Vikings’ Green Threatens to Sue Owners
Perhaps seeking revenge for what he perceived as a conspiracy against him by some of the Minnesota Vikings’ owners, Coach Dennis Green has stunned the organization with a takeover threat.
Green is threatening to sue two owners unless they sell him their shares next month. That revelation comes in the final chapter of Green’s autobiography, “No Room for Crybabies,” which hit Twin Cities bookstores Thursday.
“I cannot believe it,” co-owner Jaye Dyer said Friday. “I absolutely cannot believe it.”
The Vikings have 10 primary owners. Although Green does not identify them directly, Dyer and Wheelock Whitney are believed to be the primary targets of his threat.
Green contends the two undermined his authority and damaged his reputation last season by contacting former Notre Dame coach Lou Holtz in an unsuccessful attempt to make a coaching change.
Green refused to comment on the book Friday, threatening to walk out on reporters unless questions related directly to Sunday’s game at Tampa Bay.
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The Washington Redskins and Dallas Cowboys moved their Nov. 16 kickoff at Texas Stadium from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. PST to accommodate the Fox network.
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