Buffalo Bills fans jumped into action with a petition calling for New York Governor Andrew Cuomo to stay away from the stadium almost as soon as the team announced that spectators would be allowed to watch the upcoming AFC playoff game in person.
Now, it looks like the fans have had their way. Cuomo announced that he would not be attending the game.
Cuomo initially claimed that he was excited to attend the playoff. “I’m going to take my test, I’m going to be out there to watch the game with you, and we look forward to it,” the New York governor said.
But fans quickly launched the petition entitled, “Ban Andrew Cuomo from Buffalo Bills Stadium playoff games,” only a few days ago, and it quickly garnered more than 41, 000 of its sought after 50,000 signatures.
The fan-led effort was most annoyed that Cuomo claimed to have the