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Blame it on Buffalo....

So it is with great joy that we can unite all Claymores Fans together to focus our distaste at the Bills (Even the Editor's Brother who is a Massive Bills fan) for stealing our great hope at QB for the 1997 Season. They took Jim Ballard and they wont give him back....

We aren't saying that the Claymores will turn in anothere campaign similar to the nightmare of 1995, but if they do... We all know who to blame. And if the Claymores do succeed in winning the World Bowl again, we can all give thanks to the Miami Dolphins Spence Fischer even if he does not throw a pass in the WLAF.

To put it Bluntly (which is the whole point of these pages).. Buffalo can't win (Superbowls for example). We can blame them if we lose and give praise to others (like Miami) when we win.

But there is a problem with all this one which is a serious point. Because Buffalo decide to sign Jim Ballard we are deprived of a class player. So what do we get in compensation? Er nothing, Buffalo haven't even allocated ANY players to the WLAF. Whats worse is that Ballard had been paraded all round Scotland and in all the Claymores promotions as our Star Returning World Bowl Winning QB. Now all of a sudden we have a question mark at QB and the PR department of the Claymores have egg on their face. How on earth is Coach Criner to cope with this when he was planning his entire team around Ballard?

Buffalo have reaped the benefits of the WLAF (not for the first time - their starting punter is ex WLAF) and yet there is not ONE Buffalo Allocation Player this season. Sound fair to you?

So okay Buffalo are happy. But what about the Rest of the NFL? Certain teams are still hostile to the very existance of the WLAF because of Money. Don't the NFL realise that the it's the game that matters NOT the money? Well that's the problem all to often teams and owners look at the bottom line... money. They want what no fan has - a payment from watching a team. They own the team, they earn from the team, and the fans who give over the money don't get a say.

Perhaps it's time the NFL was forced to wake up a little to the needs of the fans and not aim for their wallets. We want a good game to watch and we want to support our teams.

Doug Adamson