There has been a lot of talk over the past few days about the Buffalo Bills playing a pre-season game in Toronto next year, then playing regular season games in each of the subsequent years. On talk radio they have been predicting that with the games in Toronto, that the Bills will move to Toronto.
There is just one problem with this scenario. Toronto holds no value in the American television market. The NFL is run on US television contracts, not gate revenue. Wehn ever there is a game played in the NFL, every owner has broken even before one fanny is in a seat. All the gate and concession is additional revenue that goes right into the owners pockets.
Putting a team in Toronto doesn't address the television revenue. A team in Toronto doesn't address any streams of revenue that would happen if a team was in Los Angeles, San Antonio, or if the league could get over the gambling aspect of the sport Las Vegas. A team is worth more in any of those markets rather than Toronto.
I would love to see a team in Toronto so I could be closer to a game than Buffalo, but simply because of revenue streams, it won't happen.
Now for my weeklys picks, Guarantees are in all caps:
Buffalo +3 (Going to the game, write about tailgate on Monday)
Let's start off with a story that made me just scratch my head. Lions Receiver Roy Williams says he is a cheap person. He said on a Detroit radio station that when he goes out on a date, he goes to McDonald's and if the girl is lucky, she will get some cheese on her burger. He also stated that when he has pizza delivered that, the delivery guy knows that the trip was completely on the driver, I'm paraphrasing.
How can someone make so much money and be so skimpy when it comes to tipping. Remember it is not a city in China or any other country you have heard of. It is a way to say to a person without actually saying "Thank You for your service".
Whenever I go out to a restaurant, I always leave a 20% tip at least, and then I go up from there. That reminds of a story about Jonathan Ogden, Tackle for the Ravens bought steak at a grocery store and they wouldn't accept his coupon, and he became angry. NEWS FLASH Ogden, you make millions of dollars, you don't need to berate someone who won't accept your coupon, you pick up your food, pay full price and smile doing it.
NFL playeres need to let go of the purse strings a little bit. You have money you haven't ever seen yet and you worry about a few dollars. Grow up, you are not in the third grade anymore.
Now that those thougths are off of my mind, time for the picks for Week 4. Pretty good last week, a respectable 10-6. This week I give you four guarantees instead of the normal two. Just feeling good. 100% on guarantees this season, remember guarantees are all in caps:
