The Steelers voted in favor of the NFL’s new kickoff rule, however extra to go together with what the league wished than as a result of they’re enthusiastically in favor of it.
Steelers proprietor Artwork Rooney II mentioned that when it was apparent the league had secured the mandatory 24 votes for the kickoff rule to vary, he determined he’d aspect with the consensus opinion.
“We wound up voting for it after it was a foregone conclusion that it was going to move,” Rooney II mentioned, through the Pittsburgh Tribune-Evaluation.
Rooney mentioned “there was not loads of enthusiasm to start out” due to how important a change to kickoffs that the brand new rule represents.
“It’s a dramatic change, no approach round that,” Rooney mentioned. “We had some reservations due to that. It’s going to be attention-grabbing.”
Finally, the 49ers, Raiders and Packers have been the one groups to vote in opposition to the kickoff rule.
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