Quoting this post for posterity, because i believe you might be right.
I too hope this goes away, but anything sensational and vaguely controversial has a tendency to catch fire, and it wouldn’t surprise me if the ‘haters’ of the Saints, or the NFL, or whoever jump on this and blow it up.
If something was seriously covered up, or the Saints were involved to that extent, it would be taking over every channel last week when the AP first reported it.