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re: If Benson would have moved the Saints to San Antonio permanently...
Posted on 5/20/14 at 11:49 pm to touchdownjeebus
Posted on 5/20/14 at 11:49 pm to touchdownjeebus
quote:NO will never get another NFL team. The Saints only exist b/c Russell Long and Hale Boggs shook down Pete Rozelle over the TV antitrust exemption.
I wouldn't even watch the NFL until NOLA got another team
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Posted on 5/22/14 at 7:09 am to Kafka
Once again, Kafka puts the whole situation in perspective!
My first thought after reading the OP was, New Orleans is lucky to have gotten a team in the first place. The NFL probably wouldn't have expanded here, if they hadn't been extorted into doing so by our congressional delegation.
While it's easy for some people to hate Tom Benson over past state subsidies, threats to move the team and his ocassional PR mistake; he's made quite the contribution to New Orleans and Louisiana. He's also done very well for himself, but if he hadn't put together an ownership group and forked over $75 or $80 million, the Saints would have been gone 30 years ago. Tom Benson has done more for N.O. than most people have in it's near 300 year history.
My first thought after reading the OP was, New Orleans is lucky to have gotten a team in the first place. The NFL probably wouldn't have expanded here, if they hadn't been extorted into doing so by our congressional delegation.
While it's easy for some people to hate Tom Benson over past state subsidies, threats to move the team and his ocassional PR mistake; he's made quite the contribution to New Orleans and Louisiana. He's also done very well for himself, but if he hadn't put together an ownership group and forked over $75 or $80 million, the Saints would have been gone 30 years ago. Tom Benson has done more for N.O. than most people have in it's near 300 year history.
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