stillers4me
07-28-2011, 05:29 AM
Turns out, Dan Rooney, U.S. ambassador to Ireland, is not the only diplomat in the family.
His son played a significant role in carving out not only a new collective bargaining agreement in the NFL, but helped to create a new revenue-sharing plan among the league's 32 owners that proved to be an important step toward labor peace with its players for the next 10 years.
How significant? Enough that a busy NFL commissioner Roger Goodell came to the telephone Wednesday with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to praise Art Rooney II's part in reaching the two historical agreements.............
Read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11209/1163472-66.stm
His son played a significant role in carving out not only a new collective bargaining agreement in the NFL, but helped to create a new revenue-sharing plan among the league's 32 owners that proved to be an important step toward labor peace with its players for the next 10 years.
How significant? Enough that a busy NFL commissioner Roger Goodell came to the telephone Wednesday with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette to praise Art Rooney II's part in reaching the two historical agreements.............
Read more @ http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/11209/1163472-66.stm