on that one. If it was to highlight the fact to the legislature that the Vikings aren’t going to renew the lease, there were better ways to go about doing it.

2 and 1/2 years to work out a solution and you have just given up. Nice! It’s attitudes like that that will allow the Vikings to move. The complacent, oh, someone else will get them, oh, what can we do, oh, maybe the politicians will do something, oh, uh, waaaah let me suck my thumb!

Go stick your head in the sand somewhere else!

I may no longer live in Minnesota, but I’ll be damned if I will go down without a fight. I have joined up the savethevikings.org and the Vikings stadium drive and have looked at anything else to join to make my voice heard. I have started emailing the morons in the capitol. Will they listen? Probably not since I am no longer living there, but at least I’m NOT backing down quietly and shouting to these jerks as loud as I can. And I do believe the majority of Minnesotans will as well.

However, too you and who ever else wants to go cry to Mommy and Daddy in the corner like a spoiled 4 year old who just got his candy stolen, go find another team to bandwagon behind and let the real fans and supporters of not only the Vikings but Minnesota as well take the lead and get the heads of the political hacks in St. Paul unstuck from the crap holes. Please move to L.A. and leave the Vikings to us.

now being played out on the political playfield.

The MSFC is showing ‘Blitz’…
Wilf and Co. just motioned Bagley to the left.

Time for an audible.

LA? Man they have everything, I mean they’ve got so much down there already. Plus the Chargers are not far away!

I prefer to think this is a couple’s dance….and they end up kissing and making up at the end of the dance….

Would be a REAL tearjerker otherwise….I hate UN happy endings…..

I think (And hope) that there will be a new stadium and both sides will end up spending more than they thought they would, but the Viking will stay in MN.

Do something about it. Savethevikes.org is a good place to start.

I hate the Vikings, but I don’t want them going anywhere. I kind of like having them around to stew over. How’s a self-respecting Packer fan supposed to get worked up about playing a team from LA?

This looks more like political maneuvering than a real sign they’re going to let them go. The city doesn’t want a dome without a tenant and they want to make sure that concern doesn’t get lost in the shuffle. For the politicians, this is all about not being the person who gets blamed for losing the team OR the person who gets blamed for spending the better part of a billion taxpayer dollars on a sporting facility in this economy.

I didn’t follow the politics behind the Twins deal, but this has always seemed like the tougher sell, because the Vikings haven’t always enjoyed the good will the Twins have. In Milwaukee (Brewers), the political process that eventually got the stadium built took 15 years or more. There were stops and starts and days it looked like they were gone for sure, and aside from the few die-hards on either side that were committed to their cause, most of the politicians were just trying to find a way to not lose their jobs in the aftermath by not casting the deciding vote one way or another.

It was sort of those nature shows where the penguins line up on the edge of the ice sheet hoping someone else would jump in first and get eaten by the sea leopard so the rest of them could get some lunch while the monster was busy eating someone else.

In the end, they crafted a bill that screwed the taxpayers in southeastern Wisconsin worse than it did the rest of the state, and representatives from Superior to Green Bay to Prairie du Chien jumped on board. The Milwaukee folks were in favor, of course, because they benefited the most. But Racine and Kenosha reps balked because they were footing the bill without getting the economic boost. In the end, a rep from Racine, George Petak, cast his vote in favor and the bill passed.

Petak lost his next reelection bid, because his constituents got the shaft in the deal, and because he was the guy everyone perceived as casting the deciding vote. I’m sure losing his political career sucked, but he managed to retire to a consulting business (which I’m just going to assume gets a lot of business from political types who are grateful for that vote), and he was feted as a hero when Miller Park opened. If he had voted no, someone else would have lost their job for losing the team.

They don’t think of it that way, I’m sure, but basically the pols in MN are just trying not to be George Petak.

Fans & Citizens To Rally At State Capitol Thursday, December 3rd From 2pm-6pm
Don’t hold back! Cause there’s a party over here, so you might as well be here, where the people care…
Don’t hold back! If you think about it too much, you may stumble, trip up, fall on your face…
Don’t hold back! It’s time that you get up, crunch time, like a sit up, come on keep pace…
Don’t hold back! Put apprehension on the back burner, let it sit, don’t even get it lit…
[Minnesota], you’re holding back, the time has come to… GALVANIZE!!! –the Chemical Brothers, Galvanize

So you say you bleed purple…

I’ve heard that phrase countless times through the years. Hell, I’ve said that countless times through the years.

"I bleed purple."

1998: I bled purple. More accurately, I cried purple at the hands of defeat and a premature knee, courtesy of Dennis Green and the Atlanta Falcons in the NFC Championship game.

"I bleed purple."

2001: I bled purple. The NY football Giants defeated my team, my Vikes, 41-0 in the NFC Championship game.

"I bleed purple."

2005: I bled purple. On February 25, Randy Moss was traded to the Oakland Raiders for Napoleon Harris and a few draft picks.

"I bleed purple"

I know I am not the only one who bled purple on those days. I know generations before me bled purple during fumbles that turned to interceptions, bad calls that cost us games, and, of course, lost Super Bowls.

But for every heartbreak, there are those times that keep us coming back: Tarkenton, Rashad, the Purple People Eaters, AC, Cunningham to Moss, Culpepper to Moss, Carter (‘cuz all he does is catch touchdown passes), Robert Smith, Moss’ lateral to Mo Williams, Chester Taylor and ADRIAN PETERSON, Kevin Williams, Pat Williams and Jared Allen, Percy Harvin, Antoine Winfield and Brett FAVRE!
But no previous amount of bleeding purple will even begin to match what I will bleed if we lose our team, our culture, our history, our major downtown economic source 10 Sundays a year. I know you will bleed too.

CITIZENS OF MINNESOTA & MINNESOTA VIKINGS FANS: THIS IS YOUR WAKE UP CALL!

Over the last 6 months my technical team and I have built a platform for you, the fan and citizen, to stand on and voice your opinion. Where the media wouldn’t give you a voice to express your sense of urgency, SavetheVikes.org has. When nobody wanted to start conversations about a stadium issue, SavetheVikes.org did. Where there was an opportunity to bring you a single source of answers around the Minnesota Vikings stadium issue, SavetheVikes.org delivered just that. SavetheVikes.org has given you, the Minnesota Vikings fans, the citizens of Minnesota and beyond, a conduit to the media, community and State Legislature to stand up and LET YOUR VOICE BE HEARD.

Now the time has come to put a face to that voice. I am asking all of you to bleed purple with me. I have invested thousands of dollars of my personal income to finance this effort. I am stretched just as thin as the rest of you. My technical team has spent countless sleepless nights making my vision a reality. We have bled purple, WILL YOU?
Will you leave work early to come and show your support at the Capitol? Will you make plans to have somebody pick up the kids so you can come to the Capitol on Thursday December 3rd? Will you prove to me, the State, the Minnesota Vikings and the NFL, that fan support isn’t just about joining a group on Facebook or pushing some tweets and emails around? Will you stand with me at the Capitol and have your support be seen and voice be heard?

NOW is the time to act. NOW is the time to get behind Edwards, Williams, Williams and Allen. Now its 4th and 1 on our goal line. Will you stand behind them, along with me and fellow fans, to defend one of our state’s cultural and economic resources? Will you stand up for more jobs, more contract opportunities, and increased revenue to the state and its economy? Will you stand shoulder to shoulder with me and look the State Legislature in the eye and prove once again that this is America? And will you help me show that in America the people speak loudest and not some self-serving facilities committee?

Now is your time to prove once and for all that you bleed purple. You can prove it by making the extra calls, sending the extra emails to make it down in numbers to 75 Martin Luther King Jr Drive, St Paul, MN. You can prove you truly bleed purple by inviting your neighbor, your friends, your family, coworkers, church and children. YOU can make the difference, because without you, it’s only me.

On Thursday, December 3rd, will you make the statement to the media, to the Midwest, and to the Legislature by coming down and proving through a force of numbers that we WILL BE HEARD? Will you shut out the opposition and keep the Metropolitan Sports Facilities Commission (MSFC) from railroading this project another 2 years, exponentially driving up the cost of the project and delaying jobs and economic growth? Will you step up by bringing everybody you can fit into your car or truck? Will you stand with me and prevent the MSFC from running another team out of town?

WILL YOU PROVE DEFINITIVELY, THAT, ONCE AND FOR ALL, YOU BLEED PURPLE? THEN BE THERE THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3rd FROM 2pm-6pm.

STAND UP AND DEFEND YOUR MINNESOTA VIKINGS!

What you can do RIGHT NOW to make this a successful and impactful event:
Mark your calendar with the following:
-State Capitol fan rally Thursday, December 3rd from 2pm-6pm.

-Tuesday, November 24th and Tuesday December 1st , 8am is the day to post and ask all of your social networks to post exactly this in your/their status: REPOST IN YOUR STATUS: Vikings stadium rally MN Capitol Thurs, Dec 3rd from 2-6pm! Come show your support! www.SavetheVikes.org for details!

-Copy this post/forward this email to everyone you know and ask them to do the same!

-Email your reps by going to www.savethevikes.org/huddle-up/ to find their contact info, and let them know you will be at the Capitol to show your support for the Legislature to work with the Vikings to find a way to build a stadium and keep the team in Minnesota!

-Post this entire letter onto your blog, print off and post in the office break room, and anywhere else you can post it.

-Make preparations now to be able to attend the event (e.g. time off request, babysitter, transportation, etc.)
Can’t wait to see YOU there!

Cory Merrifield
Founder/Fan Advocate
SavetheVikes.org
cory.merrifield@savethevikes.org

The fans in Cleveland sat around saying somebody would do something. The legislature would do something. The team would just have to wait. The Browns have always been a part of Cleveland. Somebody would do something. Somehow no one remembered that the Rams were once part of Cleveland too.
     
Well, somebody did do something. People in Baltimore talked Art Modell into moving the team, and they won the Super Bowl as the Ravens, coached by a former Viking offensive coordinator. There are no Cleveland Brown Super Bowl rings.

The original Vikings did not plan to come to Minnesota to marry the Indians and vanish, but they are gone, just like the dodo and the passenger pigeon..

There is always the danger of unintended consequences. Once you start to play hardball, somebody is going to get hurt. Just don’t feel insulted when I laugh at you after the move and people start saying they were betrayed by the owner. I have heard that line before. If you run your franchise out of business, there is another town waiting to take it. They call this competition. It’s how America works. You cannot keep a business in town by charging them more rent.

Times are worse than they were in 1995. If you don’t pay the bill, they throw you out of your home. Your wanting to stay there won’t matter.

I haven’t given up. I’ve moved to California, where someone is doing something about it.
He’s building a stadium outside LA. The picture shows nice purple seats. If you think that is a coincidence, have a nice day.

I’ve given the rest of you a heads up.

Whatever you do is your call.

or any other Vikings’ fan! This sucks, how could the Gophers possibly be more important than the Vikings? (Football Wise) This is just plain out wrong. Maybe if the Vikings can find a way to get a new stadium built, we could avoid being in the Metrodome and use one of the new stadiums for one year while the stadium is being built!

Eric is a good Nordic name. :)