Zygi Wilf - NFC Wild Card Round - Minnesota Vikings at Los Angeles Rams
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Major professional sports ownership news around the Land of 10,000 Lakes has been a rollercoaster the last few years. For younger MN sports fans, it’s been a strange new reality. Since the Minnesota Vikings and Twins opened new stadiums in 2016 and 2010, respectively, the local sports scene had been relatively stable, on the ownership front.
Of course, that all ended a few years ago, when Timberwolves owner Glen Taylor finally decided to put the NBA organization he has owned since 1994 up for sale. Of course, we now know that process ended in a fight over majority ownership with Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez that the 84-year-old ultimately lost.
Then, after they fell out of the 2024 MLB playoff race, the Pohlad family put the Minnesota Twins up for sale too. Of course, they are yet to announce a new owner, but the latest reports say a sale is imminent. Given how the trade deadline went last week, MN Twins fans need it to happen ASAP.
NFL agent: Minnesota Vikings owners are best in NFL
Thankfully, there is at least one ownership group in town that we don’t have to worry about how they spend their money or how much they care about the franchise. In the 20 years since Zygi and Mark Wilf took over the Minnesota Vikings in May of 2005, the organization has flourished into one of the most efficiently run in all of football.
On Tuesday, Darren “Doogie” Wolfson read a text message sent to him from an NFL agent on SKOR North’s “Purple Daily” podcast that confirmed just how good the Vikings have it, when it comes to who signs the paychecks. And according to anonymous agent guy, the Wilfs are as good as it gets in the National Football League.
“I was even just texting with an agent who’s making the rounds, right? Visiting all sorts of clients across many different training camps. He was telling me a in fact, I’ll read this. I think the audience will like this. Let me read this verbatim. Literally was just texting with him 30 minutes ago. “Wilf is the best owner in the league, in my opinion. Happy employees. They take care of their people.” So that was one observation from this agent.”
Thankful for the Wilfs
The Wilfs bought the Minnesota Vikings for $600 million. In the most recent Forbes valuation, the National Football League franchise is worth $5.05 billion, which ranks 21st in the NFL.
But even though their valuation ranks in the bottom half of the league, the Wilfs go above and beyond to make sure their players, coaches and executives have everything they need to do their jobs, and then much, much more.
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The most recent NFLPA player survey, which gave the MN Vikings ownership group an A+ rating (one of three teams with a perfect grade) confirms this anonymous agent’s opinion. And now that beloved head coach Kevin O’Connell is under contract for the long haul, don’t expect the Wilfs to change their approach anytime soon.
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