The Minnesota Vikings have a sacred Donut Club that operates like Fight Club

Minnesota Viking’s former starting QB Gus Frerotte brought doughnuts into the training room one Saturday morning in 2008. It was a moment that gave birth to the The Minnesota Vikings’ Donut Club, according to MMQB’s story.

Head athletic trainer Eric Sugarman runs the club with some interesting quirks (and cool T-shirts):

1. There are very strict rules.

- If you’re late you don’t get a doughnut, unless you’re star defensive end Jared Allen and you pay lots of money to buy most of the doughnuts. Then, you will be granted an honorary membership where you can be as late as you want whenever you want.

- You can’t touch the doughnuts until 8 a.m. sharp, or else you don’t get a doughnut.

- You can’t eat your doughnut until after defensive end Everson Griffen gives the passionate “often R-rated” doughnut speech.

2. You are remembered by your doughnut.

Sugarman remembers the good ol’ Brett Favre doughnut days, per the MMQB story:

“Brett wasn’t very picky,” Sugarman recalls. “He was a break-one-in-half-and-then-come-back-and-eat the-other-half-later kind of guy.”

3. The Vikings’ Donut Club is sacred.

Allen has tried to pocket Minnesota’s tradition and carry it with him as he went to the Bears in 2014 and is now with the Panthers, but he admitted it hasn’t been the same.

To that, Sugarman says, “Donut Club can often be imitated, but never duplicated.”

4. Sexy doughnut face.

You can check out the whole story over at MMQB.

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