Season Ticket Holder Sues New Orleans Saints Over Anthem Protests

A New Orleans Saints fan who is also a season ticket holder sued the team for the reimbursement of the ticket prices as well as lawyer fees after Saints players took a knee during the national anthem.

Dragna hasn’t attended a Saints home game since Week 2, the lawsuit stated.

A source said the Saints are “taking this very seriously, and this fan best have his facts in order,” ESPN reported.

“The Saints will come back at this fan who has brought forth incorrect information in his statement with everything to defend the team, organization, and players,” the source added.

“The one time we protested an anthem was an away game. After a team meeting we decided to kneel as one BEFORE the anthem was played and STAND united as one DURING the anthem! Good luck dude,” he wrote.

Ingram and nine other Saints players sat on the bench in Week 3 during an away game at Carolina after President Trump made comments about the NFL and the protests. As ESPN noted, after that week, Saints players have knelt before the anthem and then they stand as the anthem plays.

He alleged that some players didn’t come out for the singing of the national anthem when the Saints played the New England Patriots on Sept. 17. “They passed directly in front of where the petitioner and his guests were seated. Many of the fans in that area booed and cursed at the Saints players,” he said, describing the scene when they emerged from the tunnel.

“Apparently, these players were following the lead of (former San Francisco 49ers quarterback) Colin Kaepernick by disrespecting the flag, the anthem, the USA and those who have served and are serving the USA in our military,” the suit read.

“The Saints created that behavior by condoning it,” he said. “It’s my thought pattern that (players) should not be allowed (to protest),” Dragna said. “If you sell tickets to a gaming event for entertainment, you should not be allowed to turn it political.”

And Dragna made it clear that he’s not supportive of the protests.

“I don’t want my kids growing up thinking that those are their heroes … and it’s OK to do that stuff, especially on TV and especially on your job site,“ he said. ”That can’t be allowed to happen.”

Dragna said he asked for a refund of his tickets, but the Saints rejected him.

“They don’t even want to talk about this, but I don’t care,” he told the Advocate. “One way or another they’ll pay.”