Ralph Wilson passes

[BuffloSoldier]

Dead at 95. Member of the Foolish Club. Only owner that the Bills have ever known.

I'll start worrying about the future another day. Today's a day to keep things in perspective.

[brian]

Rough month for NFL owners from Detroit. Two oldest owners in the NFL pass within three weeks of each other.

[Jerloma]

Rough month for NFL owners from Detroit. Two oldest owners in the NFL pass within three weeks of each other.

Do we take over top spot then?

[Gunpowder]

Clicked this thread expecting to read that Stevie Johnson dropped it.

[bfj]

One of two NFL owners who voted against Baltimore getting another team.

[DC47]

Old school. Man of honor.

Without him, would Buffalo have a NFL team?

[The Sybian]

Clicked this thread expecting to read that Stevie Johnson dropped it.

I was going to make that joke. It looks like Jim Kelly isn't far behind.

[brian]

One of two NFL owners who voted against Baltimore getting another team.

You can definitely carry a grudge, I'll give you that.

[The Sybian]

One of two NFL owners who voted against Baltimore getting another team.

You can definitely carry a grudge, I'll give you that.

No kidding. Don't even get him started on Hitler.

[Jerloma]

One of two NFL owners who voted against Baltimore getting another team.

You can definitely carry a grudge, I'll give you that.

No kidding. Don't even get him started on Hitler.

Are you people still whining about that?

[bfj]

Are you people still whining about that?

Care to guess who the other owner was?

[bfj]

One of two NFL owners who voted against Baltimore getting another team.

You can definitely carry a grudge, I'll give you that.

Statute of limitations is 30 years (which is this week).

Not for Hitler though.

[Pruitt]

Gotta say that on balance, he was a pretty crappy owner.

I think he only really wanted to win after Levy came on board and he realized that he could still make money while paying for talent.

A "man of honour" certainly in relation to the other NFL owners, but this is a guy who used to make vague threats about leaving Buffalo in order to nickel and dime the county and state for everything from the construction of the stadium to every single improvement that has been done since.

I realize that others have been a lot worse, but Wilson would always threaten to move the team in order to get concessions.

In recent years, he reverted back to being the cheap owner who refused to pay for talented people to run his team. The result has been apparent on the field for the past two decades,

So, no mourning from here. Partially because this is a man who had a long and by most accounts happy life, Also because despite what people try to remember, he was not the benevolent man who did the city of Buffalo a favour. The city and state helped to make him a VERY wealthy man.

And he was a freemason.

[tennbengal]

Are you people still whining about that?

Care to guess who the other owner was?

It had to be Mike Brown.

[howard]

A "man of honour" certainly in relation to the other NFL owners…

it don't get fainter than that. I thought I needed a new monitor.

[howard]

Are you people still whining about that?

Care to guess who the other owner was?

It had to be Mike Brown.

Logic would dictate Little Lord Danny, or whomever owned the Racistskins at the time. So, I'm gonna guess Irsay.

[bfj]

Art Rooney is the answer.

Jack Kent Cooke owned the Skins at the time and didn't care at all. His season ticket waiting list was 10 years long at that point. He wasn't going to lose any fans if Baltimore got a team. Irsay was too drunk to know what he was voting on.

[howard]

Shit. Missed your tone as you were answering j-lo.

[Jerloma]

Yeah thanks...couldn't figure that out. (Although apparently TB and Doc were somehow stumped)

[Gunpowder]

So Art Rooney almost saved two lives and we're bashing him for this?

[howard]

(two lives--two zings!)

[bfj]

So Art Rooney almost saved two lives and we're bashing him for this?

Are YOU people still whining about that?

[Gunpowder]

So Art Rooney almost saved two lives and we're bashing him for this?

Are YOU people still whining about that?

Firstly, Jerloma was joking about Hitler, not Baltimore.

Secondly, what do you mean you people

[bfj]

So Art Rooney almost saved two lives and we're bashing him for this?

Are YOU people still whining about that?

Firstly, Jerloma was joking about Hitler, not Baltimore.

Secondly, what do you mean you people?




What do you people mean you people?

[The Sybian]

So Art Rooney almost saved two lives and we're bashing him for this?

Are YOU people still whining about that?

Firstly, Jerloma was joking about Hitler, not Baltimore.

Secondly, what do you mean you people

So it's OK to joke about the holocaust but not Steeler's fans? I'm done with this place.

[Gunpowder]

Barbaro and Hitler walk into a bar

[DSafetyGuy]

Barbaro and Hitler walk into a bar

Who's riding Hitler?