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Ralph Wilson Further Upset by NFL

He's absolutely right.

The new CBA is going to drive teams like Buffalo, Detroit, Cincinnati, Jacksonville and Oakland out of town eventually if it becomes the long-term model for how NFL revenue is distributed.

The Bills are the most fragile team at the moment, because they come from an economically depressed area whose corporate community is at significant risk now. They have competition from Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Cincinnati for fans and their name brand value is lower by far than the Steelers and the Browns, both of whom have relatively new and modern facilities.

The X-factor in a franchise like the Bills survivability is how much they are a business and how much they are a family concern run in cooperation with the community. Ralph Wilson is a Buffalo man through and through. He'd never move the Bills. His heirs and assigns would get maybe a million dollars a year in revenue out of operating the Bills in Buffalo or $180 million dollars up front for selling the team in Buffalo, or $500 million for selling the team to LA.

Which option do you think they are going to pick when the old man gos?
 
Br4dw4y5ux said:
He's absolutely right.

The new CBA is going to drive teams like Buffalo, Detroit, Cincinnati, Jacksonville and Oakland out of town eventually if it becomes the long-term model for how NFL revenue is distributed.

The Bills are the most fragile team at the moment, because they come from an economically depressed area whose corporate community is at significant risk now. They have competition from Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Cincinnati for fans and their name brand value is lower by far than the Steelers and the Browns, both of whom have relatively new and modern facilities.

The X-factor in a franchise like the Bills survivability is how much they are a business and how much they are a family concern run in cooperation with the community. Ralph Wilson is a Buffalo man through and through. He'd never move the Bills. His heirs and assigns would get maybe a million dollars a year in revenue out of operating the Bills in Buffalo or $180 million dollars up front for selling the team in Buffalo, or $500 million for selling the team to LA.

Which option do you think they are going to pick when the old man gos?
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Selling the team to LA would suck for the City of Buffalo, the city needs the Bills! I hate the team and its fans (in a harmless rivalry manner) but would hate to see the devastation a move would cause. I picture what would happen if the Fins left town........:boohoo:
 
opfinistic said:
Selling the team to LA would suck for the City of Buffalo, the city needs the Bills! I hate the team and its fans (in a harmless rivalry manner) but would hate to see the devastation a move would cause. I picture what would happen if the Fins left town........:boohoo:
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For now the Dolpins are safe due to their high name brand value for marketing and for their ability to tap a sizeable south Florida tourist market for extra revenue.

Buffalo is just waiting for the blow to fall.
 
Br4dw4y5ux said:
For now the Dolpins are safe due to their high name brand value for marketing and for their ability to tap a sizeable south Florida tourist market for extra revenue.

Buffalo is just waiting for the blow to fall.
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A guy named Tom Golisano might have something to say about that.

And he's got the deep pockets to do the talking.
 
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