A top NFL executive said Tuesday that league officials want the Vikings to remain in Minnesota but worry there won't be a financing plan in place to build a new stadium when the Metrodome's lease expires later this year. Eric Grubman, the vice president who leads the NFL's business operations, met privately with Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton, who is pushing for a special session by late November to deal with the stadium issue, though Republican legislative leaders have so far not jumped on the bandwagon. The Democratic governor is holding several days of meetings with different stakeholders as he pushes for team supporters to assemble a plan that could get an up or down vote by lawmakers. "We're worried about a stalemate," Grubman said after the meeting. "A stalemate means there's no lease, or the lease is about to expire; there's no plan for a stadium, and there's an alternative plan in another city." Grubman said that would increase the probability of the Vikings moving somewhere else, though he wouldn't speculate just how likely. "Our job is to make sure that doesn't happen," he said, but added the greater responsibility lies with Dayton and state lawmakers. Source: Associated Press
Screw Zygi, Screw McNabb, and Screw the NFL for asking for public money to make their private profits. Maybe Zygi should have had a long term plan when he bought the damn team.