Whats going on with the ownership of the Steelers?
I actually got to interview part-owner Art Rooney Jr. at great length this summer to help promote his book, but due to the timing of the interview (basically right in the midst of the story breaking) and the media swarm, the ownership topic was off the table. So I have to read and listen to the news stories just like you. But at last check, the five Rooney brothers will be meeting with Commissioner Goodell on August 26 at NFL HQ, and possibly meet with former Commissioner Paul Tagliabue before then. The prospective owner is Stanley Druckenmiller, a 55-year-old hedge fund manager who‘s the 91st richest American, according to Forbes Magazine. That’s right, a hedge fund manager originally from Pittsburgh. TV executives are immediately re-thinking their “blue-collar Steelers, playing like the steelworkers that watch them” clichés as we speak. Although he now lives in New York, he flies to Pittsburgh for all Steeler home games, tailgates in the parking lot and paints his face black-and-gold
