New Orleans Saints fans make plans to boycott the Super Bowl

A New Orleans bakery is turning out thousands of cookies with a picture of a referee with a circle and slash mark across it in red icing.

The owner of a locksmith shop has hung posters and signs taking aim at NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell, and some residents have hung posters of a referee wearing a blindfold.

New Orleans Saints fans have found creative ways to express their displeasure over the infamous "no call" during last weekend's Saints-Rams NFC Championship Game. But their newest tactic may make the loudest statement: a Super Bowl boycott in a town famous for Super Bowls.

"We're angry," said Lauren Haydel, a Saints fan and business owner who has started printing and selling T-shirts featuring a referee voodoo doll with pins sticking out of it from her Fleurty Girl retail stores.

Haydel says she'll join the boycott.

"We're not even going to go to a place with TVs on," she said. "I don't care to watch it."

Several bars in the city have said they won't show the game in their establishments, and residents say they're making other plans to avoid the game.

"It's a devastating loss, and we won't get over it, but ... we are used to getting disrespected by the National Football League Association," she said, making a reference to "Bounty Gate," when the NFL suspended Saints coaches — including head coach Sean Payton for a year — after finding the Saints were rewarding players for hits on opponents with intent to injure.

The no-call was under discussion in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., where Pro Bowl players were practicing. Most suggested expanding video review.

"If dudes are missing calls on the field, they've got to make them up in the box," Cowboys linebacker Leighton Vander Esch said.

New York Giants safety/special teams ace Mike Thomas was convinced of that Sunday.

"Honestly, full speed, I was like, 'He kind of got there early, but it was bang-bang,' " he said. "You slow it down, clearly he got there early. I was like, 'Ohhh.' It looked way worse when you slowed it down."

CFO Joseph Siclare's sworn affidavit was submitted by the NFL to get one of two pending lawsuits over officiating moved from state civil court to New Orleans federal court. It's the league's first formal response to a lawsuit by a pair of ticket-holders.

Kicker Adam Vinatieri, 46 years old, agreed to play next season with the Indianapolis Colts.

Vinatieri will have a chance to add to his NFL career records of 2,600 points and 690 field goals. His next game will be No. 354, breaking a tie with Gary Anderson for second on the all-time list.