blogs.forbes.com - 6/24/2009
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The Minneapolis television station report that Brett Favre has just signed a contract with the Minnesota Vikings tells me that team owner Zygmunt Wilf wants to unload the franchise he bought for $600 million just four years ago. The organization...
sportsillustrated.cnn.com - 6/24/2009
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Rodney Harrison joined the show to discuss some
of the biggest stories in sports -- Harrison is...
upset about all the attention Brett Favre is getting, and he thinks he's not alone. "From the player's I've talked to, a lot of them seem to think Brett ...
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Rodney Harrison tired of all the attention on Favre - ...
twincities.com - 6/24/2009
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Brett Favre's agent denied another report Tuesday evening
that the quarterback has agreed to a contract with...
the Vikings. Two days after the Web site Pro Football Talk reported that a deal was in place and that the team had approved the production of ...
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Another day, another denial regarding Brett Favre
holyjoenamath.com - 6/25/2009
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The reports are coming out that Brett Favre
will play this year with the Minnesota Vikings. The...
Favre “Comeback Tour” is reaching it’s final destination after first stopping in New York. Apparently, Favre has had a deal in place with the Vikings for a while and that he has ...
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Report: Brett Favre Has Deal In Place With Vikings
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Forbes Wonders if Vikings are for Sale
Daily Norseman —
... But if you buy into any of those seemingly plausible explanations, you would be dead wrong -- at least, according to Michael K. Ozanian of Forbes Magazine. With a tip of the hat to ...
Forbes Says Zygi Will Sell Vikings
Vikings Gab —
Forbes.com writer Michael Ozanian recently mused that Viking’s owner Zygi Wilf wants to land Brett Favre to increase the value of his team, in order to make it more attractive to potential buyers.
Here’s what he says:
The Minneapolis television station report that Brett Favre has just signed a contract with the Minnesota Vikings tells me that team owner Zygmunt Wilf wants to unload the franchise he bought for $600 million just four years ago.
The organization has been a laughingstock for the NFL and Wilf desperately ...
Does Adding Favre Mean Vikings Are For Sale?
ProFootballTalk.com —
Could the Vikings’ decision to acquire quarterback Brett Favre mean that the team is for sale? At least one sports money expert thinks so. Mike Ozanian of Forbes.com believes that the arrival of Favre means that Zygi Wilf wants to unload the franchise .“The organization has been a laughingstock for the NFL and Wilf desperately wants to create some positive buzz for his team,” Ozanian writes. “The Vikings play in the antiquated Metrodome and Wilf’s gamble was that he would get taxpayers to build him a new stadium. Taxpayers repeatedly said no way.” Ozanian thinks that Wilf ...
The Hangover from Brett Favre Fatigue
Acme Packing Company —
... Mike Ozanian speculated that signing Favre was all about making the Vikings more appealing to a potential buyer. Although I doubt it. The sight of a tight credit market and them playing in a 20+ year old Metrodome is not offset by the vision of them employing a twice retired QB. ...
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nflgridirongab.com 6/21/2009 —
The Brett Favre to the Vikings rumors will simply not die, and at this point, why should they. It seems more and more obvious that Favre is well on his way to being a Viking, and today there was a tidbit on Pro Football Talk about it, with an interesting marketing tidbit about Favre and how ...
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Favre's Contract Finalized? —
Bleacher Report - NFL 6/24/2009
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Drama, saga, rumor, retired, unretired, spotlight, tiring, relentless.
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Thankfully that is all about to ...
