WILF MADE CAPITAL CALL TO PAY ALLEN

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Shutdown Corner found this 4/24/2008 on www.profootballtalk.com [flag]
The recent acquisition of defensive end Jared Allen required the guy who writes to checks to ask his partners to write some checks. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, owner Zygi Wilf made a capital call to his partners of just under $20 million, to cover the Allen signing bonus of $15,500,069. In other words, the team didn’t have [...] [link]

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Vikings went into debt for Jared Allen
Published 4/24/2008 at Shutdown Corner
The Vikings, who recently acquired Chiefs defensive end Jared Allen, had to borrow money to be able to pay him. I think they borrowed it from Antoine Walker.

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