10-31-2005, 08:41 AM | #1 | ||
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Saints' owner attacks TV camera
Tom Benson and the New Orleans Saints, doing their best to make sure that the Minnesota Vikings are not the biggest public embarrassment to the NFL this year . . . .
http://www.wwltv.com/sports/stories/WWL103005benson.11855f9f.html Saints owner Tom Benson lunged at an Eyewitness News camera, ripping off a microphone and then got into a shouting match with a fan upon leaving Tiger Stadium Sunday. According to Eyewitness Sports’ Lee Zurik, he and cameraman Mike Bland were in the press box with about five minutes to go when he saw Mr. Benson leaving the game. Zurik and Bland went downstairs to get some video of Mr. Benson leaving and were "7 to 10 feet from him" when Benson lunged and then swatted at the camera, ripping off a microphone that was attached. Zurik said Benson then got into an argument with a fan and tried to lunge at him as well. Benson has been publicly criticized for his apparent interest in moving the team to San Antonio full time. Though Benson has not said that he is interested in moving and he took out a full-page ad and ran television commercials this week stating his intention to return home, the mayor of San Antonio has been quoted as saying the Saints owner wants to relocate there. NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue was at the game and Benson was scheduled to meet with Governor Kathleen Blanco. Last edited by albionmoonlight : 10-31-2005 at 08:41 AM. |
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10-31-2005, 08:42 AM | #2 |
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good thing he didn't stab someone with his little umbrella
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10-31-2005, 10:50 AM | #3 |
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It was on the news quite a bit here last night. Ugliest incident I've ever seen for an owner.
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10-31-2005, 11:24 AM | #4 |
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Can the NFL buy him out? What a shithead.
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10-31-2005, 12:49 PM | #5 |
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Money can't buy you class
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10-31-2005, 01:22 PM | #6 |
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Hey, laugh all you want, but think about this: If a Player had done this what kind of suspension and fine would the NFL be handing down today?
BTW--- Watch for the race card to be talked up as the NFL looks the other way on this. |
10-31-2005, 01:24 PM | #7 | |
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Now how exactly do you suspend an owner?
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10-31-2005, 01:26 PM | #8 |
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Wasn't Marge Schott suspended for a number of years?
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What, are they going to suspend him from owning the team, or suiting up this weekend? Quote:
I must have missed something here, but I didnt' see anything racial in this. |
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I guess. I say leave the old man alone. Have him issue an apology and move on.
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10-31-2005, 01:30 PM | #11 | |
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I guess the hypothesis is if Benson was black then white America would be in an uproar. An utterly ridiculous hypothesis.
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10-31-2005, 01:36 PM | #12 |
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OH come one people, you know if the NFL doesn't do something you know it is comming. Sorry, but with the NBA & MLB suspensions handed down for going after Fans you know someone is going to make a comparison.
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10-31-2005, 01:40 PM | #14 | |
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The same people that blame me for slavery in America will make the connection. |
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10-31-2005, 01:44 PM | #15 |
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When you see someone playing the race card, point me to the link. Otherwise, I find your speculation to be very self serving. "Those people will make a racial issue out of this. [pause] See, that's why I hate those people; they make racial issues out of everything."
A better analogy would be to Kenny Rogers--both are guys who recently attacked innocent cameramen. |
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I'm pretty sure he had something to do with it, I just cant prove it ... yet. |
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Also, it is still to soon to expect a response from the NFL. I am sure they have their ear to the ground and will do whatever their focus groups tell them to do. I would bet on a 2 game suspension. |
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I'd vote for two days confinement to the super dome.
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10-31-2005, 02:05 PM | #21 |
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Dola, now he's looking to kick your ass.
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10-31-2005, 02:08 PM | #22 |
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I was there when the African Kings sold everyone into slavery.
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10-31-2005, 09:16 PM | #25 |
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I thought Al Gore invented slavery.
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11-01-2005, 08:13 AM | #28 |
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He lunged at the camera for no reason? It doesn't say if the guys said something to him, or he just went nuts. He probably thought the guy was carrying an RPG launcher.
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11-01-2005, 08:43 AM | #29 |
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When I read the title I got the visual image of an old man jumping onto the camera and gowling and chewing on it like a wild animal.
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Another update:
http://www.wwltv.com/sports/stories/....21541f13.html Quote:
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Bill Bidwell has to be pissed that his title of most hated NFL owner is going to be challenged for the first time in years . . . . On a more speculative note--one wonders who leaked the email--which the Saints confirm was sent. If it was Benson himself, then he really wants to be hated in Louisiana. If it was someone in his office, then he has a mutiny on his hands. If it was someone in the NFL office, then they seem willing to take the PR hit of one of their owners being hung out to dry in order to . . . hang him out to dry. Either way, its interesting to see the NFL, the most PR savy business that I have ever seen, try to deal with Benson's issues, the "don't loot the Saints" mentality, the fact that no one knows if New Orleans can actually support an NFL team anymore, and the fact that Los Angeles is the 500 pound pink elephant hovering over the whole situation. They are going to have to tread very carefully with this whole thing. The only thing they have going for them is the fact that it's the Saints--one of the lowest profile teams in the league. If something similar were going on with the Cowboys and Jerry Jones, it would be all anyone was discussing. |
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While I don't necessarily agree with his interpretation of the events, he has some good points.
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11-03-2005, 07:36 AM | #32 |
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Interesting; reads like the NFL's message to Model saying that they could not guarantee his safety when the Ravens played the Browns in Cleveland.
My money would be that Benson's team released the memo to aid in their case for relocation. And, last time I checked Al Davis still claims he owns the rights to the LA area. I still have not figured out how the NFL would try to add another team to their members? I think everyone has learned something for MLB's expansion problems. Trying to add another 8 teams to the NFL, 1 to each division, would be a dissaster. |
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