Tomlin: Contract talks, ownership issue not problems
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin expects the team’s top two draft picks to be signed by the time training camp starts Sunday, and said the team’s unsettled ownership shouldn’t be a distraction unless players let it become one. ‘‘Will it become a distraction? Potentially,’’ Tomlin said Wednesday. ‘‘But ... those questions will be answered by the Rooneys.’’ Tomlin was referring to the pioneering NFL family now headed by Steelers chairman Dan Rooney and his son, team president Art Rooney II. Dan Rooney is trying to buy a larger interest than his current 16 percent from one or all of his four brothers, who each own the same percentage but want more money than Rooney is offering. Cousins own the other 20 percent of the team. Whether that will result in an outside suitor buying a controlling interest in a marquee franchise worth about $1 billion has managed to dwarf other typical questions for this time of year.
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PITTSBURGH — If family members who own the Pittsburgh Steelers sell all or part of the team to outside interests, the county controller wants the team to repay some of the $281 million taxpayers ponied up to build Heinz Field.
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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers’ ownership is in turmoil, a dispute pitting brother against brother that may wind up with a billionaire investor gaining control of one of the NFL’s signature teams.
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PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney faces an uphill climb in trying to acquire majority control of one of pro sports’ best-known franchises now that his four brothers have hired an investment firm to field offers for their shares of
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Then he pitched a major fit in the dugout, upset over being removed from the game.
Rooney family keeping control
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers chairman Dan Rooney and his son, team president Art Rooney II, want to buy other family members’ shares to assure that one of the NFL’s most storied franchises does not leave Rooney control.
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