San Antonio Claiming Saints
 

I was listening to a talk show on the AM dial tonight. I believe it was 1200 AM, though I'm not sure. They mentioned that the station was broadcasting the Saints game and claimed ownership to the fans of San Antonio. "We'll be broadcasing YOUR Saints game..." Yes, they actually put the emphasis on YOUR. This is starting to make me sick.

RE: San Antonio Claiming Saints
 

Don't read too much into this, LA will get a new team before San Antonio does and the Saint's won't move for at least 2 more seasons, remember we made the payment this year so they would not be able to legally move until after the 2006 season.

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Still, it bothers me that San Antonio radio stations are making money off of New Orleans' team. They're selling spots during the game to local business...an opportunity they would have never thought of barring Hurricane Katrina. They're making money off of our misfortune.

RE: San Antonio Claiming Saints
 

Be careful for what you say. You might have a native San Antonio (saintwhodi) making some pee brain remarks bout San Antonio helping his family from NO and they deserve NFL franchise.

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No I don't have a problem with the Saints playing there, I mean give them some love they took in residence of NO with out batting an eye even before the Saints became an issue. They opened the doors and didn't think twice.

Maybe even get some new fans from that area of the world.

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I think you mean Houston didn't think twice. Houston's community are the biggest hero. They took in more than anyone would've expected. San Antonio did their part also but I think they also had an agenda. I don't have a problem with them playing their either but I will not be cheering for a San Antonio Saints.

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I think S.A. is trying their darnedest to whoo Benson. Benson knows he would be excommunicated out of Louisiana if he does this. I think Whodi is taking the S.A. bashing too personal. The people behind this "Pitch" for the Saints is now trying to see what the feelings are from the general public, and if they would feel like vultures in the process of stealing the Saints from N.O. Red McCombs is not the only person behind this.

(Red and his Vultures) :biggun:

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I believe that all this fuss created by McCombs and officials in S.A. are just a way of scoping the interest in the city for an NFL team. I believe that Saints will stay in NO but that Jaguars for example would be in a risk of getting bought or moved.

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I still think most of you are missing one of the points I was trying to make. Radio stations in San Antonio are making profit off of the New Orleans Saints.

No doubt, they've helped out evacuees who fled Hurricane Katrina. But, is that a valid excuse for them to make money off of our football team? I could understand if part of their profits would reach back to the Saints in SOME sort of way, but they don't.

If San Antonio wanted to broadcast Saints games any other time, I wouldn't mind. I wouldn't mind even if the Saints didn't see a penny from the stations there. However, when you take someone in after a natural disaster it should be common courtesy NOT to make a profit off of them.

It seems San Antonio is only sheltering the Saints so they can make money off of them.

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I'm going to add an example to further my point.

Lets say Michael Jordan's (yes, THE Michael Jordan) house was bombed by crazed fans trying to kill him. You live around the area and decide to let him stay in your house so that no one will know where he's living. A couple of your personal friends find out about this situation and tell some friends of their own that they'll give them the chance to see Michael Jordan in person if they'll pay $100. So, naturally people pay your friends $100 to come to your own house and see Michael Jordan. Michael Jordan obviously gets no money out of the deal.

This is whats going on with the Saints.

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That's not exactly true. Performance on the part of the State includes providing the Saints with a "state-of-the-art" playing facility. They have no facility at all. Technically, the State is in breach. However, b/c of the cause of the breach, it is likely to be forgiven, but then the contract would effectively be cancelled on the grounds on impossibility - inabilty to perform. As of now, I'd say the Saints are, for all intents and purposes, free and clear of the deal. But ask Scotty - he's the attorney.

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No here... its not a SA - Houston thing... its a Louisiana Texas thing. I don't have a problem with SA/Texas making a buck having Saints game in the mean time. THey took in the people and bent over backwards to help NO. Let them reap the rewards and show they can handle and support an NFL team, any other team would do the same. I agree whole heartedly if they do end up getting a team I seriously don't thing its going to be the Saints. Benson is going out of his way to help rebuild and give back to the area. I don't thing the NFL is going to allow him to move a team out of that city with what is going on now. NFL loves New Orleans, why would they move a team and not have any SB's there. The rebuilding city... new dome, think of the publicity NO will get. The NFL also wants a 'particular type owner' with new cities. I don't think they want Benson in SA nor LA for sure. I am not going to worry about this because there is steal a lot of red tape right now and the people have made it well aware that the Saints is all they have left to...

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I think it's awful.

Death Valley is available. Haslett has publicly stated he'd prefer to play at LSU. Players have done the same.

I know the logistics of doing that would be tough - turning around such a large area so quickly from Saturday to Sunday. But it could be done.

No, instead, let's just put the game out of the reach of most of our displaced people.

And now, I hear our Saints/Giants game will be pre-empted from national TV as soon as the other "more important" game starts.

C'mon.

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Actually Haslett has said that he would prefer to play in San Antonio, and so has Joe Horn and other players.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2155587

I would love to keep the Saints in Louisiana, but it doesn't look like it is going to happen that way. I see your point here DJ, it looks like SA is taking advantage

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Wow. Glad someone else said this. Maybe we should hate the team for WANTING to play in San Antonio. :roll:

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Thank you for pointing out the article.

But... just for the record, I saw Haslett on a television interview, about four days ago, stating Baton Rouge was his first choice. This was from his own lips. I just want you to know that I'm not making things up.

Apparently, he has changed his tune.