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Class Act — Super Bowl Champ Scott Fujita Remembers New Orleans

Monday, March 8th, 2010 | New Orleans Saints, NFL, Sports

Talk about a class act — Scott Fujita of the Super Bowl Champion New Orleans Saints gave one final gift to the city of New Orleans before he left the team as a free agent this weekend.  Instead of keeping his winning Super Bowl check for his young family, Fujita opted to donate the entire sum to charity.  Half of the check went to continued coastal restoration in New Orleans, which is still recovering form the devastating affects of Hurrican Katrina.  And he gave the other half of the check to earthquake relief efforts in Haiti.  Other free agents leaving their respective cities should really take note of Fujita’s actions.

Even though Fujita was a solid linebacking piece to the Saints much-improved defense, he largely went unnoticed each and every Sunday (in 11 games, Fujita racked up 58 tackles (43 solo), 1 sack and 2 forced fumbles).  But that didn’t matter — “The people of this city and region have been so good to me and my family that we just felt strongly about doing something to protect the city we have come to love so much.  And helping on the coastal issue has been on the back of my mind since I first got here.”

Now granted, Fujita signed a nice deal to go to the Saints 4 years ago, and he just signed a 3-year deal with the Browns which will guarantee him $8 million dollars and another $6 million if he plays all 3 seasons.  But the fact of the matter is, he didn’t forget about the city that he lived in for the last 4 years and he put his money out there to help others who could benefit from it.  Kudos to you Scott – we wish you the best of luck in the city of Cleveland over the next few years – they’ll be lucky to have you.

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