"Brees is under contract for one more year. Benson hinted he cannot imagine the Saints without their signal-caller, and although a new contract for Brees will be on the table, Benson said the quarterback's lead role in the labor dispute will not be an issue. Business is business, these things must be compartmentalized, and Brees simply isn't capable of doing anything without complete dedication to it, Benson said. Brees did so by taking a lead role for the union in federally mediated talks in Washington. He has the accomplished resume and, arguably more important, the gravitas that makes him an admired person on both sides of the negotiating table. Brees has never spoken sharply against Benson -- "All I see is a guy giving us every chance he can to be a winner," Brees said at his locker in his season-closing comments last January -- and Benson waved aside any concern that lingering resentment from the labor situation might bleed into contract negotiations." Read more: http://www.nola.com/saints/index.ssf/2011/03/new_orleans_saints_owner_tom_b_9.html
