At least one report has indicated that the Saints won’t hold 2016 training camp in West Virginia, following devastating flooding in Greenbrier County, site of the team’s practice facility for three weeks in each of the last two preseasons. The Saints, however, still plan to return to their home away from home.
A source close to the situation tells PFT that the Saints intend to hold training camp at The Greenbrier resort, and that the Saints believe the practice complex and all other necessary facilities will be ready for them when camp opens late next month. Look for a statement to be issued by the team, sooner than later.
The Saints also plan to do something tangible to help with flood relief efforts. Which is very much needed and which the folks who will benefit from it surely will appreciate.
People living in that area are dealing with far bigger issues than whether a football team will practice there for a few weeks next month, but the decision of the Saints to stand with Greenbrier County should give the region a psychological lift as it embarks on the very difficult ordeal of recovering from the devastation brought about by 8-10 inches of rain falling over the course of 6-8 hours into valleys that became bowls for the water and mud that the mountains couldn’t hold.