Saints will improve cafeteria, but they claim it has nothing to do with NFLPA grades

Good information: The Saints’ grade from the NFL Players Association for its cafeteria improved in 2024.

Bad information: It was nonetheless an F.

The Saints, through Matthew Paras of the New Orleans Advocate, will upgrade their cafeteria. Team president Dennis Lauscha claims it has nothing to do with the F- in 2023 and the F in 2024.

How a lot did the NFLPA impression have an effect on the choice?

“I’ll say this in the abundance of respect: Zero,” Lauscha mentioned. “It’s nothing against their survey, but we had it on the books for a while to improve our cafeteria, improve the cooking area. . . . The cooking area . . . it’s over 20 years old. It had to be changed. It had to be upgraded.”

Even if the renovations have been deliberate separate and other than the suggestions, what’s improper with acknowledging the accuracy of the suggestions?

Teams that obtain dangerous grades within the annual NFLPA report card can do one among two issues. They can take the suggestions critically and search for methods to improve, or they can downplay or disagree with the enter from their most necessary staff.

The NFLPA grading system is without doubt one of the finest concepts the union has ever had. It has created a method to impose true accountability on organizations that typically have little or none. Owners can’t be fired, as Jed York as soon as mentioned. But they may be shamed publicly.

That’s energy. And the NFLPA is utilizing it. Good for the NFLPA.