Sean Payton's contract extension voided by NFL; will be FA at end of season

[ChrisPozz]

Sean Payton deal with New Orleans Saints voided by NFL, sources say - ESPN

At issue in the contract was one specific clause that would have enabled Payton to walk away from the deal if general manager Mickey Loomis was suspended, fired or left the New Orleans organization, sources said.

The league believed that any such language in Payton's contract would set a bad precedent for other coaching contracts and rejected the deal well before Loomis was suspended for the first eight games this season for his part in the bounty scandal.

Dating back to roughly the start of this year, the two sides engaged in numerous subsequent conversations to try to resolve the issue but never did.

 

[ChrisPozz]

NFL says it has made no determination on Sean Payton’s contract status for 2013 | ProFootballTalk

 

[spacedoodoopistol]

He'll have to draw on all his acting skills to appear sad about this. Saints problems this year in his absence have probably skyrocketed his value and they seem to need a lot of new pieces to return to competitiveness.

 

[Flyingiguana]

they need a decent running game to keep the d off the field. their d sucks anyways, but even with a good d the passing offense being that good puts a lot of pressure on the unit.