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Partying While Black: Mark Ingram, five other Saints players, turned away for being “too urban”

Ah, quaint quiet London, the sleepy little 2,000-year old hamlet in the Southern Midlands of England with nine million people, has an “urban problem.” Specifically, the upscale nightclub Cirque le Soir has a problem admitting six rich black American football players who had reservations:

A few Saints players, including running back Mark Ingram, cornerbacks Sterling Moore and B.W. Webb, and safety Vonn Bell, traveled to England's capital city to check things out this week.

Ingram tweeted that they had a great time , with the exception of being turned away from a circus-themed night club called Cirque Le Soir because the group of black football players looked "too urban," Ingram said.