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19 minutes ago, Night Train said:

 Major sports leagues selling out to the gambling dollar was a mistake. Now involvement of players, refs, major gamblers in relation to many post game results will always be questioned.  

I agree, but I don't think they care.  As long as the dollars keep coming in (and gambling appears to be adding a LOT of dollars), and the owners aren't arrested and going to jail, I don't think most of them care at all about ethics, what is right or wrong, the integrity of the sport.  

Owners want to make money first, win second (for bragging rights over the other billionair owners). For the majority of them I don't think they care how they do either of those.

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14 hours ago, Night Train said:

 Major sports leagues selling out to the gambling dollar was a mistake. Now involvement of players, refs, major gamblers in relation to many post game results will always be questioned.  

I don’t know it depends how you look at it. Without casino gambling the Buffalo Bills wouldn’t be getting that new Bills stadium. You realize the Senaca casino settlement with New York State over taxes is what New York State gave over $500 million plus dollars towards funding the new Bills stadium. No sports gambling no new Bills stadium. And don’t kid yourself it went into Terry Pegula’s stadium which goes into his pocket without it the Bills would be moved. Where do you think when the state gets around to renovating Key Bank Center that the state are getting that money? Most likely gambling tax money from Western New York. I could see the Senacas as one of many possible owners Buffalo Sabres/Buffalo Bandits owners at some point. Terry Pegula is 73 years old he isn’t going to be around forever and now with Kim Pegula not a possiblity of running the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres anymore? No way the 5 Pegula children between two wives are going to agree on anything after Terry Pegula see what happened to the Philadelphia Athletics after Connie Mack passed away. So both the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres will be sold at some point.

I don’t think the Buffalo Bills are save able. Most think it’s the Buffalo Sabres leaving because the Sabres suck and the Bills are winning. But the NFL is very expensive and PSL’s are going to be the end of the Bills in Buffalo after the 15 year ironclad part of the new Bills stadium lease is up long term again hope I am wrong. Selling 62,000 PSL’s is a heavy lift for Buffalo and you can’t really make it work because of the lack of enough big corporations in Buffalo compared to a San Diego or even Oakland. I think at some point when the Bills are sold by the Pegula children they will be moved after the 15 year guarantee is up. The Buffalo Sabres have year round potential with an arena in the heart of downtown Buffalo. Plus the business model is different it requires less corporate boxes to sell for the Buffalo Sabres compared to the Buffalo Bills. Buffalo just doesn’t have the business model the NFL is moving forward with which is unfortunate. I hope I am wrong in my opinion. Go Bills! Go Sabres! Let’s Go Buffalo 

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