(01-05-2018, 05:58 PM)Bills Guy Wrote:

(01-05-2018, 05:37 PM)Jaguarmeister Wrote: I don't need any of that.  All I need to see is despite the millennial growth, the city is still losing in net population year over year.  Ignorant is ignoring that fact and claiming everything is rosey.  If the Pegulas, whom I'm sure are committed to Buffalo every bit as much as you say, ever face a choice of staying and not filling the stadium or moving and being profitable, they're either going to move or sell to someone who will.  I'm not saying it's happening in 5 years, but if you go out on a long enough time line and follow the population trend, the team won't be there at some point unless something drastically changes.  Also, how many of those new millennials are loyal to the Bills and the city of Buffalo and how many are just there because their job took them there?

A couple of things, the overwhelming majority of those people are from Buffalo originally. We all used to go away to college and never come back. Now, they are coming back. The net population is declining by like 1% but that is old people dying off and now young people are starting families. This is all within the last decade. It isn’t all heading in the right direction.

The Bills will never be in jeopardy of moving. The fan base is extremely loyal as is the ownership. He paid $1.4B in cash for the team. He hasn’t asked for a dime. He just put $25M into the clubs of his own money. This isn’t typical ownership. The ownership mirrors the fan base. He isn’t a fan first. That doesn’t mean that he’s will revolutionize ownership. Most people agree that he isn’t terribly bright. He owned a bunch of land and they found oil. With that being said you won’t ever see a situation where the team moves. This wasn’t as much of a business investment as it was a civic investment. As he said when he bought the Sabres, “If I want to make money I’ll drill another well.” 

The offer stands though at 1,000 to 1.

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