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[duvaldude08]

Buffalo also has the disadvantage of being a two-sport marketplace since they have the Sabres too.  It's almost unfathomable to think that Buffalo lobbied for MLB and for getting the NBA back in the 90s.

They do have the advantage of being able to draw some secondary market support from Rochester, Erie, and even Syracuse.

Buffalo was historically a much larger city, proportionately, than it is now. The metro area had more people in the 60s than it does today, while other regions have leapfrogged it. As a football market, they're also competing throughout upstate New York with the Giants and Jets. However, they benefit from a totally rabid pro football culture, and the Toronto game seems to be paying off for them. But regardless of everything else the ownership issue is going to hang over every decision anyone makes.

Actually the Toronto series has been doing terrible. They keep renewing the contracts, but the attendance and interest in toronto games have been not fared very well. IF Im not mistakenly, this year the attendance was really bad. Nothing against the Bills of course, just wanted to bring that up. Heres an article about the 2013 game only bringing in a crowd of over 39000.

[Tacachale]

^The stadium only holds about 45k and it's in terrible shape, and of course team is in terrible shape as well. Either way the series has still be very lucrative for the Bills and has generated interest for the team in Ontario. Removing one home game at Ralph Wilson also takes some pressure off the sales team and sponsors.

[I-10east]

Buffalo was historically a much larger city, proportionately, than it is now. The metro area had more people in the 60s than it does today, while other regions have leapfrogged it.

Yup. According to wiki, in the 1950 Buffalo had a city population of 580,132; It shrunk in 2010 all the way down to 270,240. That's a 53.4% decrease, wow.

http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Shrinking_cities_in_the_United_States

[Tacachale]

^To be clear, a lot of that is flight from the core city to the suburbs, which happened almost everywhere. However, in the 1970 census Buffalo's metropolitan population was 1,349,211 and it was the 22nd largest metro. By 2010 it had dropped to 1,135,509, making it the 50th largest metro. During the same period, Atlanta had just jumped Buffalo in size in 1970, with a population of 1,840,280 (making it the 20th largest metro area). In 2010 it had 5,268,860 people (9th largest). For reference, Jacksonville went from 621,827 in 1970 to 1,345,596 in 2010, also leapfrogging Buffalo.

[Tacachale]

For an idea of how that matter for sports, in 1970 the NFL had 26 teams, after merging with the AFL. Buffalo was the 22nd largest metropolitan area in the country and had previously been higher (it was 13th or 14th for the first half of the 20th century). It was already the fourth smallest NFL market, ahead of New Orleans, Denver, and Green Bay. Today there are 32 teams, and Buffalo is the 49th largest metro area. Only Green Bay is smaller, and they have the benefit of drawing from Milwaukee (which is bigger than Buffalo) and elsewhere. In 1970 the NFL's average home  attendance was 52,381 over 7 games; today it's 64,698 over 8 home games.

[KenFSU]

Incognito tweeted the below apology to Jonathon Martin.

What a guy:

"I would like to send Jonathan my apologies as well. Until someone tells me different you are still my brother. No hard feelings "

SO relieved that he doesn't have any hard feelings toward the teammate that he literally bullied out of the NFL.

[thelakelander]

Evidently it was just Incognito and Martin wasn't the only guy in the locker room on the receiving end. He's just the one that snapped.

[I-10east]

The Bucs changed their helmets. They decided to go back with old creamsicle 'Bucco Bruce".

www.bucsnation.com/2014/2/20/5431728/buccaneers-new-logo-and-helmet-revealed

[I-10east]

^^^Just kidding, it's basically an over-sized logo, with some minor details.

[thelakelander]

You had me for a second. I'm glad this isn't coming back.


http://www.sptimes.com/2007/11/13/images/large/Sports_sp_rail_2226748.jpg

[JayBird]

Teddy Bridgewater will throw at his March 17 pro day, says "I feel that I'm the best QB in this draft"

~From ESPN

[I-10east]

Jadeveon Clowney prefers to play for the Falcons.

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/02/23/clowney-wants-falcons-to-trade-up-for-him/

[BridgeTroll]

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/02/20/bucs-unveil-new-helmet-logo/

Bucs unveil new helmet, logo

Posted by Mike Florio on February 20, 2014, 9:20 PM EST


When the Buccaneers acknowledged that a new helmet and logo will be introduced, some (or at least one . . . and you know who you are) hoped that Bucco Bruce would be making a return, in some form or fashion.

Bucco Bruce won't be back.

The Bucs have unveiled a slightly revised logo that takes up a much greater piece of real estate on a darker helmet, with a chrome face mask.

"This is an exciting day for the entire Buccaneers organization as we begin the process of introducing our new look by revealing an enhanced logo and new helmet design," Buccaneers co-chairman Edward Glazer said in a team-issued release.  "The enhanced logo is much larger and portrays a more intimidating presence, while the chrome facemask is the first used by an NFL team.  This is the first alteration to our logo and helmet since the previous redesign 17 years ago and we believe it sets the stage for our transition into this new, exciting era of Buccaneers football."

The new uniform that goes with the new helmet and new logo will be unveiled on March 5.  We've got a feeling that the full ensemble will make Bucco Bruce pee a little.

[Keith-N-Jax]

Looks nice

[I-10east]

The Bucs unveiled their new unis. The numbers look pretty weird IMO. I'm not quite sure what I think of them overall; I kinda like them, then again I'm kinda like eek! LOL. IMO that helmet logo looks way too big, like a garrison pirate flag or something.

http://news.sportslogos.net/2014/03/tampa-bay-buccaneers-unveil-new-uniforms/