Fans of New Orleans quarterback Drew Brees are donating money to a fund to help keep him in New Orleans. Brees could earn a franchise tag of $14.4 million next season but remains unsigned. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
A report Wednesday from Nate Davis of USA Today confirms that a season ticket holder for the New Orleans Saints has set up a website for fans of New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees to donate money that will be used in full for ?a trust directly for the benefit of Drew Brees and/or his foundations, The Brees Dream Foundation,? according to the fan site,�FansStepUp.com:
[A]pparently seeing unsigned Drew Brees miss any more offseason workouts ? and perhaps hold out into training camp ? would just be too much to bear for one season ticketholder.
So Tony LeMon has started fansstepup.com, which asks Saints fans to make donations in $1, $5 or $100 increments in an effort to bridge the financial gap between quarterback and team.
The fan site launched on Tuesday by the 52-year-old lawyer and according to the tracker on the site, Brees fans have raised $1,093.09 as of Wednesday afternoon. If Brees won?t accept the funds, LeMon will reportedly donate the money to the Brees Dream Foundation.
Brees would receive a franchise tag of $14.4 million from the Saints next season but remains unsigned.
Source: http://tracking.si.com/2012/05/30/drew-brees-new-orleans-nfl-quarterback/?xid=si_nfl
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