With the New Orleans Saints ownership openly flirting with moving to San Antonio permanently, the city's Mayor Ray Nagin blasted the talks that would capitalize on the Big Easy's misfortune that resulted from hurricane Katrina force and terrible aftermath. The mayor Mr. Ray Nagin is urging the Saints to remain in New Orleans. If the team is determined to leave the city and relocate permanently, the mayor has come out and said that he feels the NFL owes the city and Saints fans another team with the same name, colors, and logo. He has urged the NFL to adopt a plan very similar to that used when Cleveland Brown’s owner Art Modell abruptly picked up and moved the franchise to Baltimore in the late 1990's.

The very fact that New Orleans ownership is openly debating a permanent move to another city is deplorable. Only a week after hurricane Katrina's aftermath was fully realized and it was determined that Saints home games would have to be relocated this season and maybe for years to come ownership began discussing possible permanent relocation to San Antonio; albeit in hushed tones.

So what is the city left to do? The majority of a once great city has been destroyed beyond recognition, thousands have died and been forced from their homes and now one of the only things that may give residents anything to distract them from their plight may be slipping away, and fast. New Orleans Saints fans better pay attention this season and root for the home team like this season may be their last, because it very well might be, or get really into college football and drive to Baton Rouge every Saturday to see LSU play. Otherwise there may not be any football to watch in the state of Louisiana for a long, long time.