Quote:Has anyone seen why the family does not want to take over the team?

 

The inheritance tax would be prohibitive. 

 

Nobody in his family expressed any interest in assuming control when he was still alive.  It was always expected that once he died, the team would be sold.  I would expect to see this thing buttoned up fairly quickly. 

 

My guess is the team finds a new owner willing to continue to play in Buffalo for a specific time frame to see if the market can continue to support it long term, similar to what we have here under Khan and the 5 year deal he made with Weaver.

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