I had a little chitchat wit a pats fan
can someone tell me wut this ****** is talking about?
The Steelers have had some allegations against them throughout the years.
Steroids in the 70's and 80's... Steroids were not illegal to possess or use in the USA until 1990. The NFL added them to the Banned list in 91...thus from the 60's when they first started being used in the NFL by the Chargers players through the 80's use was rampant for every team... because there were no rules on it.
Illegal Practices- The NFL limited the timeframe the teams could practice in Pads before the season. Chuck noll held a practice outside of that timeframe...IIRC it was a rookie camp practice... and John clayton, who was a beat guy for the team, turned them in. They lost a pick, and rightfully so. This was the single biggest cheat the Steelers ever did and it was intentional. Noll did it because he hated the rule, a rule, I might add, that was created by Dan Rooney
The raiders were always salty about the Immaculate reception. the raiders were also the biggest cheats in NFL history. They accused the steelers of ruining the field when a tarp split during a rainstorm. they actually had lots of accusations back then. Cheaters tend to suspect other of cheating all the time. this was just a playoff game so it made matters more memorable.
for the record, ESPN did a piece on the 70's Raiders back in the 90's, where they brought in two long retired players to explain their on the field cheating methods... it was brutal... sticky stuff on hands, greasing uniforms, faking a broken arm or hand so you could have a metal rod put in and use it to really beat an opponent in the trenches... putting ben gay on their fingers and intentionally smearing it around someones eyes in a pile... bad stuff.
anyhow the only other real blemishes on the Steelers record were Tomlin stepping on the field, which was an absurd thing to do on his part, and Sanders faking an injury, which the league had to crack down on since it was getting stupidly rampant.
There was the will Wolford thing, but the facts of that make anyone trying to use it against the Steelers a blathering moron.
the terminology of the contract was found, after he retired, to have meant for a bonus of a couple hundred thousand dollars to be paid out a year later than they did, which at some point would have put them less than 100k over the cap... this was discovered by Steeler capologists, the league never knew... The Steelers turned themselves in, and the league offered to let them go without punishment due to the situation, however Dan Rooney declined the waiver, and when it was brought before the owners they docked us a 3rd round pick, which was harsh for the violation.
To my knowledge the Pats have never turned themselves in.
look I know all the things the Steelers did wrong. I am mostly Ok with the punishments, except the Ben suspension, which was absolutely wrong, and the Harrison fines, which again... they made up a rule after the fact because of the PR....
