Nothing like opening up today’s Buffalo News, reading about the Bills and getting my blood to boil.

The Old Geezer chimes in about his team’s plans to play one game a year in Toronto, and how it is a done deal and all set for the next five seasons. Yeah, I had a problem with this whole idea when it was first announced, like who was going to reimburse the taxpayers of Erie County for the loss of revenues and the positive financial impact that comes to the community from each home game. Evidently nobody among our elected officials raised this issue, so it must be OK with everybody… hey… who needs sales tax revenue, bed tax from those filled hotel rooms, when you can just give away a game and play it up in Toronto.

Then the Old Geezer has the nerve to blurt out this comment:

“When I was making the presentation to the owners, I said, ‘I’m tired of standing on a street corner with a tin cup asking you guys to support us,’ ” Wilson said.

Tin cup? TIN CUP??? You rotten piece of crap! You have made hundreds upon hundreds of millions on the backs of this community in your life. You held this community hostage in the 70s, threatening to move to Seattle unless you got us to build you a stadium to your liking. When Congress forced the NFL to change the rules on home game blackouts, YOU were one of the stalwarts who didn’t want ANY home games broadcast on TV. Heaven forbid you lose even one sale on a $6 beer or a $4 bottle of water from a no show. You sent Vince Tobia into bars and restaurants to terrorize and extort them because they had the audacity to beam your games via satellite. You tried to extend your extortion racket into bars in Canada but got skunked at the border. And now you have the nerve to talk about a TIN CUP? Maybe you need to spend one night sleeping the streets or a homeless shelter to understand what real poverty is like.

When asked about the future of the Bills in Buffalo, a subject which is at the heart of raw nerves and anxiety for many here in Buffalo, the Old Geezer replies:

Wilson, asked about the fears of Bills fans that this might be the first step in losing the team to Toronto, said, “They can think whatever they want. I can’t speculate the future.”

Nice answer, Old Geezer. Thank you for assuaging all of our concerns about our football team. Since you will be raking in all that revenue in Canadian currency, make sure you trade it all in for $1000 notes, which are still available in Canada. That way you will be able to cram that much more loot in your coffin when you meet your maker.

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