Vikings: "Our Bad"

Minnesota Vikings head coach Brad Childress (right) announced today that Wide Receiver Troy Williamson will be getting his $25,000 check back.

This came after the team announced earlier this week that he would be losing the money for three practices and a game he missed while he was home for his grandmother’s funeral (See Below).

Childress said this:
“I think the important thing is everybody grieves differently. That’s the thing that I learned, or we learned, in this. In the end, it’s not important to be right, but to get it right.”

Or, in other words,

‘Our bad.’

Williamson plans to take the returned check and donate it to a charity in honor of his recently passed grandmother.

And speaking of checks, this is the third story involving the Minnesota Vikings in a row. Soon, they are going to owe me a check.

Word of Mouth: Troy Williamson

“I don’t care if they would have [taken] my pay for the rest of
the year, I was going home. It wouldn’t have mattered to me.”

- Minnesota Vikings WR Troy Williamson, on going home for
his Grandmother’s funeral, despite a fine of one game’s pay by the Vikings

In going home for the funeral, Williamson missed three practices and one game.

2007 Pay: $435,000
Vikings Fine: $25,588

Wonder why the team may have needed to stoop to that low?

Fact: In 2006, the Minnesota Vikings were ranked 32/32 in “Team Valuation” by Forbes.com.