Commissioner, When will the NFL and the Saints be ready to commit to New Orleans past 2006?
Mr. Tagliabue: “I think Mr. Benson has already committed beyond 2006. He has made it clear that this is not just a one offer for one year season that this is a multi-year effort. It is going to have to be a mutual partnership and that we are going to have to develop bench marks and we have been discussing that with the business community. The way I look at it is simple. There is a period of engagement here to make sure everyone is working together with a shared set of goals and then if those goals can be achieved you just keep taking further and further steps. I think the commitment is unequivocal and the players I think will be coming back with a real positive attitude. We are striving to have some of the Saints players with us in Detroit at the Super Bowl. I think so many of those players have done great things of the field this year giving them the opportunity to come to the Super Bowl and speak on behalf of the Saints and the new effort that will be launched with the new coach and
