The minute the words "ownership sale" became part of the average Steelers fans conversation, nothing good could happen. Now, it's starting to get ugly.According to the Post-Gazette, potential new owner Stanley Druckenmiller is not interested in becoming a minority owner--he's either going to become the new majority owner or he'll go home, but there's not a situation where he'll end up helping Dan Rooney retain majority interest in the team.
So what we have is a potential battle between Druckenmiller and Rooney for control of the team. And if you're betting on who will win that battle, put your money on the man with $3.5 billion in the bank.
Now Druckenmiller has said that he's planning to let Rooney continue running the team if his bid is accepted. But he also knows that Rooney will turn 76 next week, so it's not like Rooney will be running the team for too much longer. And Druckenmiller hasn't offered the same guarantee for Rooney's son Art Rooney II.
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7-17-2008 @ 2:17PM
A. J. said...
This whole situation is awful. Many others including myself take great pride in the history and ownership of the Steelers. Thinking of some other family owning the Steelers other than the Rooneys is simply disturbing.
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7-19-2008 @ 4:37AM
Mr.G said...
I'm not a Steeler fan,but I don't see the current owners willing to spend too much money trying to upgrade need positions such as OL-DL and CB.The team is lacking depth and letting their own players leave for more dough.Somebody with deeper pockets might help.
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