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Saints have special honor for Payton

Found May 16, 2012 on Sportress of Blogitude: Yardbarker Blogger Network
PLAYERS: Sean Payton
TEAMS: New Orleans Saints
To help the New Orleans Saints properly mourn and at the same time pay tribute and remember the cruel fate currently being suffered by their head coach at the hands of the NFL after the league suspended him for one year, the team will leave an unoccupied chair during all team meetings and on all [...]
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1 Comment:
  • I wished my employer and co-workers honored me that way...if I were suspended they'd probably just clean out my desk and tell me not to let the door hit me on the way out.
    by vikingsfan70Y   June 02, 2012   Reply    
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