Buffalo Bills Kicker Tyler Bass Raises $400K For Kitten Adoption Center

With all the negativity floating around about NFL kickers, how about a story that everyone can get behind? Buffalo Bills kicker Tyler Bass helped raise over $400,000 for Ten Lives Club, a non-profit dedicated to finding homes for cats and kittens. 

Thanks to his work, the Ten Lives Club is creating the "Tyler Bass Adoption Center" in his honor. The team released a video on social media showing Bass with adorable kittens. Yeah, I said it.

I'm not going to pretend I'm not biased here, because I am. As a fellow "cat guy," there's nothing I appreciate more than a man who admits his love for the best creatures on the planet. 

Most people prefer dogs because dogs act like they care about you (they don't, you just give them food). But people have to earn attention, affection and respect from cats. It takes time and, in this instant-gratification era, most people just don't have the patience. 

That's too bad, because earning the love of a cat is one of the great joys in the world. I'm happy to see that Tyler Bass understands that. 

Buffalo Bills kicker Tyler Bass helped raise over $400,000 for a non-profit dedicated to finding homes for kittens.

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This is also a very savvy move by Bass. The last time we saw the Bills kicker on the field was during the Divisional Round matchup with the Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs. 

Bass had a chance to tie the game with a 44-yard field goal late in the fourth quarter. Unfortunately, he pushed the kick wide right, conjuring images of Scott Norwood for Bills fans. Those are not happy images in Buffalo. 

Bass received so many negative messages on social media that he went completely dark. Having a video posted to social media of him with kittens, showing that he helped raise $400,000 to save cats is the ultimate marketing move. Kudos all around, Mr. Bass.