That was the word for Superdome officials yesterday, who said the Saints could play at least some of their home games there in 2006.

Sounds like good news… until you consider that colossal douchebag owner Tom Benson doesn’t want to play in the Superdome in ’06… or ’07 or ’08 or any damn time, because he’d rather be in San Antonio.

Benson, not nearly as lovable as the sitcom star of the same name, also fired a longtime team official because he was an advocate of keeping the team in New Orleans… according to the fired dude, anyway. Another longtime team official has resigned over it.

You can read the details here, but it seems like Benson is doing everything in his power to high-step it to San Antonio. And you know, I get that it’s a tough situation for him. Maybe New Orleans wasn’t the best situation for the team, even pre-Katrina, and maybe now, it’s even worse.

Benson’s a businessman, and I know he’s got to look out for his bottom line, but… at what a cost? How much more money does he need? I’m never going to have any sympathy for any NFL owner who cries poor. Owning an NFL team makes you not poor.

It just feels like any kind of a decent human being would want to let the community keep their team. He’d at least make an effort, because it’s part of something bigger. If the Superdome was leveled, and he was getting no support from the community, that would be one thing. But the building is going to be fine, it’s going to be repaired for next year, and the city could probably use the help of the Saints in getting New Orleans back together.

He’s looking at the situation, and instead of saying to himself, “Things are really bad here, I should do what I can to boost the community,” he’s saying, “Things are really bad here. I better get the hell out of here.” This guy is making Art Modell look like Gandhi.