re: Go figure...

I would venture to say that Goodell and the other owners pulled Benson aside and said "you're gonna take one for the league because of the pending class action suit"..."if you don't, it could be bad for all of us and you might lose some influential friends-someone has to be the scapegoat and the Saints are it"..."think of what we did for the city after Katrina, now its time to pay up".

I can see how Benson might cave at that point.

Not to mention, i just don't think New Orleans has the pull that a Boston/Patriots/Bob Kraft team does.

It is sad that Coach lost 7 million in pay and 1 year of play, lost 2 draft picks, two other coaches suspended, a couple of players never got to play again. At least Vilma fought it.