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Wilf mum on whether he would have moved team

Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf will not say how close he came to moving the team as the debate raged over a new stadium. "I don't like Monday morning quarterbacking," Wilf told reporters Friday at the team's practice facility in Eden Prairie. "Since the question is moot, I have no thoughts about it." Wilf also would not comment on whether the new stadium would have a retractable roof.
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Minnesota Vikings owner Zygi Wilf will not say how close he came to moving the team as the debate raged over a new stadium. "I don't like Monday morning quarterbacking," Wilf told reporters Friday at the team's practice facility in Eden Prairie. "Since the question is moot, I have no thoughts about it." Wilf also would not comment on whether the new stadium would have a retractable roof.

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