The Saints will push for 2013 to fall under the contract... Players that are suspended carry over in contract also.. Paytons agent will push back to get an extension...

Guess who's hands it will fall into for that decision... Yup, Goodell.

The reason this issue has not been silenced and will not be silenced for a week is because Loomis cant do anything yet.

But when Loomis comes back will he even be able to do anything about the situation when Payton can't have contact?

Contact is allowed with league approval. Goodell would be in a really bad light... worse than he is now, if he was an obstructionist on getting this extension done.

Yeah thats true.

Which leads me to the ultimate question - Why would Sean Payton actually want to coach at the Dallas Cowboys?

I think this should be a thread of its own. Seriously, the Dallas job is one of the most infamous for short lived coaches in the NFL. The biggest "named" coach in recent history was Tuna and the situation was impossible for him to turn around.

With an overbearing owner who IS GM, how is the Dallas job more attractive than New Orleans?

Benson pays Sean Payton $7million a year, more than Jerry Jones has ever paid a coach. Also, if you think you'll stop Jones from meddling, you're wrong (Jerry Jones locked out of locker-room last night after Cowboys loss)