Vikings Message Board - Shut Down

[The King]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-sh...141959347.html

When you've lost the fans, you've lost. And by that standard, the Minnesota Vikings are in trouble.VikingsMessageBoard.com, a longtime board devoted to discussion of the Minnesota Vikings, has shut down forever because of its owners' disgust with the burgeoning Adrian Peterson scandal. And oh, are there plenty of people to be disgusted at. Sure, there's Peterson himself, indicted on charges of child abuse. But the proprietors of the message board also offered the following note, via SB Nation:
Vikings Message Board has been shut down permanently. It will not return. There are two primary reasons.
1. The Vikings' cowardly decision to reinstate a child abuser and think that an apology will make this blow over. We will not stand for this arrogance and we will no longer be the home of any support of the Vikings. We stand for those who cannot defend themselves.
2. We will not give a voice to thugs who think child abuse is "cultural" or worse, openly advocate child abuse as a reasonable method of punishment. This ends here. Yes, a few board members have ruined it for everyone. Congratulations, [jerks].

[Novacane]

Would you support Billszone owner doing this if a Bills player beat his child? Personally I think it's a look at me grandstanding ploy by the owner of the site. Why punish the fans and remove an outlet form them to voice their opinion on the subject?


Vikings message board shuts down, disgusted by both team and fans


When you've lost the fans, you've lost. And by that standard, the Minnesota Vikings are in trouble.

VikingsMessageBoard.com, a longtime board devoted to discussion of the Minnesota Vikings, has shut down forever because of its owners' disgust with the burgeoning Adrian Peterson scandal. And oh, are there plenty of people to be disgusted at. Sure, there's Peterson himself, indicted on charges of child abuse. But the proprietors of the message board also offered the following note, via SB Nation:

Vikings Message Board has been shut down permanently. It will not return. There are two primary reasons.

1. The Vikings' cowardly decision to reinstate a child abuser and think that an apology will make this blow over. We will not stand for this arrogance and we will no longer be the home of any support of the Vikings. We stand for those who cannot defend themselves.


http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-sh...141959347.html

[Novacane]

We were reading the same article. Please delete my thread. I personally think this is stupid by the site owner. I'd be pissed if you or whomever owns BZ did this.

[stuckincincy]

Seems like the fellow had no idea how to moderate his own board...

[Ed]

Why not just ban the "jerks"?

[Novacane]

Seems like the fellow had no idea how to moderate his own board...

No kidding. If he didn't want people defending AP ban them. Instead he shuts the site down and punishes everyone. He got his 15 min of fame on Yahoo so he got what he wanted.

[ICRockets]

I was wondering what Rick was up to since selling the Range.

[stuckincincy]

We were reading the same article. Please delete my thread. I personally think this is stupid by the site owner. I'd be pissed if you or whomever owns BZ did this.

[SpikedLemonade]

I was wondering what Rick was up to since selling the Range.

Micro/Lit is now selling The Range again...

The Range is for sale.

I did what I came here to do, and thats re-build what Rick destroyed.

I did that and now i'm done having control. I dont like it and I dont want it.

If youre interested, let me know.

[BertSquirtgum]

I think the owner if that site is an idiot

[BertSquirtgum]

The owner of the site is an idiot

[THATHURMANATOR]

Kind of lame IMO.

Just ban the posters who were the problem.

[Historian]

I agree.

We didn't shut down after Russell Copeland beat up his wife.

Or after OJ cut his wife's head off...

[Skooby]

I agree.

We didn't shut down after Russell Copeland beat up his wife.

Or after OJ cut his wife's head off...

Or made a pez dispenser, depending on how far you want to go into details.

[Blondie]

Or made a pez dispenser, depending on how far you want to go into details.

[Skooby]

Micro/Lit is now selling The Range again...

The Range is for sale.

I did what I came here to do, and thats re-build what Rick destroyed.

I did that and now i'm done having control. I dont like it and I dont want it.

If youre interested, let me know.

Seems like they have it running quite well, there must be 5 people on at once:

The server is too busy at the moment. Please try again later.

[ICRockets]

Micro/Lit is now selling The Range again...

The Range is for sale.

I did what I came here to do, and thats re-build what Rick destroyed.

I did that and now i'm done having control. I dont like it and I dont want it.

If youre interested, let me know.

I'm not surprised, that dude's a jackass. He's even more negative about the Bills than Wagon Circler. I can't imagine being the owner of a website endorsing a team you clearly hate is much fun when that team is playing well.

[jimmifli]

I'm not surprised, that dude's a jackass. He's even more negative about the Bills than Wagon Circler. I can't imagine being the owner of a website endorsing a team you clearly hate is much fun when that team is playing well.

He posts here too. 100%.

A guy like that can walk away from a fight he lost.

[WagonCircler]

Oh my God.

You go batsh..t crazy, screaming like a crazed hyena about the "epidemic of domestic violence in the NFL" in one thread, then post this?

Seek pharmaceuticals. Quickly.

[swiper]

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-sh...141959347.html

Please. When you post a quote, could you make the writing just a little smaller and more difficult to read please? Because you're not quite there yet.