# Jim Kelly - new owner of Bills?
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [November 3, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557 "2008-11-03T19:17:27Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@speedster](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/speedster)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/1 "2008-11-03T19:17:27Z")
its possible…
> **[JIM KELLY WANTS TO BUY THE BILLS](http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2008/11/02/jim-kelly-wants-to-buy-the-bills/)**
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> With the family of the only owner in Bills history already making it known that they won’t keep the team after Ralph Wilson (now 90 years old) passes on, Peter King of NBC reports that Buffal…
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### Author:  [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 7:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/2 "2008-11-03T19:24:30Z")
He would need a group of investors. The NFL doesn’t like group purchases.
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### Author:  [@llink78](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/llink78)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 7:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/3 "2008-11-03T19:33:11Z")
yea and really old news
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/4 "2008-11-03T19:34:55Z")
> [@Beck](#):
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> He would need a group of investors. The NFL doesn’t like group purchases.
Yup. There is no fucking way he could afford to buy it for himself. And it wasn’t exactly hidden that he has been trying to gather investors in recent years so that he can keep the team here if Wilson dies and the team leaves.
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### Author:  [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 7:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/5 "2008-11-03T19:37:07Z")
> [@Paulo](#):
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> Yup. There is no fucking way he could afford to buy it for himself. And it wasn’t exactly hidden that he has been trying to gather investors in recent years so that he can keep the team here if Wilson dies and the team leaves.
The NFL would no-way in hell allow him to purchase a team, even with a group of investors. It’s easier to sway decisions upon a team’s owner when it’s just one guy. Plus you need BILLIONS in working capital.
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/6 "2008-11-03T19:46:28Z")
I understand that. I’m just saying that his intentions are well known.
I honestly don’t see this team leaving. At least I’m praying they don’t…
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### Author:  [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 7:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/7 "2008-11-03T19:47:14Z")
> [@Paulo](#):
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> I understand that. I’m just saying that his intentions are well known.
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> I honestly don’t see this team leaving. At least I’m praying they don’t…
They will. I’m okay with that. I’ll just start rootin’ for the Giants.
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 7:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/8 "2008-11-03T19:48:42Z")
haha. FUCK THAT.
I wonder if all the commentators I hear saying that playing in the Ralph is quite a bit different than other places because of the fans is true.
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### Author:  [@turbo\_ls1\_ss](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/turbo_ls1_ss)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/9 "2008-11-03T19:52:42Z")
when did beck get so business savvy? lol
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/10 "2008-11-03T19:53:41Z")
> [@turbo ls1 ss](#):
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> when did beck get so business savvy? lol
Apparently he made a deal with the devil (AKA Howie) to get back on NYSpeed, and that came with the agreement.
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### Author:  [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/11 "2008-11-03T19:54:12Z")
> [@turbo ls1 ss](#):
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> when did beck get so business savvy? lol
Since I started shitting instead of just sitting on the pot. :mamoru:
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### Author:  [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 7:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/12 "2008-11-03T19:55:00Z")
> [@Paulo](#):
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> Apparently he made a deal with the devil (AKA Howie) to get back on NYSpeed, and that came with the agreement.
There were a few stipulations when Howie came to me. This was not one of them. However, there was a gram or two of coke involved.
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 7:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/13 "2008-11-03T19:57:08Z")
I believe it. Ever see that guy drink? lol
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### Author:  [@BOBBYGRV](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BOBBYGRV)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/14 "2008-11-03T19:59:11Z")
> [@Beck](#):
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> There were a few stipulations when Howie came to me. This was not one of them. However, there was a gram or two of coke involved.
so you blew coke off each others boners and called it even?
ontopic, i heard about this a while ago. channel 4 did a special on it and they even said golisano is looking to buy them too.
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### Author:  [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 7:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/15 "2008-11-03T19:59:47Z")
packers are owned by investors… but that was a long time ago that they were bought
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### Author:  [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 8:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/16 "2008-11-03T20:00:29Z")
> [@95LS1t](#):
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> packers are owned by investors… but that was a long time ago
EDIT - they are owned by the community (investors).
And are the only non-profit professional sports team in the US apparently. Interesting.
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### Author:  [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/17 "2008-11-03T20:01:49Z")
> [@bobbyg1243](#):
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> so you blew coke off each others boners and called it even?
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> ontopic, i heard about this a while ago. channel 4 did a special on it and they even said golisano is looking to buy them too.
After Golisano’s experience with the Sabre’s I highly doubt he’d be willing to sink million’s into another Buffalo franchise. Forget that their market value has increased 75%, he has a political agenda now. Not to mention, to lock up millions into a football franchise in a shaky economy is a bad business move. He got the Sabre’s cheap. He won’t get the Bills that way.
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### Author:  [@dirtye30](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dirtye30)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 8:01pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/18 "2008-11-03T20:01:54Z")
ship em to TO at least we wont have to worry about blackouts :gotme:
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### Author:  [@Beck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Beck)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 8:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/19 "2008-11-03T20:05:53Z")
> [@95LS1t](#):
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> packers are owned by investors… but that was a long time ago that they were bought
A real long time ago. The NFL loves people like Jerry Jones because as far as the NFL is concerned…he cares more about winning than a corporation or group of people who would care more about share holders and monetary values. NFL ownership groups are limited to 25 people, and the majority owner has to own 30%. That’s a lot of cheese.
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### Author:  [@deebo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/deebo)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2008, 8:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/jim-kelly-new-owner-of-bills/57557/20 "2008-11-03T20:10:23Z")
> [@Paulo](#):
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> EDIT - they are owned by the community (investors).
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> And are the only non-profit professional sports team in the US apparently. Interesting.
yeah i read somewhere that no one who actually invested in the team ever made any money lol
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