Saturday, February 26, 2005

Sounds like Somone I know...

This article from kfan.com http://vikings.kfan.com/sports/nflguide/local/story.aspx?content_id=6E5CEFB7-975D-490D-965C-8712CA31EF16

FANS REACT
While a handful of Vikings fans voiced their approval of the trade in phone calls and e-mails to the team Wednesday, the front desk at the club's Eden Prairie office was inundated with fans angrily protesting the move.

A public relations employee said he even fielded one call with a man crying on the other end.

“Not one fan I heard from liked the idea (of trading Moss),” the employee said.

The team also received over 200 e-mails to its Web site in less than 24 hours, the vast majority criticizing the trade. That number, however, was far less than the thousands of angry notes that poured in when Moss spent a night in jail after knocking down a Minneapolis traffic agent with his car in 2002.

Several e-mailers said they wouldn't renew their season tickets if the trade came to fruition.

Fans continued to express their disappointment Thursday.

“I feel like they should have been able to get a defensive superstar for an offensive superstar,” said Rich Coller, 24, of Minneapolis. “I knew they weren't going to get equal value, but trading for someone who's been an underachiever is not the best thing.”

“The last thing the Vikings need is another, quote, 'athletic linebacker,'” agreed Brandon Thompson, 25, a law student from Woodbury. “That was the second thing I thought. The first thing I thought is unprintable.”

On the whole, fans seemed less concerned with Moss' character than the team's performance.

“I don't think he's that bad a person,” said Dana Widstrom, a 51-year-old architect from Edina. “Sure, he's young and immature, but that's how society treats young athletes.”

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