Who's Nicer? Benson or Shinn
Benson can't take the Saints anywhere, a bunch of Investors would come in and pay off Benson in a heart beat and sell the saints to the state if he tries that crap again.
Shinn on the other hand has my support he's not a nice owner by no means, but he's a business man, and this was a great Business proposal for the city, however Shinn has to go out and do his part as well, it's not up to the city to get a TV Airing Deal laid out for his team to air in the most Rural parts of Louisiana so the fan-base can get better, he's got the money and power to go out and argue his case out, he could also do a little more advertising than he is, my family didn't even know the Hornets returned a whole year later!! My brother Loves Basketball but he thought for sure they were still in OKC and probably wasn't coming back now they are trying to support them but im pretty sure other people either have no idea their back or don't know how well they are doing because they can't see the product on their TV. With Cox unable to land some type of deal with some Station the Hornets are being blacked out from Local New Orleanians in the Suburbs that could definately pack an Arena and get behind teams if it means helping the city and the team stay up.
I like what Shinn said on the WWL Sports though, he said he doesn't believe Professional Teams should take from Tax payers and that Owners should work to sell tickets and put the right product out to get by on unless there's some Emergency and the state is willing to help out for a while.
This was a Direct Jab at The Benson led Saints Organization IMO.
However i think Shinn will probably resort to something similar after 2009 and theirs no consistent support for the team or he'll sell or leave, relying on investors from whatever other city wants an NBA team to pay off the Penalty.