RIP Ralph Wilson

[pseudo]

Wealth, honor and fame, long life, but he never won a Super Bowl. Sports can be cruel. RIP.

PS: If Wilson wanted the Bills to stay in Buffalo, I have to assume his will has some arrangement through which that is assured.

Strange story in Buffalo News: Team will be placed in trust for time being (which seems standard), then sold. He did not leave it to anyone in his family (inheritance tax issue?).

http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/bills-nfl/what8217s-next-for-the-bills-for-now-the-team-will-be-controlled-by-a-trust-20140325

The family will inherit, but the only child who might have been interested in trying to keep the team, Linda Bogdan, predeceased him.

Other answers: Renovations on the stadium started right after the last game of the season. Pressbox is gutted (moving to corner of endzone.)

The Toronto game in 2014 was canceled, but the agreement is still in place for future years ... for now. That will most likely change once they work out a settlement (presumably involving a refund from the team to Rogers). Bills were 1-5 in regular-season games north of the border, including a galling OT loss to Atlanta last season that effectively ended any shot at a .500 record.

Today's Buffalo News A-1 and special section: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152219352008941.1073741868.105888478940&type=1

The man who presented Wilson's case for HOF enshrinement at the voters' meeting, Mark Gaughan, wrote the BN obit:
http://www.buffalonews.com/sports/ralph-wilson-founder-and-owner-of-the-buffalo-bills-dies-at-95-20140325

 

[Boom_70]

Would seem like a natural that The Rich Family take over.

 

[YankeeFan]

Would seem like a natural that The Rich Family take over.

Or Golisano.

 

[Boom_70]

Would seem like a natural that The Rich Family take over.

Or Golisano.

Or Jacobs family.

 

[micropolitan guy]

Or the Magaddino family. They'd have a unique way of getting rid of players.