Happy Birthday, New Orleans Saints!

TheOak · 11-01-2018, 09:17 PM

God bless crooked politics, backroom deals, David Dixon, Hale Boggs, and Russel Long... without all of that New Orleans wouldn’t have been awarded an NFL franchise when it was.

The NFL awarded the city of New Orleans a franchise if Congress would grant an antitrust exemption for the NFL merger.

jeanpierre · 11-02-2018, 07:51 AM

Originally Posted by TheOak

God bless crooked politics, backroom deals, David Dixon, Hale Boggs, and Russel Long... without all of that New Orleans wouldn’t have been awarded an NFL franchise when it was.

The NFL awarded the city of New Orleans a franchise if Congress would grant an antitrust exemption for the NFL merger.

Sad that was the only way we could get into the club...

TheOak · 11-02-2018, 09:36 AM

Originally Posted by jeanpierre

Sad that was the only way we could get into the club...

While I am sure not every city/state had to find a way to get an NFL team, i'm not open to the belief that we were the only one who's path was an alternate path, especially after that precedent was set... or maybe that was a play from a previous precedent.

Business deals are generally like ice bergs, and the bigger the deal the more ice under the surface.

In many ways the NFL reminds me of West World.

I am glad it worked lol.

11-01-2018, 09:17 PM	#1
TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 19,047	Re: Happy Birthday, New Orleans Saints! God bless crooked politics, backroom deals, David Dixon, Hale Boggs, and Russel Long... without all of that New Orleans wouldn’t have been awarded an NFL franchise when it was. The NFL awarded the city of New Orleans a franchise if Congress would grant an antitrust exemption for the NFL merger.

11-02-2018, 07:51 AM	#2
jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Re: Happy Birthday, New Orleans Saints! Originally Posted by TheOak God bless crooked politics, backroom deals, David Dixon, Hale Boggs, and Russel Long... without all of that New Orleans wouldn’t have been awarded an NFL franchise when it was. The NFL awarded the city of New Orleans a franchise if Congress would grant an antitrust exemption for the NFL merger. Sad that was the only way we could get into the club...

11-02-2018, 09:36 AM	#3
TheOak 10000 POST CLUB Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Cypress Tx. Posts: 19,047	Re: Happy Birthday, New Orleans Saints! Originally Posted by jeanpierre Sad that was the only way we could get into the club... While I am sure not every city/state had to find a way to get an NFL team, i'm not open to the belief that we were the only one who's path was an alternate path, especially after that precedent was set... or maybe that was a play from a previous precedent. Business deals are generally like ice bergs, and the bigger the deal the more ice under the surface. In many ways the NFL reminds me of West World. I am glad it worked lol. RailBoss likes this.

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