NFL team acting like real Vikings?

This is not a tale of castaways but of castoffs, turning what was supposed to be a 3-hour cruise (plus 30 minutes) into an abortive 40-minute sex romp that has a great deal of people upset.

The Minnesota Vikings chartered two cruise vessels on Lake Minnetonka from a company that attempts to hold itself to a higher standard than the sexcapades that more than a few of the football players had in mind.

The staff was excited about hosting the party and put floating purple balloons in the boats, he said. Alcoholic drinks and hors d'oeuvres were part of the fare for the guests, he said.

The party was initially designed to fulfill what is an annual obligation by a first-year player to throw a social event for any players and any friends and family members who want to attend, Doyle said. The cruise was to end at midnight.
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Almost immediately after boarding, crew members noticed partially disrobed women walking around, he said. One employee opened a galley and three nude women popped out, he said.

Then the crew -- about five people on each boat -- saw women giving lap dances for money.

"Players were approaching the wait staff telling them they would be tipped if they danced," Doyle said.

The players started to become more aggressive, wanting to pour their own drinks and screaming at the bartenders, he said. Naked woman walked around without hesitation. They performed oral sex in the open, he said. Sex toys were strewn about, he said.

At some point, the yacht captains called each other to see whether similar activity was happening on both vessels. It was, Doyle said, recalling what he called eye-popping conversations he had with crew members.

"They [the captains] had to step around people who were having sex on the floor," he said. "They were thinking it couldn't be safe out in the middle of the lake. It was a petrifying scene."

A woman working as a hostess on one of the boats called Mound police about 7:30 that night to report possible prostitution, drugs and sex acts, according to police.

The boats had been cruising only for 40 minutes when the supervisors on shore were told of the party and ordered the captains to return.

The Vikings' new owner, Zygi Wilf, had been in Minnesota "in part to establish a vision of how the team will operate under the new ownership group." Perhaps this is his vision. At any rate, Wilf boarded a jet for New Jersey and is declining interviews.

The sex party may put a damper on a drive to build a new football stadium, it is reported.

Head coach Mike Tice told reporters today that he's not happy about the allegations, while refusing to comment or confirm any details.

"I fashion these young men as an extension of my family," Tice said. "So as a father and a family man, you can probably sense how I feel."

Can you, Coach Tice, sense how we feel?