re: After over 50 years as a Saints fan let’s be clear

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Saints were the only organization not to make voluntary contribution to officials retirement account

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That's because Benson used to be a notorious cheap-arse.

There's a reason he was head of the NFL finance committee. He's a tightwad used car salesman. Classic New Orleans personality.

There's definitely something to Sean Payton and Rodger Goodell shity relationship starting with bountygate when Rodger Goodell just wanted Peyton to swallow his bad medicine for the betterment of the league and the looming CTE litigation but Sean Payton is an arrogant hardhead and he refused to take the fall for it.

Compounding all this is the fact that the New Orleans area is only the 42nd largest television market in the United States and the Saints have one of the smaller fan bases in the NFL.

The Saints are just an easy target and it's made worse now by the fact that a cordial, soft-spoken widow who hasn't been part of the boys club, is now the owner.

I wouldn't be shocked if someone told me that the 2009 Super Bowl was Tom Benson's reward for keeping the Saints in New Orleans. They want the Saints in New Orleans because they love hosting Super Bowls there.