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To Steelers Nation:
I want to reach out to you, the members of Steelers Nation, based on what I believe is a misperception about our players' intentions in not taking the field for the National Anthem in Chicago. The intentions of Steelers players were to stay out of the business of making political statements by not taking the field. Unfortunately, that was interpreted as a boycott of the anthem – which was never our players' intention.
Our players come from many different backgrounds and are united by what it means to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers. They are active in their communities and participate regularly in events designed to give back to those communities. And they appreciate the support they get from Steelers fans around the country and here at home.
I also know that our players have tremendous respect for the members of our military services, including their teammate Alejandro Villanueva. There was never any desire on the part of our players to show disrespect for our service members.
Yesterday, I received an email from a Steelers fan who said tell the players to just play football. That is exactly what they wanted to do. They wanted their sole focus to be on playing the game, while also coming together as a unified team.
The main thing we can do is learn from this and strive to come together remaining unified as a football team. I believe we are capable of accomplishing this with the support of our fans.
Steelers Nation is made up of the best fans in the National Football League. We appreciate your continued support of our players, coaches and staff.
Sincerely,
Art Rooney, II
Pittsburgh Steelers
Thanx for posting that, Psych. I hadn't seen it elsewhere.
I hope @MISKO sees it. He was pretty upset with the team, thinking they were siding with Krappernick and his bunch.
Honestly it was emailed to me because I order Steeler's Digest.
I thought it was awesome, and needed to be shared!!!!
@UtahUte
You don't like it, go fuck yourself and stay off our board....
take your protest shit elsewhere snowflake
HAHA Snowflake, HAHA Thats as old as my grandmothers kick start vibrator!
ill post where ever I please. I'm not here to cause hate and discontent.
Sincerly
Trump Supporter
Antonio Brown made headlines in Week 4 when he threw a temper tantrum on the sideline over Ben Roethlisberger missing him on what could have been a long touchdown, but the star receiver’s frustration with his quarterback reportedly began long before that play.
According to Jason La Canfora of CBS Sports, Brown was upset with Roethlisberger and the team over the way they handled the national anthem before their game against the Chicago Bears in Week 3. Sources told La Canfora that Brown felt strongly about kneeling in protest during the anthem, but Roethlisberger was apparently the one behind the decision to remain in the tunnel and avoid the playing of “The Star-Spangled Banner” altogether.
When Roethlisberger didn’t throw to a wide open Brown, the receiver reportedly felt the quarterback was intentionally not looking his way because of the tension between the two. Here’s more:
So you have Ben trying to save face for himself and his teammates and these same teammates throwing tantrums because they are mad at him......
Let's see how they fair when Ben leaves the building.
Who's gonna throw to you now Brown???? Landry Jones??????