Tom Benson
Tom Benson
Thomas Milton Bensonis the owner of the New Orleans Saints and New Orleans Pelicans...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth12 July 1927
CityNew Orleans, LA
CountryUnited States of America
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I'm 85 years old. I've been in business since I was a teenager, practically; I was in grade school, and I even had a paper route. I always had a job so I could have money to spend on girls.
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Jackson, since it represented Mississippi, it represented what we needed to do in getting the whole state of Mississippi ... to be in our corner.
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I don't know what the NFL would have done if San Antonio hadn't taken us in.
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I will not return to Baton Rouge for any reason, including any games scheduled for the end of this season or a contemplated next season. No person, much less the owner of NFL team, should have either he, his family or his friends subjected to this form of danger, intimidation and abuse. I was advised not to go but wanted to support the league.
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Our main concern is with the people of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast region who have experienced the recent tragedy. We are attempting to carry on in these difficult times and are looking out for the best interest of our coaches, staff, players and their families. My prayers are with each of those who have been adversely impacted.
played raiders weeks
A little over two weeks ago we were in California, and we just played the Raiders and we didn't know where we were going,
four games leave playing
I don't want to leave Louisiana, OK. Otherwise, we wouldn't be playing four games here.
everybody hear sure written
I've got it written down here to make sure everybody will hear what they'd like to hear.
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Like LSU, they had one great game on Saturday. We had one great game on Sunday. And Louisiana now has to show the rest of the world that we've got two great football teams.
high looked owned performance school seen worst
This is the worst performance I've seen by them in the 20 years that I've owned them. They looked just like high school kids.
football intend present super team
We intend to present a first-class football team ... all the way to the Super Bowl.
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Us winning football games is going to mean more to the Gulf South relief effort more than money or anything else can do, ... The one thing they have got is the Saints winning football games.
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Tom Benson & X FEMA Director Inside. No Open.
drafted hammer round
We drafted Terrell Owens in the first round ... YOU hammer out his extension.