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The Saints organization was penalized with a $500,000 fine and forced to forfeit their second-round draft selections in 2012 and 2013. In May 2012, four current and former Saints players were suspended after being named as ringleaders in the scandal, with linebacker Jonathan Vilma also being suspended for the entire 2012 season. [5]
What followed was a months-long, crisis-communications blitz orchestrated by the New Orleans Saints’ president and other top team officials, according to hundreds of internal emails obtained by ...
Goodell spoke about the controversial no-call in the NFC title game that arguably denied the Saints a trip to Super Bowl LIII. His response: These things happen and the NFL has to do better
Thomas Milton Benson Jr. (July 12, 1927 – March 15, 2018) was an American businessman, philanthropist and sports franchise owner. He was the owner of several automobile dealerships before buying the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL) in 1985 and the New Orleans Pelicans of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 2012.
The league then announced that although the Saints' first home game on September 18 against the New York Giants would be played at Giants Stadium at 7:30 p.m. EDT on September 19, other home games would be split between Tiger Stadium (the stadium of the LSU Tigers football) at LSU in Baton Rouge (80 miles/130 km from New Orleans), and the ...
The Saints nearly fell victim to the very rule spawned by last year's pass interference controversy in the NFC championship.
The Saints organization, through their company The New Orleans Louisiana Saints Limited Partnership, also registered the mark "Who Dat" in 1988 when used in conjunction with "fleur-de-lis design", [36] but later the Saints released their claim of ownership to WhoDat, Inc., asserting that they owned the phrase. [37]
Kellen Moore figures his upbringing as a coach's son outweighs any concerns about his relative youth as he begins his first NFL head coaching job with the New Orleans Saints. “Everyone likes to ...