Crisis communications: emails show Saints & Pelicans helped New Orleans church spin abuse scandal [Goodell says NFL isn’t concerned]
This…..
For everyone saying it’s a non story it’s irrelevant what you think or the rest of us think. It’s what the NFL thinks. At the end of the day I’m pretty sure that most of you here can take your little Saints fan glasses off for a second and realize that even if Tesla’s PR rep did what Bensel did that it would be newsworthy and cause some business issues for Elon. Mrs Gayle and the Saints are not immune or exempt from criticism by the media/AP/NFL executives or Goodell on this matter.
TBH with the state of both franchises Mrs Gayle would probably be better off selling both teams anyways folks. As a Saints and Pelicans fan myself I just hope that the NFL will abide by her plan to keep the Saints in New Orleans and allow Dennis Lausca to facilitate the sale to an owner or ownership group committed to keeping the franchise in New Orleans as originally agreed upon by the NFL back in 2021. As for the Pelicans well that’s an another question because the NBA was less committal.
Going through this mental exercise of taking out the emotional ties we have, as 'fans', to this organization and really looking at this situation is totally on-point. Picture Elon/Tesla, Bill Gates/MS, or whatever major corporation out there doing this. At the very
least this billion-dollar company is using its resources to advise/put a PR spin on a religious organization weathering (yet another) storm of
children being raped. Even to the point of suggesting certain accused names being taken off of a list to avoid public embarrassment.
This is beyond reprehensible. I don't care how close you are to a church/religious organization. This is something you don't even consider touching, let alone offer your company's resources to.
My initial gut, admittedly emotional, reaction has me questioning my continued fandom. I wouldn't blame Moore, or anyone, in the least if they decided not to work for a company that engages in this.
You can spin it as "oh, how coincidental this piece coming out right now", "old news", conspiracy theories to make the team be sold/moved, or even what appears to be some victim blaming, as much as you want. This is awful horrible, horrendous behavior by an organization that should not be dismissed or just brushed off as a 'nothing burger '.