Dan Rooney
Dan Rooney
Daniel Milton "Dan" Rooneyis the former United States Ambassador to Ireland, who served from July 3, 2009 until his resignation in 2012. He is chairman of the Pittsburgh Steelers football team in the National Football League, which was founded by his father, Art. Rooney was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2000 for his contributions to the game. He is credited with spearheading a requirement that NFL teams with head coach and general manager vacancies interview at...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth20 July 1932
CityPittsburgh, PA
This sign says it all and it's for you. Thank you. The press, they had their doubts, but you never did and we thank you.
There's nothing to say. The game's over. It's not going to change the score.
This is real good for the game. I always said it in the '70s: What we need as a league is one good, dominant team, and then let everybody else fight it out.
Of course, Wellington was right. He always thought of the league.
People try to compare this to a normal business. It isn't.
I would have hoped there would have been more minority hires right now.
Revenue sharing is a tough thing but it's great.
Pete brought us into the modern times with the television and other things. Paul has really taken us and made us a business entity.
Somebody could change coaches and still win, but doing it the way we do it is us. It's the way we do things, the way our organization puts things together and looks at things. Stability is important.
She put people on a path for success. She just kept you going and made you feel this was the most important thing you had to do at this particular time.
Mike speaks up all the time. I don't see him taking any back seat.
We do have a certain way we do things. We do lose some players to free agency, but maybe we want to lose some of those. It's very easy for people to say 'you need to do it this way' or 'you need to change.' That's when you have to stand up and stick with the way you do things.
We basically had the same core team through that period. But that was a really good Raiders team we lost to, and without Franco it was just too tough.
It's a tough, expensive agreement. But I think we'll be fine. We'll have to watch our expenses and things like that, and be fiscally responsible. But it's a great thing. This gives us labor peace for a while, which is what separated the National Football League from other sports. It's good for the players, and I think it will be good for the league.