Humor NFL Vendetta against the Saints goes way back {language warning in video} (1 Viewer)

[muddbug2]

Saints win a game causes a rule to be changed. 1970

Bonus: Another reason to hate the Cowboys

 

[saint_drago]

I've never understood why the NFL is so reactionary when it comes to some rule changes but at the same time they're totally obtuse when it comes to obvious things in the game that need to change. A guy breaks a kicking record with half a damn foot and the NFL has to run make a rule about prosthetic limbs lol. Like that was an issue they would have to deal with on a regular basis. Meanwhile guys were accidentally catching interceptions with their elbows because they were covered in so much stickum.

 

[muddbug2]

I've never understood why the NFL is so reactionary when it comes to some rule changes but at the same time they're totally obtuse when it comes to obvious things in the game that need to change. A guy breaks a kicking record with half a damn foot and the NFL has to run make a rule about prosthetic limbs lol. Like that was an issue they would have to deal with on a regular basis. Meanwhile guys were accidentally catching interceptions with their elbows because they were covered in so much stickum.

Another unneeded rule change was after the Ken Stabler forward fumble which was really an incomplete forward pass. You can clearly see him throw the ball forward, the refs missed that and it was grounding as well so it should have been flagged.

 

[AARPSaint]

Lol at the "toes getting in the way." Those guys did a great job with the deadpan delivery.

 

[woohoosaint]

Tex Schramm was a Richard.

 

[cue180]

If we want to take away every advantage for a record to be broken then any field goal attempt in CO must have 5 yards tacked on the distance since we know everything flies farther at that elevation.

 

[HouseCall]

Before the explosion of the NFL due to massive TV deals, the NFL was very much a regional league. So, the small-market, bumbling Saints were not looked at as a legitimate part of the NFL in the eyes of many people in the larger or more successful regional NFL markets. As a result, losing to the Saints, under any circumstances, was viewed as an upset for not only the losing team - but for the league as a whole.

The league in those days were much less concerned with growing the fan base as they were in protecting their established franchises and successful regions. The South was looked at as college football country, so the expansions into Atlanta and New Orleans were looked at as dipping the league toe in college football waters.

So I can definitely see the "drive" behind an anti-Saints bias from the league back then. The league didn't want the Saints to succeed - they were far more interesting as the laughing stock.

At least that's how I see it.

 

[boutte]

When Dempsey kicked that FG the air was thick as soup and damp.

 

[HobBeh]

Before the explosion of the NFL due to massive TV deals, the NFL was very much a regional league. So, the small-market, bumbling Saints were not looked at as a legitimate part of the NFL in the eyes of many people in the larger or more successful regional NFL markets. As a result, losing to the Saints, under any circumstances, was viewed as an upset for not only the losing team - but for the league as a whole.

The league in those days were much less concerned with growing the fan base as they were in protecting their established franchises and successful regions. The South was looked at as college football country, so the expansions into Atlanta and New Orleans were looked at as dipping the league toe in college football waters.

So I can definitely see the "drive" behind an anti-Saints bias from the league back then. The league didn't want the Saints to succeed - they were far more interesting as the laughing stock.

At least that's how I see it.

New Orleans was more or less equal to Dallas and Houston in the 60s/70s regarding population and economics.

 

[SigFreudianSlip]

I actually agree with the league on this one.

 

[Saint Jack]

Seriously? A conspiracy theory dating back to the 60s?
Instead of a conspiracy couldn’t it just be a constant stream of new head coaches, bad drafting, and a owner that just turned 30?

 

[Sailorsaint]

After the Saints beat the Vikings in OT to go to the SB, they changed the OT rules....After "bountygate", the spot on a QB where you can hit them is smaller than the strike zone in baseball....New Orleans Saints changing the face of the NFL, one rule at a time.

 

[VPCajun]

Saints win a game causes a rule to be changed. 1970

Bonus: Another reason to hate the Cowboys

The * needs to be on ANY FG kicked at 1 mile above sea level.

(As opposed to Dempsey's kick which was done BELOW SEA LEVEL!)

Geaux Dempsey!!!!

 

[HouseCall]

New Orleans was more or less equal to Dallas and Houston in the 60s/70s regarding population and economics.

But in regards to the NFL landscape, the Dallas Cowboys were viewed as one of the bigger draws regionally in the South - including large swaths of North Louisiana that still has high numbers of generational Cowboy fans.

And the Oilers spent their first 9 years in the AFL where they won a couple of championships- so their pedigree coming into the league was not viewed the same as an expansion franchise like the Saints or Falcons.

 

[Zaphod]

Tom Dempsey's Kicking Shoe I Bullock Texas State History Museum

In the late 60s and early 70s,Tom Dempsey was the kicker for the New Orleans Saints. Born without toes on his right foot, Dempsey wore this modified shoe that helped him kick a then-NFL record 63-yard field goal against the Detroit Lions on November 8, 19

www.thestoryoftexas.com

Here's the shoe in question in case anyone else is curious:

With the aid of a specially-made right shoe, Dempsey replaced can’t with can and began playing football. He played defense and kicked for San Dieguito High School in Encinitas, California. He then played for Palomar College before receiving a tryout from the Green Bay Packers. At 6’ 2” and weighing 255 pounds, Packers coaching legend Vince Lombardi envisioned him as an offensive lineman who could kick field goals. For the first time in his career, Dempsey was outmatched physically, and after being cut, decided to concentrate on kicking full-time.