Art Rooney Ii

There were many things that were missed a year ago thanks to the pandemic. Perhaps some didn’t miss it, but the absence of a preseason for the NFL last year was certainly notable to some like myself, who value the role that it serves within the calendar. While the league has been trying to trim the preseason for years, Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II remains its defender and welcomes its return.

There's no easing into the NFL's toughest schedule. The Steelers, who will face the NFL's toughest competition in 2021 as far as last year's records are concerned, will kick off the inaugural 17-game season with a trip to Buffalo to take on a Bills team that finished one game shy of the Super Bowl in 2020.

Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II was interviewed by Bob Labriola of steelers.com following the release of the team’s 2021 schedule on Wednesday and he was asked about having training camp at Saint Vincent College this summer after it was cancelled there last year first time since 1965 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Maurkice Pouncey, Art Rooney II, Ray Mansfield, Mike Webster, University of Wisconsin–Whitewater, Alabama. Art Rooney II admitted it’s not often centers go in the first round. It takes a special talent to break into the top 32. But Maurkice Pouncey had that talent. And Rooney II knows he’ll be missed on the field and in the locker room.

The Pittsburgh Steelers, along with all other NFL teams, are preparing for the 2021 NFL Draft in just under a week, but there was other NFL news which took place recently, and it had nothing to do with the upcoming draft. No, this news was based on the new rules...

I suspect that the majority of those who have followed the Pittsburgh Steelers close enough recognize that when it comes to the incorporation of technology into the game of football, they tend to skew toward the more conservative side. While team president Art Rooney II is not opposed to replay...

The 2020 NFL offseason was very different for obvious reasons. But 2021 has its own unique complexities that are coloring how things ultimately play out. Arguably one of the most significant qualities unique (hopefully) to this offseason is the absence of a formal, full-fledged NFL Scouting Combine. While it can...

Art Rooney II, National Football League, Pittsburgh Steelers, Roger Goodell, National Football Conference, Major League Baseball Players Association, National Football League Players Association, American football, sports season, American Football Conference. As expected, the NFL owners formally approved a new 17-game regular-season format at the virtual owners’ meetings on Tuesday and...

In addition to the NFL owners formally approving the new 17-game regular-season schedule format on Tuesday at the virtual owners’ meetings, it was also approved that every team will now be required to play an international game once every eight years. “This is a monumental moment in NFL history,” NFL...

The NFL recently announced that the first phase of the offseason schedule will begin roughly on time, establishing a start date of April 19. Exactly what that will look like, and what will follow, remains very much up for discussion—discussions that are currently taking place between the league and the union.

The Pittsburgh Steelers were staring at a severe roster turnover heading into the 2021 regular season, and it would have started with players like Ben Roethlisberger, who had a whopping $41 million dollar cap hit, and JuJu Smith-Schuster, who was bound to strike it big in free agency. Lo and...

There was no shortage of uncertainty regarding Ben Roethlisberger’s future with the Pittsburgh Steelers after the team was humiliated by the Cleveland Browns at Heinz Field in the playoffs. Despite the conjecture that the Steelers could cut ties with the longtime franchise quarterback — for a handful of reasons — the team’s owner insists the plan was always to bring back Big Ben in 2021.

Art Rooney II says the Steelers always wanted Ben Roethlisberger back, because most of all, they think he can be even better next season. If that’s what Rooney really thinks, then he’s setting himself up for a shell-shocking experience. In a chat with fans Thursday, the Steelers owner said the...

The 2020 calendar year was unlike anything most of the world has seen. As mankind attempts to move forward and come out on the other side of the global pandemic, many things we had grown accustomed to have been put on hiatus in hopes of returning someday. When it comes...

Art Rooney II has seen just about everything during his time with the Pittsburgh Steelers. A ballboy for the team during the 1960s, Rooney, the godson of Steelers founder Art Rooney, had a front row seat to the Steelers' ascension from NFL doormat to league royalty during the 1970s. A former managing partner of a law firm, Rooney succeeded his father, Dan Rooney, as the Steelers president in 2003. Under his watch, the Steelers have added two more Vince Lombardi Trophies to their collection.

Could the NFL be headed towards a 17-game season? Steelers owner Art Rooney II thinks it’s likely. Roger Goodell and NFL owners have been hinting at such a change to the schedule for years now, and despite it not officially being on the docket just yet — as in the NFLPA hasn’t agreed to such a rule change — some owners feel quite confident that a deal will be struck heading into the 2021 season.

Pre-pandemic, it could have been reasonably conjectured that the salary cap this year would be approaching $210 million, give or take. The cap had been rising pretty consistently about $8-10 million per season for the better part of a decade before Covid-19, which caused the first year-to-year cap reduction on record.