The Buffalo Bills are a Piece of Shit

by Steve

Is there a better way to give a big FUCK YOU to all your fans and the City of Buffalo/Eric County better than spurning the NFL's offer of lifting blackouts after 85% of non-premium seats are sold?
Didn't think so.

"We are not going to participate in the relaxed-manifest rule," chief executive officer Russ Brandon told The Buffalo News. "We are a volume-based business, and for us to be successful, we need to keep our ticket prices low and sell a greater number of tickets."

Their rationale for not accepting the "85% rule" is a bunch of horseshit.  "But but we would have lost up to $500,000 per season" $500k ??!?! Um, didn't Toronto pay you rich assholes $78 mil a couple years ago AND you just re-upped the 5 year whoring of a regular season game per season in Toronto.

Granted this doesn't effect me at all because I go to all the home games any way but this still pisses me off.  I would love to see a cost basis analysis of putting the games on tv (read: advertising revenue) vs losing $500k to adopt the new policy.

Furthermore, the new policy can be re-evaluated every year.  Why not try it out for one freakin' season, see what the reaction/result is and play it by ear?  Instead you jam your fan base and the whole reason because you think the threat of a blackout drives people to the ticket window in fear (show me the proof of that).

Oh but us tax payers will be there fist full of cash soon for the next lease agreement that you'll just be able to break when Ralph bites it and the franchise wants to be moved to L.A.

GFY Bills.