Only one Minnesota sports owner has negative ratings. It's the Pohlads.
The Pohlads are Minnesota's only pro sports owners with net negative favorability. Their harshest critics? The wealthiest fans, a probability survey finds.
The Pohlad family is the only professional sports ownership group in the state with net negative favorability ratings, according to a Minnesota Community Survey of 1,172 adults conducted Sept. 25 to Nov. 6, 2025.
The owner with perhaps the lowest unfavorable rating? Minnesota Wild owner Craig Leipold, whom the Pohlads recently announced as a new minority owner (Pioneer Press).
The Snapshot
The Pohlads stand alone: Across five Minnesota men’s professional sports teams in our survey, Twins ownership is the only group with net negative favorability among Minnesotans: 20% favorable vs. 31% unfavorable. At the time of the survey, the Twins were wrapping up a brutal season that earned an ‘F’ from ESPN.
