I liked this guy.
Posted on 02/16/2005 6:30:40 PM PST by GreatOne
Resume of prospective Vikings owner dogged by questions
Jay Weiner, Star Tribune
In his official biography, distributed Monday by his Twin Cities public relations firm, Reggie Fowler declared that he played in the Little League World Series, implied that he earned a business administration and finance degree from the University of Wyoming and said that he played for the Cincinnati Bengals of the NFL and the Calgary Stampeders of the Canadian Football League.
According to officials with all of the sports organizations and official records at the NFL, CFL and University of Wyoming, none of those claims is exactly true.
Monday, Fowler, 46, announced with Vikings owner Red McCombs that he had signed a purchase agreement to buy the Vikings for about $625 million.
That purchase must gain approval from the other NFL owners. If approved, Fowler would become the first black owner in the NFL.
Reggie Fowler's entourage of partners and advisors tours the Metrodome on Monday.Richard SennottStar TribuneIn two brief interviews, before he declined further comment, Fowler said Wednesday that he had not seen the biography that was distributed Monday.
Before cutting off his second phone interview, Fowler said he would instruct his Twin Cities-based public relations firm, Tunheim Partners, to address all of the apparent discrepancies.
"I want your city to like me," he said. "I want to have credibility."
Late Tuesday afternoon, before any inquiries from the Star Tribune, Tunheim Partners began issuing clarifications to his biography.
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At least we beat the Packers! Yeah baby!!
I love my team, and you are right. At least we beat the Packers....we can build on that ;-)
Oh, and one more thing....LONG LIVE CRIS CARTER! (had to throw that in there ;~)
What's the deal here... is this guy going to be the actual owner, or is he just the PR frontman for a group of investors? If the latter, it looks like they made a piss poor choice.
I was an avid bengals fan in the 80's and I really dont recall him.
What can ya say about Chris Carter? LOL!
As long as the Vikes continue to beat the Packers, let the circus continue!
Real people don't ASK for credibility - they live it.
He just catches touchdowns, and makes first downs ;-)
The article goes on to say that he was cut by the Bengals in training camp, and he was also cut by the Eagles. Perhaps his words were misconstrued in that he tried to make a roster for 3 years. Who knows?
There are 3 other investors, probably the chunk of the dough for the deal...
The Vikes have a karma thing going on.. not sure why.
That wrong way TD was an omen, maybe... forever to be racked against the shores of fate..
Can you recap what was said about his U of W degrees?
...okay...so...not any MORE, but....I still have SUCH a special spot in my heart for that guy. What an EXCELLENT wide receiver!!!!!
Sounds like somebody that has the money but not the pedigree.
Remember John F. Kerry!
Saw this coming a long way off. The wheels are coming off this wagon and Glen Taylor is waiting patiently to step in and own this team.
Just watch.
must we???
Reggie, we're called the Minnesota Vikings for a reason. I suggest you learn it.
I'll always fondly remember the night when the Vikings were playing on Monday Night Football during that semi-magical 1998 season, when the players were saying their names and their colleges, Carter, Robert Smith, and Korey Stringer all, with huge grins on their faces, said that they played at "THE Ohio State University", with extra emphasis on "the". Some pre-arranged prank of some sort amongst them.
What an idiot! As a Black, he was a shoe-in.... but now.....
Reggie really wanted to own the Packers, but he's got "cheese" issues...
http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S6296.html?cat=64
Any team that would fire the big long snapper, number 68, Mike Morris, will never win a Super Bowl.
It has no soul.
The Anoka site looks like a great idea - not only will there be a stadium, but an attached hotel, theme park/playground, mall, and restaurants. Love to be in on that deal.
Great Candidate for a College Professor, say UC...
I always wondered what Issac Curtis was up to nowadays!
Anoka is in a Northwestern suburb, and I believe that there is about 10 acres just sitting there waiting for the stadium complex to be built. Would be financed through an increase in local sales taxes in Anoka County, in part. If you search the Star Tribune or Pioneer Planet websites, I believe that you will find more info there. Looks very promising.
So name 10 great Viking players.
Great hands.
10 great ones? great is a relative term,.. but here goes
FRan scramblin' Tarkenton, Bill Brown, Dave Osborne, Carl Eller, Jim Page, FRed Cox, Daunte's 'Inferno' Culpepper, Chuck Foreman, Chris Carter, Paul Krause, Karl Kassulke.. just some that came to mind..
Packer fan, huh? or Bears? :-)
The vikqueens beat the Packers 1 time out of the last 4.
Let's compare SUPER BOWL WINS, that's right the QUEENS DON"T HAVE ANY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GO PACKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Not just 10 acres.
"It’s Not Just A Stadium In developing the master plan for the $1.6 billion, 740-acre “Preserve at Rice Creek” that would include a 140-acre stadium site,"
http://www.co.anoka.mn.us/EconomicDevelopment/stadium/index.asp
I'll go with Tark definitely: hated what that little weasel did to the Cowboys in the 70's. Eller, Page, Krause, and Foreman.
hated what that little weasel did to the Cowboys in the 70's.
lol .. ya got dizzy trying to follow him..
ditto,, back at ya for Roger Staubach and Hail Marys. ;-)
http://www.startribune.com/stories/510/5240935.html
This guy is a "man of mystery."
I will have to admit that I think Tarkenton is one of the most underrated QBs ever. Who was that crazy Canuck who preceded him?
I liked this guy.
Roger Staubach swore that during one game, Tarkenton went up to talk to a ref before a measurement, and tried to scoot the ball with his foot beyond the first down marker. He was the reason for the change in the grounding in the end zone rule. Grounding used to be a fifteen yard penalty and replay the down. Tarkenton was backed up in his end zone, and grounded the ball something like four straight times. He would stand back, looking for a receiver, and right before he'd get sacked, he'd throw the ball straight at the ground. Since they were already inside their own five, he'd only lose about a half yard. I forget how the game came out, but I know the defensive players were furious. After that game, the NFL changed the rule so that grounding in the end zone was an automatic safety.
Joe Kapp.
'Injun' Joe
http://www.footballresearch.com/articles/frpage.cfm?topic=kapp-joe
KAPP-ING A MEMORABLE CAMPAIGN
`Injun' Joe Kapp spirited the '69 Vikings to an NFL championship
By Ed Gruver
He was called "Injun" Joe, despite the fact his heritage was a mix of Mexican and German blood, and he quarterbacked an NFL championship team, despite owning a passing arm that produced more wounded ducks than his hunter-head coach, Bud Grant, who spent pre-dawn hours squatting with a rifle in a Minneapolis duck blind.
But in 1969, a season that remains memorable in the minds of Minnesota football fans, "Injun" Joe Kapp blazed a trail through the National Football League and bonded the Vikings into a formidable league champion, a family of men whose slogan, "Forty for Sixty," was testament to their togetherness.
"I liked Joe," Grant said once. "Everybody liked Joe, he's a likeable guy. In this business, you play the people who get the job done, and Joe did that."
John Beasley, who played tight end on the Vikings' '69 team, called Kapp "a piece of work...big and loud and fearless."
--snip--
Thanks for the reminder. I rate him right there with Jim Plunkett for toughness. The toughest I ever saw though was Otto Graham.
Not sure if Kapp was canuck tho .. could also have been Gary Cuozzo or Norm Snead.. FRan left and came back a few years later..
It would seem that Reggie ages his payables like honest men age their receivables and he writes them off like others write off bad debts.
The most interesting part was how, starting in 1989, he turned $1,000 into "millions."
The article also said that of the $625 million perchase price, he was putting up arount $150 million, the NFL was going to loan $150-200 million. No mention where the rest of the money is coming from. Interesting that Reggie is considered the "owner" while having a minority interest (no pun intended).
Me either but he was the hardass I was thinking of. Bud Grant is also vastly under rated.
I never saw Otto Graham play, except on film.
Tough? Unitas, Tittle, Sonny Jorgenson come to mind too.
Do you think it will become a new Light Rail destination?
Do you think it will become a new Light Rail destination?
4 different teams beat the Vikes for a Lombardi Trophy.
Bud Grant deserved better than what he got for performances from his teams.
They sure had the talent and the coaching,,
Joe Capp was preparing to launch Sputnik 19.
I saw Otto on TV in the early 50s as a sprout. I met him in Pensacola around Christmas in '66. He was heavier then, but the crew cut stayed forever short and forever young.
"Jim Page"
Yes, Jimmy Page was, and remains one of the greatest guitar warriors of the rock era.
Who can forget Led Z in the 70's?
LMAO!!
Of course, we all know that you were referring to ALAN PAGE, former "Purple People Eater", now Supreme Court Justice of the state of Minnesota.
Liberal.
Possible candidate for Mark (puss) Dayton's soon to be vacant Senate seat.
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