The New Orleans Saints 50 for 50 series continues: No. 45, ‘Cha-Ching’

By Dean Mullen

As the story goes supposedly, the phrase was originally coined by a sportscaster Al Ackerman for the 1984 Detroit Tigers. The catch phrase seemed to catch fire during the late 80’s in New Orleans. WWL gave life to it with a promotional video and the rest was history. New Orleans being a very Catholic town was the perfect unity. Furthermore, Pope John Paul II just happened to visit the city in 1987, which also help the phrase to go viral.
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