"Good morning America How are you?

"Don't you know me I'm your native son,

"I'm the train they call the City of New Orleans..."

to quote ESPN's Chris Berman citing the great Arlo Guthrie song titled "The City of New Orleans" during the Monday Night Football as the NFL returned to New Orleans.  New Orleans took a 20-3 halftime lead and went on to beat Michael Vick and the Falcons 23-3.

Like the Bills, the Saints are one of the possible teams to be moved to Los Angeles after their lease ends at the SuperDome in 2010 according to Yahoo Sports.

As much as the Tank actually likes LA, it is a college football town as people root for USC or UCLA. On Sunday, they watch their hometown teams as many of them are transplants from other parts of the country. If a team with a strong local and national fan base like the Raiders couldn't make it in LA during the 1980s when they were good, would the "LA Bills" (God forbid), "LA Saints" (double God forbid), or another team make it there?

The billion dollars that the NFL would fetch for an LA franchise doesn't mean as much football means in economically depressed areas like New Orleans and Buffalo which has yet to recover from the industry that left since the 1970s. Not only because of the jobs and money it brings to their respective areas, these people live for and need football in their lives as something to look forward to. Football is one of the Tank's Fundamentals of Life: Faith, Family, Fitness, Fun, Food, and Football (regardless of what it is called around the world: American, Australian, Canadian, Rugby, and Soccer).

Join the Tank in keeping the Saints in New Orleans not only for post-Katrina reconstruction but for generations to come.

Posted by The Tank whose heart is in the Bayou.