is.  

 

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