Wow...Viking fans have to pay to watch training camp....

[Meck77]

I can't believe it. I love the Broncos but there is no way I'd pay to watch a practice. Unreal.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=knight-_WWW_12151378&prov=knight&type=lgns

[watermock]

It's only 5 bucks, but it's rediculous. I follow the the HornHeads, and the new ownership is a bunch of New Jersey land barons. I could just cry. Mankato is only 60 miles away from my current location.

[Hogan11]

Thank Dan Synder since he started this oncoming trend with the Deadskins a couple of years ago.

[jayman_37]

I was reading about this somewhere else and they said that now that they charge admission then scouts from other teams can visit their training sight and watch practice. I guess scouts aren't allowed to watch a free practice but if they pay to enter they can go. So the Vikings could be leaving themselves open for some trouble. It just depends on if the other teams want to take advantage of this.

[watermock]

Mike Tice and the ownership is genius.

Let's trade Moss, pass on BMW, make people pay to watch practice and let other teams scout us.

Someone hand me a .45.

Word is Williamson has been dropping passes faster than Watts. How they passes on BMW is baffling.

[Ray Finkle]

Thank Dan Synder since he started this oncoming trend with the Deadskins a couple of years ago.



Dan Synder = The Devil's Mini-me... :devil:

[Bronco LB 59]

It's a bad precedent that might snowball into more teams following suit. These owners are going to continue to explore more ways to take a little more from our pocketbooks.

What will the Vikings bring in from charging admission anyway? $80,000? Not even enough money to pay the 53rd man . Is a little petty cash really worth damaging your team's goodwill with your loyal fanbase?

[Rohirrim]

Of course, after their annual playoff collapse, they issue full refunds. ;D

[Rocket 7]

Mike Tice is trying to raise $100,000 to payoff his fine.

[Kaylore]

Mike Tice is trying to raise $100,000 to payoff his fine.
:laugh:

[Smilin Assassin]

Vikings decide to not charge for camp ticket
MINNEAPOLIS - The Minnesota Vikings scrapped plans Wednesday to charge fans admission to attend training camp practices in Mankato.


Greater Mankato Training Camp, LLC, the company that manages the camp, announced an agreement with the team to eliminate the planned $5 to $10 admission charge to watch practices.


Vikings owner Zygi Wilf will pick up the tab for the cost of tickets to regular practices, but will still charge for special events -- including two planned passing scrimmages.


"We greatly appreciate this action taken by the Wilf family and the Vikings organization," said Paul Wilke, president of the Greater Mankato Training Camp, LLC. "We have an outstanding working relationship with the Vikings and we are thrilled that our shared goal of keeping training camp accessible to all fans will be met."


Selling tickets for select events in training camp is commonplace throughout the NFL, but the Vikings would have been the only team in the league to charge admission to all 30 practices. Training camp opens July 29 on the campus of Minnesota State University, Mankato.


Steve LaCroix, vice president of sales and marketing, said fans didn't hesitate to make their feelings known in the days following the initial announcement.


"Like all publicly discussed issues, our fans are very passionate about things," LaCroix said. "We heard some feedback which helped us get a feel for what the situation was."


The move also could have hurt them on the field. Charging for the practices would have opened the doors for scouts from around the league to come to training camp and get a head start on game-planning for the season.


The NFL bans scouts from the free practices in training camp, allowing them to attend only events for which the team sells tickets.


"I'm not going to deny that wasn't part of the discussion," Lacroix said. "But it was really a decision made from a fan perspective. They are the ones who take time out of busy schedules to come and support us in Mankato for those three weeks."

[Meck77]

Well there ya go! Gotta love the internet. This story is dead. Good move Vikings.

[Old Dude]

Mike Tice is trying to raise $100,000 to payoff his fine.

I wonder if he's scalping the practice tickets.

[elsid13]

I was reading about this somewhere else and they said that now that they charge admission then scouts from other teams can visit their training sight and watch practice. I guess scouts aren't allowed to watch a free practice but if they pay to enter they can go. So the Vikings could be leaving themselves open for some trouble. It just depends on if the other teams want to take advantage of this.


You're correct, the skins did it a couple of year ago, until they realize all scouts from team they were play were watching and video taping everything. Danny boy is so dumb