Leading the Minnesota Vikings to the NFC appearance last season, starting quarterback Brett Favre has been expected by many Vikings fans to return for his 20th NFL season and help the Vikings win a Super Bowl championship in 2010 season. However, they may have overrated Favre’s role in Vikings’ win.
Indeed, Favre’s arrival made the Vikings much more threatening in competition for the championship in 2009 season, and he could be the only quarterback that was able to make it at age 40. If he retires, the Vikings would suddenly fall into a leaderless panic and started the 2010 season in awful way. As a 19-year veteran quarterback, Favre has been a master in passing game and always a great leading role. Without him, the Vikings will look more vulnerable with a weaken offense. However, Favre’s existence could also be a weak point of the Vikings. While his accuracy and leadership could help the team to score points, his aging body is also a target of opponent team’s defensive players. The New Orleans Saints defensive players just made that happen during the NFC game last season. As a result of the attack, Favre had to undergo a surgery to repair his ankle last Friday and needs more time to consider resuming his NFL career.
What if Favre does not make a return? Other quarterbacks in Vikings jerseys will have a competition for starting job and most likely Tarvaris Jackson will win back his starting job finally. After one year of learning from Favre and several years of preparation for starting job, he have some breakout performance during the regular season and keep the hope alive for Vikings to have another winning season.
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Monday, May 24, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
There is now new proposal for New Vikings stadium
On Monday morning, a new proposal on how to collect money for construction of Minnesota Vikings’ new stadium was released by legislators, whose major plan is to ask those benefiting from the new stadium to pay for the cost of constructing and maintaining it.
According to estimation, it will cost about $791 million to build up and run the new stadium, and the Vikings franchise is asked to pay $222 million. Another $527 million will be paid over a 40-year period, and the remaining $42 million is to be collected through admission tax and concession surtax that are included in what Vikings fans pay for the tickets.
Among the $527 million to be collected through various sources, $31.9 million will be collected annually from sales of sports lottery tickets, taxes for hotels, rental cars and vendors who sell Vikings products like Vikings jerseys, caps or footballs. The annual pay means that the Vikings need to sign a 40-year lease to finish the pay. And even if the team chooses to leave Minnesota, they still have to pay out the remaining debt.
According to the authors of the proposal, the bill will offer jobs to 13,000 people and bring $300 million in new wages to Minnesota. And what’s more important, it will keep the NFL team with the city for at least another 40 years. However, protesters pointed out that it’s unreasonable to raise money though taxes on hotels and rental cars as it would actually means anyone who stays in hotel or rents a car, even not to visit the new stadium, will have to pay for the stadium.
According to estimation, it will cost about $791 million to build up and run the new stadium, and the Vikings franchise is asked to pay $222 million. Another $527 million will be paid over a 40-year period, and the remaining $42 million is to be collected through admission tax and concession surtax that are included in what Vikings fans pay for the tickets.
Among the $527 million to be collected through various sources, $31.9 million will be collected annually from sales of sports lottery tickets, taxes for hotels, rental cars and vendors who sell Vikings products like Vikings jerseys, caps or footballs. The annual pay means that the Vikings need to sign a 40-year lease to finish the pay. And even if the team chooses to leave Minnesota, they still have to pay out the remaining debt.
According to the authors of the proposal, the bill will offer jobs to 13,000 people and bring $300 million in new wages to Minnesota. And what’s more important, it will keep the NFL team with the city for at least another 40 years. However, protesters pointed out that it’s unreasonable to raise money though taxes on hotels and rental cars as it would actually means anyone who stays in hotel or rents a car, even not to visit the new stadium, will have to pay for the stadium.
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