I’m taking a short break from the two Sunday activities that always occupy my attention at this time of year: reading the New York Times and watching football.<\/p>\n
Which neatly draws together the following small item buried in the football section of the NYT. It’s so blithely nutty I’d expect it to be either satire or a post from Kevin Underhill’s Lowering the [Cross]Bar:<\/p>\n
Ex-Mascot Wants To Talk.<\/strong> Ragnar, the mascot who was given a Viking funeral after asking for $20,000 per game, wants to return to the negotiating table.<\/em><\/p>\n Joe Juranitch, the Minnesota Vikings’ mascot Ragnar for the last 21 years, said his proposal of a 10-year contract and $20,000 per game was just a starting point.<\/em><\/p>\n Juranitch said the Vikings, who announced five days ago that they were unable to reach agreement on a new contract for this season, asked him to present them with a proposal. He said that her asked for too big a raise from the $1,500 per game he made last year.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’m taking a short break from the two Sunday activities that always occupy my attention at this time of year: reading the New York Times and watching football. Which neatly draws together the following small item buried in the football … Continue reading