Details are leaking out about the changes to the Steelers’ ownership.
It seems that Tim and Pat Rooney – the two Rooneys most involved with racetracks and casinos – will sell their entire stakes of the Steelers to Dan. This will give Dan a minimum of a 48% share of the team. But it will probably end up being more than that, as John Rooney and Art Rooney Jr. plan to sell around half of their 16% stakes in the team. So it’s likely that Dan (and, eventually, Art II) will end up owning around 64% of God’s Favorite Team. Or shall I say at least 64%: word is that the McGinley family – hitherto reported to be not selling their shares – will also sell a small part of their 20% stake to Dan. So, in the end, it seems that Dan will end up owning somewhere around 70% of the team. Details are (obviously) still sketchy at this point. Read more about it here.
In other news, remember Mean Joe Greene’s famous Super Bowl commercial for Coke? Troy Polamalu is set to do a remake. It will air during this year’s Super Bowl.