Buffalo Rising Online

Forbes is looking at this from the wrong angle because the most miserable sports cities are those without professional sports franchises. There is a risk with having your city and reputation associated with a professional sports team, we have to recognize that burden and takes steps to improve it. We are insecure about the future of our teams in Buffalo because we know that there is a long list of cities who are waiting in line to buy a pro franchise. To me the list of pathetic sports cities are those that have to live vicariously off other cities and their teams, followed by those with professional teams that are unable to fill seats. Take a look at any professional baseball stadium during the regular season, more than a third of the seats are empty, same with hockey and football stadiums. The Bills and Sabres do a good job of filling seats, especially when they are winning. I think that we have a good base of very passionate fans who are patiently waiting for us to finally make the right moves to win a championship. Keep the coaching staff for the Bills intact for a few seasons, sign some franchise players, and we will see our reputation improve with other cities. I think that one of our local problems with the Bills and Sabres is that we hold our collective esteem in their success or failure. We need to get past that, build esteem from the tangible elements of Buffalo, and work together to sell this to the rest of the world. Living in DC, I found that almost no one cared about the Redskins, Caps, and Nationals.

First of all, Atlanta has The Braves in baseball, I believe they are in the thick of things every year and have a few World Series wins during thier stint in Atlanta.

I think the most dissapointment I have felt in a Buffalo team was this years' Sabres. This was so avoidable had the Sabre's owner and management decided to invest in their team and players the same way the people of Buffalo invested in their team and players. Sabre management and owner were swooping up season ticket holders at God fosaken prices.

This was a complete rip off for the people who thought the team was going to be invested in if they invested in the team. Kind of like Enron emplyees (to a small extent)...

This type of article is the lowest form of "journalism" and ranks even lower than a "People" exclusive on the size of Rosie O'Donnell's ass dimples. With all of the things going on in world of finance and business I am left wondering how this article made it to press and what Andrew Farrell and Tom Van Riper did to piss off the Editor in Chief so much that they were assigned to re-write this regurgitated bullshit?

Sabres and Bills are always competitive, just not at the same times, but we always have hope and something to root for.

I consider that better than having nothing at all.

The AFL titles have to count for something.....

I think the #3 ranking is perfect - our sports teams can't even take 1st place in THAT.

the sabres and Bills may have squashed our dreams but at least we still have our third franchise to give us hope.....oh no....say it aint so Baby Joe.

I think we were screwed out of our rightful #1 position