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Although I guess for the Rooney family, nothing can replace the image they want their franchise to have.
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Yup.
Dan Rooney is the US Ambassador to Ireland and was in town last week for a function that he was given some sort of recognition for his service. Then with the whole Icelandic volcano thing going on, he could not return and spent those extra days in the Steelers offices and was apprised of all the investigation and their results. He was livid according to some that are around there alot. I can see him telling Hamlin to make sure that ben has gotten the message and if he isn't sure...get rid of him and do it now.
As for the suspension, they were just talking about it on ESPN radio and I thought a very good point was raised...the length of his is longer than most thought, but for a good reason. If this was no name DL from the Texans(eg) that had been acccused, the story simply wouldnt have the same legs than that of a 2 time SB winning QB. Therefore the "shield" of the NFL (as Goodell calls it) is taking a bigger hit because of the player involved...therefore the punishment must be more because of his mandate of having to be a role model whether you like it or not.