Nope. Nope, nope, nope. Apology unaccepted. To clarify, absolutely no one who is interested or invested in the well-being of the residents of Atlanta should want New Orleans to win come Sunday. There's no umbrage to be taken with a political figure not strongly preferring that one of her city's long-suffering sports teams (and their dozens upon dozens of loyal fans) not be made into a punchline while having their rambunctious rivals take up real estate in their brain and residence in their facilities for an entire week. That said, I think I speak for everyone from Sean Payton on down in saying that you don't get to simply retract a BountyGate joke. Pending a Super Bowl berth for the Saints, the piper is going to need to get paid for that low blow, and - in taking after a team that's as good at trolling as they are at football - there are very few fanbases more committed to collecting on that comeuppance than that of the Who Dat Nation. I wouldn't even call that explanation "too little, too late" as much as I would call it a sign of weakness from an inferior football city. Apologetic in antagonization? Ha, New Orleans would never. You mess with the bull and you get the horns, so no point in trying to discard of that red cape now. If the Saints are coming to Atlanta then the Saints are coming to Atlanta with far more than a taste for trolling. That was already inevitable before Mayor Kiesha Lance Bottoms got cocky with her comic relief. Therefore, there's no reason to back away from it now that she realizes how emotionally emasculating it will be for Atlanta to potentially play host to a humbling from those that are as familiar with that word as they are with 25-point championship choke jobs or the need for fake crowd noise.
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