LGR4GM Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 Part of me hopes an owner interested in keeping the Bills in Buffalo but not Pegula buys the team just so there is some diverity in regards to WNY's incoming money. TP already has a big head in the Buffalo economy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LabattBlue Posted July 30, 2014 Report Share Posted July 30, 2014 If true I'm putting on my wife's lipstick, best dress and ###### me pumps and terry can have his way with me. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wyldnwoody44 Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Bon Jovi's hopes of buying the bills = living on a prayer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Haha, from reddit: http://i.imgur.com/hnr07YF.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrico Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Ignoring the bills for a second, from a sabres perspective, would tp buying the bills be a good thing, negative thing or neutral? Some positives include an nfl team bringing in huge revenues he could possibly redirect to the sabres. However money hasn't been an issue so far. Negative includes this taking his full attention away from the sabres organization. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoss Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Ignoring the bills for a second, from a sabres perspective, would tp buying the bills be a good thing, negative thing or neutral? Some positives include an nfl team bringing in huge revenues he could possibly redirect to the sabres. However money hasn't been an issue so far. Negative includes this taking his full attention away from the sabres organization. Isn't that what everybody seems to want? His attention away from the team? He could just sign whatever comes across his desk and everybody would be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Ignoring the bills for a second, from a sabres perspective, would tp buying the bills be a good thing, negative thing or neutral? Some positives include an nfl team bringing in huge revenues he could possibly redirect to the sabres. However money hasn't been an issue so far. Negative includes this taking his full attention away from the sabres organization. He could trade CJ Spiller and Sammy Watkins for the first overall pick in next year's NHL draft. Looks good to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom webster Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Ignoring the bills for a second, from a sabres perspective, would tp buying the bills be a good thing, negative thing or neutral? Some positives include an nfl team bringing in huge revenues he could possibly redirect to the sabres. However money hasn't been an issue so far. Negative includes this taking his full attention away from the sabres organization. In spite of what some people think, the Sabres are not his only business or private interest. The Bills will just be another part of his portfolio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eleven Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 In spite of what some people think, the Sabres are not his only business or private interest. The Bills will just be another part of his portfolio. Stop it. He spends every waking moment micro-managing the Sabres and you know it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrico Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 He could trade CJ Spiller and Sammy Watkins for the first overall pick in next year's NHL draft. Looks good to me. For the last time , nobody's trading away the mcdavid pick!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Flagg Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 For the last time , nobody's trading away the mcdavid pick!! I could see a majority of the Carolinas, or Arizona, among others, being more than happy gaining those two for that pick... :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrico Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 I could see a majority of the Carolinas, or Arizona, among others, being more than happy gaining those two for that pick... :P If they weren't in the same division in both sports I could see boston. Imagin Brady throwing to Watkins?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Just saw it reported on espn. Three bids entered: Bon Jovi, Pegula, and Trump. According to their sources Trump won't get into a bidding war because he's only in it to turn a profit, and because Pegula is so liked and Jovi isn't, the general consensus is that Pegula is the front-runner so far. If Pegula buys the Bills and keeps them here, I think it's safe to say the Trial of Terry Pegula is over with On the radio early this AM, I was hearing there were 10-14 preliminary bids submitted to Morgan Stanley. Any word on the source of the quote that there were only 3 bids? (Mainly getting at, are there really only 3 bids, or are there only three bidders that spoke to ESPN?) If there truly are only 3 bids, it's looking encouraging. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lanny Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 http://blogs.canoe.ca/krykslants/nfl/shocker-golisano-did-not-submit-a-bid-to-buy-the-bills-and-source-says-only-3-bids-received/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 http://blogs.canoe.ca/krykslants/nfl/shocker-golisano-did-not-submit-a-bid-to-buy-the-bills-and-source-says-only-3-bids-received/ Thanks. :beer: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKnowPhysics Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Toronto group can't match Pegula's first bid on Bills: Sources http://www.torontosun.com/2014/07/30/toronto-group-cant-match-pegulas-first-bid-on-bills-sources Figures that Pegula bid $1.3B Bon Jovi could only gather up to $1.0B and would be stretched to go higher Trump speculated to have bid anywhere from $0.7-1.1B. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfreeman Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Toronto group can't match Pegula's first bid on Bills: Sources http://www.torontosu...n-bills-sources Figures that Pegula bid $1.3B Bon Jovi could only gather up to $1.0B and would be stretched to go higher Trump speculated to have bid anywhere from $0.7-1.1B. Outstanding. In a related note: I was hanging out with some family members over the weekend who are from Toronto, and one of them asked me how I felt about Bon Jovi. Without thinking about it, I reflexively answered: "I hope he burns in hell." As scornful as I have been about the Bills' organization, they are still my team. GFY, JBJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Toronto group can't match Pegula's first bid on Bills: Sources http://www.torontosun.com/2014/07/30/toronto-group-cant-match-pegulas-first-bid-on-bills-sources Figures that Pegula bid $1.3B Bon Jovi could only gather up to $1.0B and would be stretched to go higher Trump speculated to have bid anywhere from $0.7-1.1B. Hopefully Kryk has the story correct. If he does, it looks like TP is well on his way to being Buffalo's non-undercapitalized Donner. :thumbsup: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
That Aud Smell Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 (edited) Fwiw, Tim Graham just tweeted: Tim Graham@ByTimGraham Two sources deeply plugged into the Bills sale process have told me every bid number that has been reported so far is wrong. Edited July 31, 2014 by That Aud Smell Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taro T Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Fwiw, Tim Graham just tweeted: Tim Graham@ByTimGraham Two sources deeply plugged into the Bills sale process have told me every bid number that has been reported so far is wrong. Hopefully the inconsistency/inaccuracies in the reports at least have the relative proportions right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrico Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 As someone living near T.O. I can safely say that I am with the majority that want the Bills to stay in Buffalo. The Toronto series was an utter failure and after attending two games I can say that I would MUCH rather make the trip down to Buffalo for the game. The drive really isn't that bad and the vast majority of the time the boarder isn't bad either (except American or Canadian thanksgiving, I'll never go to another Bills game either of those weekends.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Crotch Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 Fwiw, Tim Graham just tweeted: Tim Graham@ByTimGraham Two sources deeply plugged into the Bills sale process have told me every bid number that has been reported so far is wrong. I think this was always the case. The bidding process is highly secretive and tightly controlled by Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley certainly isn't going to disclose to the press private bidding information. Likely the only way the press can know anything is if one (or more) of the bidding parties publicly discloses their bid amount... and they have no real incentive to reveal their true bidding amount in doing so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LastPommerFan Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 (edited) I think this was always the case. The bidding process is highly secretive and tightly controlled by Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley certainly isn't going to disclose to the press private bidding information. Likely the only way the press can know anything is if one (or more) of the bidding parties publicly discloses their bid amount... and they have no real incentive to reveal their true bidding amount in doing so... Unless you are Terry Pegula, you know you out bid all the turdbags from Jersey, and you have ZFG. Then you tell the Buff News exactly how much money is in the safe you're about to drop on ###### Bon Jovi, Wyle E. Coyote style. Edited July 31, 2014 by Glass Case Of Emotion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrueBlueGED Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 As someone living near T.O. I can safely say that I am with the majority that want the Bills to stay in Buffalo. The Toronto series was an utter failure and after attending two games I can say that I would MUCH rather make the trip down to Buffalo for the game. The drive really isn't that bad and the vast majority of the time the boarder isn't bad either (except American or Canadian thanksgiving, I'll never go to another Bills game either of those weekends.) It may never be like WNY, but I think the whole experience would be much better if the Bills were Toronto's team. For example, I'd be far more excited if Blue Jays relocated to Buffalo than if they gave us a token game at the ballpark. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrico Posted July 31, 2014 Report Share Posted July 31, 2014 It may never be like WNY, but I think the whole experience would be much better if the Bills were Toronto's team. For example, I'd be far more excited if Blue Jays relocated to Buffalo than if they gave us a token game at the ballpark. Although this may be true. The only way they would make the experience close to what it's like in orchard park is if they relaxed the public drinking laws and built a nice new stadium that would have to be in the burbs. But even then I still wouldn't want to even imagine how high the avg ticket cost would be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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