Beyond the Xs and Os : keeping the Bills in Buffalo / Mark C. Poloncarz.

Includes index.

"Beyond the X's and O's is the previously unpublished story of how a long-term stadium lease was negotiated and signed by New York's Erie County, the state, and the Buffalo Bills football team. Told by Mark C. Poloncarz, the elected executive of the community that owned the stadium, we are given a rare glimpse into the long, difficult, but ultimately rewarding effort to successfully conclude negotiations between an NFL franchise, the National Football League, and a multitude of players from the political arena including Governor Andrew Cuomo and US Senator Chuck Schumer. Poloncarz discusses the financial side of sports and reveals how the county was able to navigate what proved to be often turbulent waters. Complicating negotiations was an on-going frenzy in the local news media, hungry for any news about the new lease, and Bills team owner Ralph C. Wilson Jr., who was 92 and had said the team would be sold upon his death. In the end a new lease was signed and the Bill remained in Buffalo at time when a number of other cities watched their teams relocate to other cities"-- Provided by publisher

The stadium in Orchard Park and the 1998 lease agreement -- Starting from scratch -- The first meeting -- Finding the right team -- Viability = D x P3 -- C -- Enter Populous -- G4 or 4G? -- Should I stay or should I go? -- Percoco -- The more things change, the more they remain the same -- At least they fed us -- The letter -- Thank God we got Schumed! -- It's pronounced like the bread -- They want a what? -- Well those were a crazy few days -- The $400 million bomb -- Detroit -- Sandy and troubles at home -- In the red zone -- They might as well go now if that is the case -- I probably just lied to the media -- Touchdown -- I think I made Jerry Sullivan speechless -- The legislative interlude -- Blue Tick Hounds.

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