January 5, 2025 • 10 mins
Minnesota Tim reacts to a savage decision by the Minnesota Vikings ownership group before the Vikings matchup on the road vs. the Detroit Lions. Minnesota Tim explains why this move should be applauded and appreciated by the Minnesota fan base!
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Speaker 1 (00:06):
The Minnesota Vikings organization and ownership group just pulled off
one of the most savage moves that I have ever
seen an organization in Minnesota pull off ahead of their
matchup versus the Detroit Lions. This is one of the
(00:28):
big stories going around right now because tonight is a
matchup between the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings for
the number one seed in the NFC, A game where
home field advantage is important, A game where the Detroit Lions,
who aren't all the way healthy, could use every advantage
(00:49):
that they can get versus the red hot Minnesota Vikings.
The Minnesota Vikings ownership group goes out and buys Night
teen one hundred tickets for the Minnesota Vikings matchup versus
the Detroit Lions.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
This is one of the most incredible.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Ownership decisions that I think we may have ever seen
from an ownership group that owns one of the four
national sports teams in Minnesota. Take a look at this
story coming from Kevin Seaffort of ESPN. It says this,
the Minnesota Vikings found an effective but expensive way this
(01:35):
week to increase their in stadium presence during Sunday Night's winner.
Take all NFC North matchup with the host Detroit Lions.
The team purchased roughly nineteen hundred tickets near the Ford
Field visitors bench on the secondary market, ESPN confirmed Saturday
(01:55):
at roughly one thousand dollars per ticket, are just under
two million dollars in total. The Vikings then offered them
to team based stakeholders at a cost that range from
two hundred dollars to three hundred dollars per ticket, ESPN confirmed.
(02:15):
In a statement, the Vikings said, given the uniqueness of
this game, we wanted to offer our stakeholders, staff, family,
season ticket members, and team partners and opportunity to attend.
The Lions declined to comment when reached by ESPN, and
(02:36):
the story finishes up by saying this the series of
transactions as unusual but within NFL rules, highlighting the significance
of Sunday's game to both teams. The winner will clinch
the NFC North title as well as the NFC's number
one playoff seed with a first round by while the
(02:56):
loser will be the number five seed and open the
playoff on the road in a wild card round. This
is an amazing move and a decision that should be
applauded by the Minnesota Vikings fan base. Now a few
reasons why they're going to sell tickets for two hundred
(03:19):
to three hundred dollars. Of course, having a presence of
Minnesota Vikings fans in the stadium at Detroit is awesome
and important and it is very soft to the heart,
and it just makes your heart feel good for the
(03:39):
Minnesota Vikings players to turn around when they defeat the
Detroit Lions and they get to clap their own fans
and shake the fans of their shake the hands of
fans that are in attendance. That's cool, and that's memorable,
and that's fun, especially when you are attempting to crown
yourself as the NFC North champion and as the number
(04:01):
one seed.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
In the NFC.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
This season is special for the Minnesota Vikings and it
has been all season long. From the early part of
the season, I said this felt more like two thousand
and nine because Sam Darnold was playing to a level
of Brett Favre than twenty seventeen. Because it's felt like
more Brett Favre than case Keenum. And here the Vikings
(04:24):
are at fourteen and two, making a case for the
number one seed in the NFC, and it's important and
special to the organization, to the players, to the fans
that the ownership group recognizes this and wants the fans
to be engaged at an all time level. And you
(04:45):
don't see commitment like this from owners anywhere in Minnesota.
You look at the Twins, they're cost cutting every single thing.
You'll look at the Minnesota Timberwolves. Glen Taylor. He'll spend
the money, but he spent it recklessly, and there's a
whole arbitration thing with a Rod and Glenn Taylor, and
it's just a disaster of a situation.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Nobody knows who the owner is going to be in
a couple months.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
And the Minnesota while they've been paying Zach Perezy and
Ryan's suitor for multiple years when they're not even on
the roster. So to see an organization like the Minnesota
Vikings step up in a state that lacks functionality in
the ownership suite is beyond remarkable and beyond needed in
(05:34):
the Minnesota sports space, because the Minnesota Vikings have real owners,
committed owners, owners that care, that make very smart decisions.
Just look at the front office. Kevin O'Connell. It's a
smart decision, Queziodolfo Mensa. You know he's missed on picks,
but there's logic behind that decision that didn't bring in
(05:56):
a Mattieberflus or even a Ryan Pouls is looking sketchy
in Chicago right now. The Minnesota Vikings ownership deserves to
be praised and recognized for their investment in this because
they're losing money in this. They bought tickets for almost
two million dollars and they're selling them for two hundred
(06:18):
to three hundred dollars each. So of course logically you
can't sell them for the amount that you bought them
for because you think about how they're gonna get out
to Detroit. The people that are going got to invest
in a plane ticket or a car ride and gas
mileage and a hotel, food lodging potentially, So you think
(06:38):
about all the things that go in and out of
this situation, and there's are things that the people attending
this game have to spend money on outside of the ticket,
So of course they can't sell the ticket for.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
The amount they bought them for.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
But it just shows a dedication, a commitment to the
fan base, to the organization that you don't see anywhere
else in ownership groups that own the Twins, the Timberwolves,
or the Wild. So the Minnesota Vikings are head and
(07:16):
shoulders above other ownership groups.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
And it is It is relaxing, It is fun.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
It is relieving to have a group that understands the situation,
that is aware, that sees what's happening, that sees how
special this season has been, and not just applause it
or you know, claps their hands for it or make
special statements, but doubles down on the special season and says,
(07:46):
you know what, this season's so good, We're gonna invest
two million dollars of our own money and buy tickets
in Detroit for specific fans, for stakeholders, for season ticket holders,
for staff, for family members, for team partners. This is
(08:08):
an amazing opportunity and it is a fantastic decision filled
with savagery.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Because the Detroit Lions are bitter.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
ESPN reached out via comment and there was no decision.
And of course there's controversy about this because in the
same article that Kevin Seffert wrote, it says the series
of transactions is unusual, but within NFL rules so of
(08:40):
course people are gonna think, is this illegal?
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Can this even be allowed?
Speaker 1 (08:44):
But the article clearly states that this is legal. And
the Minnesota Vikings Ownership Group, they held their meetings because
this isn't just a decision where somebody woke up and said,
you know what, let's buy two million.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Dollars full of tickets.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
There's a lot of background, there's a lot of meetings,
there's a lot of groundwork, there's a lot of communication.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
This wasn't just a random buy. There was a.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
Lot of work, a lot of prep, and a lot
of communication that went behind this move. That was filled
with hard work and dedication to the Vikings organization and players,
something that you never see in Minnesota among the three
other national sports teams. So you got to a plot
(09:30):
them and it's very very cool. Nineteen hundred tickets. Nobody
would have blamed the Vikings Ownership Group for not doing
something like this, but because.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
They did, it deserves our.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Awareness, it deserves our attention, and it deserves a round
of applause for the Will family and the Minnesota Vikings organization.
Let's go to Minnesota Vikings.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Take home that number one seed tonight.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Thank you for watching and thank you for making this
podcast a part of your day.
The Minnesota Vikings organization and ownership group just pulled off
one of the most savage moves that I have ever
seen an organization in Minnesota pull off ahead of their
matchup versus the Detroit Lions. This is one of the
(00:28):
big stories going around right now because tonight is a
matchup between the Detroit Lions and the Minnesota Vikings for
the number one seed in the NFC, A game where
home field advantage is important, A game where the Detroit Lions,
who aren't all the way healthy, could use every advantage
(00:49):
that they can get versus the red hot Minnesota Vikings.
The Minnesota Vikings ownership group goes out and buys Night
teen one hundred tickets for the Minnesota Vikings matchup versus
the Detroit Lions.
Speaker 2 (01:08):
This is one of the most incredible.
Speaker 1 (01:13):
Ownership decisions that I think we may have ever seen
from an ownership group that owns one of the four
national sports teams in Minnesota. Take a look at this
story coming from Kevin Seaffort of ESPN. It says this,
the Minnesota Vikings found an effective but expensive way this
(01:35):
week to increase their in stadium presence during Sunday Night's winner.
Take all NFC North matchup with the host Detroit Lions.
The team purchased roughly nineteen hundred tickets near the Ford
Field visitors bench on the secondary market, ESPN confirmed Saturday
(01:55):
at roughly one thousand dollars per ticket, are just under
two million dollars in total. The Vikings then offered them
to team based stakeholders at a cost that range from
two hundred dollars to three hundred dollars per ticket, ESPN confirmed.
(02:15):
In a statement, the Vikings said, given the uniqueness of
this game, we wanted to offer our stakeholders, staff, family,
season ticket members, and team partners and opportunity to attend.
The Lions declined to comment when reached by ESPN, and
(02:36):
the story finishes up by saying this the series of
transactions as unusual but within NFL rules, highlighting the significance
of Sunday's game to both teams. The winner will clinch
the NFC North title as well as the NFC's number
one playoff seed with a first round by while the
(02:56):
loser will be the number five seed and open the
playoff on the road in a wild card round. This
is an amazing move and a decision that should be
applauded by the Minnesota Vikings fan base. Now a few
reasons why they're going to sell tickets for two hundred
(03:19):
to three hundred dollars. Of course, having a presence of
Minnesota Vikings fans in the stadium at Detroit is awesome
and important and it is very soft to the heart,
and it just makes your heart feel good for the
(03:39):
Minnesota Vikings players to turn around when they defeat the
Detroit Lions and they get to clap their own fans
and shake the fans of their shake the hands of
fans that are in attendance. That's cool, and that's memorable,
and that's fun, especially when you are attempting to crown
yourself as the NFC North champion and as the number
(04:01):
one seed.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
In the NFC.
Speaker 1 (04:04):
This season is special for the Minnesota Vikings and it
has been all season long. From the early part of
the season, I said this felt more like two thousand
and nine because Sam Darnold was playing to a level
of Brett Favre than twenty seventeen. Because it's felt like
more Brett Favre than case Keenum. And here the Vikings
(04:24):
are at fourteen and two, making a case for the
number one seed in the NFC, and it's important and
special to the organization, to the players, to the fans
that the ownership group recognizes this and wants the fans
to be engaged at an all time level. And you
(04:45):
don't see commitment like this from owners anywhere in Minnesota.
You look at the Twins, they're cost cutting every single thing.
You'll look at the Minnesota Timberwolves. Glen Taylor. He'll spend
the money, but he spent it recklessly, and there's a
whole arbitration thing with a Rod and Glenn Taylor, and
it's just a disaster of a situation.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Nobody knows who the owner is going to be in
a couple months.
Speaker 1 (05:09):
And the Minnesota while they've been paying Zach Perezy and
Ryan's suitor for multiple years when they're not even on
the roster. So to see an organization like the Minnesota
Vikings step up in a state that lacks functionality in
the ownership suite is beyond remarkable and beyond needed in
(05:34):
the Minnesota sports space, because the Minnesota Vikings have real owners,
committed owners, owners that care, that make very smart decisions.
Just look at the front office. Kevin O'Connell. It's a
smart decision, Queziodolfo Mensa. You know he's missed on picks,
but there's logic behind that decision that didn't bring in
(05:56):
a Mattieberflus or even a Ryan Pouls is looking sketchy
in Chicago right now. The Minnesota Vikings ownership deserves to
be praised and recognized for their investment in this because
they're losing money in this. They bought tickets for almost
two million dollars and they're selling them for two hundred
(06:18):
to three hundred dollars each. So of course logically you
can't sell them for the amount that you bought them
for because you think about how they're gonna get out
to Detroit. The people that are going got to invest
in a plane ticket or a car ride and gas
mileage and a hotel, food lodging potentially, So you think
(06:38):
about all the things that go in and out of
this situation, and there's are things that the people attending
this game have to spend money on outside of the ticket,
So of course they can't sell the ticket for.
Speaker 2 (06:50):
The amount they bought them for.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
But it just shows a dedication, a commitment to the
fan base, to the organization that you don't see anywhere
else in ownership groups that own the Twins, the Timberwolves,
or the Wild. So the Minnesota Vikings are head and
(07:16):
shoulders above other ownership groups.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
And it is It is relaxing, It is fun.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
It is relieving to have a group that understands the situation,
that is aware, that sees what's happening, that sees how
special this season has been, and not just applause it
or you know, claps their hands for it or make
special statements, but doubles down on the special season and says,
(07:46):
you know what, this season's so good, We're gonna invest
two million dollars of our own money and buy tickets
in Detroit for specific fans, for stakeholders, for season ticket holders,
for staff, for family members, for team partners. This is
(08:08):
an amazing opportunity and it is a fantastic decision filled
with savagery.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Because the Detroit Lions are bitter.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
ESPN reached out via comment and there was no decision.
And of course there's controversy about this because in the
same article that Kevin Seffert wrote, it says the series
of transactions is unusual, but within NFL rules so of
(08:40):
course people are gonna think, is this illegal?
Speaker 2 (08:42):
Can this even be allowed?
Speaker 1 (08:44):
But the article clearly states that this is legal. And
the Minnesota Vikings Ownership Group, they held their meetings because
this isn't just a decision where somebody woke up and said,
you know what, let's buy two million.
Speaker 2 (08:57):
Dollars full of tickets.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
There's a lot of background, there's a lot of meetings,
there's a lot of groundwork, there's a lot of communication.
Speaker 2 (09:05):
This wasn't just a random buy. There was a.
Speaker 1 (09:08):
Lot of work, a lot of prep, and a lot
of communication that went behind this move. That was filled
with hard work and dedication to the Vikings organization and players,
something that you never see in Minnesota among the three
other national sports teams. So you got to a plot
(09:30):
them and it's very very cool. Nineteen hundred tickets. Nobody
would have blamed the Vikings Ownership Group for not doing
something like this, but because.
Speaker 2 (09:39):
They did, it deserves our.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Awareness, it deserves our attention, and it deserves a round
of applause for the Will family and the Minnesota Vikings organization.
Let's go to Minnesota Vikings.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
Take home that number one seed tonight.
Speaker 1 (10:04):
Thank you for watching and thank you for making this
podcast a part of your day.
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