You are a 100% correct that you know people affected. Your the only one in on this conversation that actually lives down there.
But if this was a celebration for the people affected. Why not do something for those people. Seriously? Give a fifth of the tickets to this ONE game away to people affected by the storm that had to leave. Do something to help those people feel better about their lives.
It was the right idea 100%. But they went about it entirely wrong.
I think they did something like that last season, but the games were in Baton Rouge or San Antonio. Obviously, not everyone got a ticket, but I remember groups of people going to a game. Come to think of it, I think it was a Carolina game...the Panthers gave tickets to some people...not the Saints. But right there is an issue of ownership. The Saints aren't a publicly owned team, and there's no way I'll defend Benson on anything. That would've been a good idea for him to do, assuming he didn't.