Brett Favre and Minnesota Vikings: A Pass From the NFL To the Taxpayers

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Published: August 18, 2009

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... for Brett Favre to become the new Vikings quarterback so taxpayers jump on the bandwagon for a new stadium?

We know from the Michael Vick situation the NFL will get involved in helping players sign with new teams. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's involvement in appointing an official NFL mentor for Vick and then allegedly being involved in getting the Eagles to sign up Vick says for the integrity of the game must be left for another time.

We know the NFL is a business whose primary goal, like all other businesses, is to reap profits. In the NFL's case, the business is entertainment in the form of football.

So we have the interesting case of the Minnesota Vikings: a franchise frequently mentioned as a candidate for moving out of Minnesota unless state taxpayers pony up part of the money for a new stadium.

Does the NFL, a league who has repeatedly tried and mostly failed to expand into foreign countries, want the Vikings to move? Hell, no. The NFL wan...

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