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Count Steeler
07-28-2012, 05:24 PM
LATROBE, Pa. -- No training camp opened with the explosions that the Pittsburgh Steelers' did, and it had nothing to do with the storms that circled Latrobe, Pa.
The first lightning bolt came in the morning, when it leaked that Jimmy Haslam, a minority owner, was negotiating to buy Randy Lerner's majority shares of the Cleveland Browns (http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/cle/cleveland-browns). A Steelers owner buying the Browns? Tweeted one loyal Twitter follower, "haven't the Steelers owned the Browns for years?
Later that day, Browns president Mike Holmgren confirmed the negotiations and higher-ups in the Steelers organization said the transaction was well along and should happen, pending NFL owners' approval.In the second bombshell, Antonio Brown (http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/13934/antonio-brown)potentially aced out Mike Wallace (http://espn.go.com/nfl/player/_/id/12601/mike-wallace) for the franchise's long-term wide receiver deal. Wallace, an unsigned restricted free agent, had turned down the Steelers' $9 million-a-year offer.

Read more at http://espn.go.com/nfl/trainingcamp12/story/_/page/claytoncamp120728/nfl-five-observations-pittsburgh-steelers-training-camp
steelerdude15
07-28-2012, 06:18 PM
So, if the bandwagon jumper buys the team, does he have to give up his share of the Steelers? I would sure hope so because I'd be pissed if the new owner of the Browns would have anything to do with the Steelers.
Count Steeler
07-28-2012, 06:21 PM
So, if the bandwagon jumper buys the team, does he have to give up his share of the Steelers? I would sure hope so because I'd be pissed if the new owner of the Browns would have anything to do with the Steelers.

I would think the NFL won't allow someone to own a portion of more than 1 team. Seems like a possible conflict of interest.

In the CFL, though, the BC Lions and the Toronto Argonauts are owned by the same guy. Weird.
Psycho Ward 86
07-28-2012, 06:25 PM
$9 million a year? sounds about right to me. perhaps a little more guaranteed money or a bigger signing bonus and we could have wallace locked up :(
steelerdude15
07-28-2012, 06:28 PM
I would think the NFL won't allow someone to own a portion of more than 1 team. Seems like a possible conflict of interest.

In the CFL, though, the BC Lions and the Toronto Argonauts are owned by the same guy. Weird.

I would HOPE so. If not, you're going to see one really pissed off Steeler fan.
Galax Steeler
07-29-2012, 06:27 AM
I would HOPE so. If not, you're going to see one really pissed off Steeler fan.

I think there would be more then one pissed off Steeler fan.
fansince'76
07-29-2012, 06:36 AM
I would think the NFL won't allow someone to own a portion of more than 1 team. Seems like a possible conflict of interest.

One would think so, and that would make sense, but don't bet on it. Yet Dan and Art II were forced to go asshole deep into debt to try and arrange financing to buy out other members of the Rooney family's shares in the team due to their racetrack and casino holdings, never mind that said family members had NOTHING TO DO in any material way with running the Steelers from day to day.

Welcome to Goodell's NFL.
Count Steeler
07-29-2012, 06:41 AM
One would think so, and that would make sense, but don't bet on it. Yet Dan and Art II were forced to go asshole deep into debt to try and arrange financing to buy out other members of the Rooney family's shares in the team due to their racetrack and casino holdings, never mind that said family members had NOTHING TO DO in any material way with running the Steelers from day to day.

Welcome to Goodell's NFL.

Yeah, that whole situation was hypocritical to me. I don't know actual numbers, but I would venture to guess that more money is bet on the NFL than any other sport, especially on a per game ratio. I think the SB is the high light of the books, with all the props and money that is put on the game.

Yet the Rooneys had to scramble because of race track involvement.