Open Extended ReactionsEAGAN, Minn. -- The Wilf family closed its deal to buy the Minnesota Vikings 20 years ago this summer. "We wanted to make a statement," Mark Wilf said recently, "that we would be about making things top-of-line and first-class. "We try to be long term, not to be too knee-jerk, and to stick with it sometimes," Mark Wilf said. "We were not necessarily much in the public eye before purchasing the team," Mark Wilf said. Zygi Wilf, 75, remains the team's chairman and lead owner, but Mark Wilf, 62, represents the family in most public-facing roles.