Sean Payton agrees to multi-year contract with Saints

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(12-29-2012 08:55 AM)RockHoward Wrote:  First off, no deal is a deal until the Commissioner says it is a deal. If they insist on leaving in essentially the same language that the Commissioner dissed in the first place, it is going to be no deal. Second off, Payton cannot contact the Saints while he is on suspension, so how did this deal happen? If it involved any contact with the team front office then on that basis the Commissioner will be able to extend the suspension by simply not reinstating Payton if he so chooses.

The reason the deal took so long in the first place was that Payton, his agent, Loomis and the Saints wanted permission, in writing, from the league that they could negotiate a deal in person. The league (aka Goodell) just recently supplied them with that written permission. This was public knowledge if you had been following the story. Secondly, they aren't stupid, they would have adjusted what needed to be adjusted to get the deal approved.