Zygi is making money here

…once the politicians force an economic disposal of your team to some other planet, give their bloated scapegoat speeches (“…that ungrateful Wilf was a bastard, a cruel man from out of state, who eats babies and never bathes….”), how will your hand as a fan look?

If you think being part of the fifteenth largest marketing area is a great bargaining chip, consider how long the second largest marketing area has been without an NFL team.

If you think it’s the state and not the team that owns the NFL name “Vikings”, remind yourself what that NBA basketball team is called in that city that imports water. Read the Kensington runestone all you want, you’ll find no evidence to show in court that Erik the Red ever left you the rights to anything in his will.

If the NFL is not so hot about giving LA more chances, why would Minnesota be allowed to cut in line? Omaha at least has Warren Buffett. I bet when the meeting comes, Jerry Jones is going to prefer the name “Nebraska Corndogs” to fill the slot. After all who wouldn’t like a nice new stadium for the college world series?

If you do collect and recycle enough beer cans to buy an NFL stadium and get the big-market owners drunk enough to vote Minnesota back into the league, why would your team fare better than the reincarnated Browns, with two winning seasons since returning from the grave decades ago?

There are mistakes in this world that can never be undone. Once Elvis leaves the building, all you’ll have left are the Elvis sightings. If like hearing stories about loons secretly plotting to bring NFL football to the Boundary Waters, well, knock yourself out.

Every Packer fan will die laughing.

Ask yourself this: are the real Vikings remembered for being patient, for not making impolite noises, and for waiting around until someone gave them official permission to get into their boats?

Didn’t think so.

As for Zygi making money in Minnesota, he’s making money in New Jersey too, and he’s got two billionaires salivating in California. Do you think he’s in love with the Minnesota legislature or his family grew up with a jones for eating hot dish? Finishing second on the list of business options won’t cut it.

The guy who told me Modell had too many ties to Cleveland to ever move the team is dead now, and dancing on is grave is no consolation prize.

The Coliseum is vacant and available as a temporary venue during construction.

The reason they aren’t building an NFL stadium in LA right now not some legal problem or the need for convincing boneheaded government officials of anything or the lack of funding; it is that they have no NFL franchise to put in it (…yet).

I was traveling south toward Carmageddon over the weekend. I stopped in a restaurant and was seated in a booth next to a guy with an NFL jersey on. Sure, it wasn’t a nice, stitched white visitor’s Adrian Peterson jersey like mine. No, it was a nice, stitched, purple home Adrian Peterson jersey. The guy is looking forward to attending home games, and he never plans to go to near Minnesota.

Enjoy your nap. When you wake up, it will all be over.

Truth is, I wanted to catch up on Warcraft and he inspired me enough to finally check out the Twitter account I’ve left vacant for about year now. I checked out Mr. Dayton’s Twitter page and my very first Tweet was to him. It simply said: “The Vikings need a new stadium. The time is now. Keep business in Minnesota. #savethevikes”