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New Orleans might no longer be able to afford team

By Len Pasquarelli
ESPN.com

Friday, September 2, 2005

Compared to the human misery in New Orleans that is playing out daily on television screens across the country, football is nothing more than a trivial pursuit. When you don't have water, you aren't exactly worried about whether the Saints have a solid No. 3 wide receiver yet. But at the risk of appearing insensitive to the plight of the displaced and the desperate in New Orleans, there is going to come an appropriate time when the future of the Saints is a topic for discussion in whatever rem ...

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