TOM BENSON RUMORS & GOSSIP
Joe Vitt claims Saints owner threw NFL personnel out of the team’s facilities
During the Bounty Gate drama things were predictably tense at the New Orleans Saints compound.
When linebackers coach Joe Vitt testified before former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue on Dec.3, 2012, his verbiage was raw as he explained his version of various events.
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Payton now NFL's best-paid coach?
Sean Payton and the Saints agreed to a new contract, and reports say it will make him the highest-paid coach in the league.
New Orleans changing name to Pelicans?
When Tom Benson bought the New Orleans Hornets, one of the things he said was that he'd heard fans complain about the team name and wouldn't be opposed to a change.
Looks like they are getting their wish.
The team is reportedly changing its name to the Pelicans, in honor of the Louisiana state bird, according to Yahoo Sports. The brown pelican is also featured on the state...
Via Fox Sports
December 05, 2012
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Report: Tom Benson is considering making Sean Payton the highest paid NFL head coach
According to Mike Freeman of CBS Sports, New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson is considering making Sean Payton the highest paid NFL head coach. Patriots head coach Bill Belichick is currently the highest paid head coach in the league by earning $7.5 million per season. Benson, I’m told, has long thought of Payton as the best coach in football. It was Payton, of course, who made...
Saints' Drew Brees signs for $100 million
After haggling over a mere million dollars or so per season, New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees finally came to an agreement with the NFL club and put his autograph on a new five-year contract worth $100 million on July 13. The new deal will see Brees earn $40 million of it in the first year.
The 33-year-old Brees was designated as New Orleans franchise player back in...
Saints hire former FBI director to sort out issues.
As I am prone to say when times get tough or super competitive‘this just got real.’ The New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson has hired former FBI director Louis Freeh to get-to-the-bottom of everything that has gone on under his building.
There has been Bounty Gate, the allegations that GM Mickey Loomis wiretapped visiting team’s facilities and the Drew Brees contract mess...
Saints shift executive staff
Rita Benson LeBlanc will become vice chairman of the board of the New Orleans Saints and Dennis Lauscha will take over as president of the team.
Owner Tom Benson has announced Sunday that LeBlanc, his granddaughter, will expand her duties to include more management responsibilities in various Benson interests outside of the team.
Lauscha, most recently as the Saints' executive...
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May 20, 2012
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Saints Owner Tom Benson Now Dealing With Internal Family Issues
Rita Benson LeBlanc, granddaughter of Saints owner Tom Benson and the woman believed to be his successor, has been placed on a type of unpaid administrative leave, according to The Times-Picayune, which cited multiple unnamed sources in an in-depth report published Sunday. Benson, 85, reportedly reached a "breaking point" at the end of last season, and is using the leave...
Saints Owner Tom Benson Releases Statement On 'Bounty' Issue
New Orleans Saints owner Tom Benson released the following statement in regard to the accusations his team's defense had a bounty system: "I have been made aware of the NFL's findings relative to the "Bounty Rule" and how it relates to our club. I have offered and the NFL has received our full cooperation in their investigation. While the findings may be troubling...
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