Buffalo Bills and Sabres owner Kim Pegula was appointed to the state’s re-opening advisory board on Tuesday. Gov. Andrew Cuomo is assembling a group to help with the re-opening of the state when the ongoing coronavirus pandemic situation begins to improve.
Along with Pegula, other sports owner within the state, such as New York Mets COO Jeff Wilpon and New York Knicks and Rangers CEO James Dolan, were also appointed to the board.
Involving sports ownership within the state sounded like an easy decision for the state’s leader.
“If players could get paid more than staying home, and owners could get some revenue versus total shutdown… why not?” Cuomo said.
Cuomo, who also expressed a personal interest for missing sports, did not update any sort of time frame in regard to the re-opening sports within the state. The most recent form of timeline provided by Cuomo was on Monday. When asked if the Bills had a possibility of starting their typical training camp in Rochester in July, Cuomo responded such a decision wouldn’t come until “the end of June.”
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