Champions Square is getting a face-lift. And while the Saints haven’t nailed down every detail, they’ve decided this much: The banner image of cornerback Tracy Porter clinching the 2010 Super Bowl with his late interception return for a touchdown is coming down.
That’s because racing behind Porter, with a gloved index finger raised skyward, is one Darren Sharper — No. 42, a now confessed serial rapist.
“It’s common sense. We don’t even want the perception that that’s an individual we’re celebrating,” Ben Hales, a team executive , said Monday.
The iconic photo hanging behind a palm tree at the right of the Champions Square stage has taken on a darker tinge since Sharper’s guilty pleas in March in Arizona, Nevada and California.