Actually, my fav boards over the years are those who don't get so gad damn anal over what subjects belong where. I think it's fine to have a separate non-football board, but I think it's OCD/anal retentive to move football subjects from main board if they are not just Steeler-specific related. I mean, isn't any NFL news somewhat related to the Steelers? All other 31 teams are competing for the same thing, so all NFL-news is kind of related to the Steelers.
I also enjoyed some of the old "wild west" boards, where some posters just flamed the crap out of each other. It was entertaining. And if you didn't like that sort of thing, they were easily identifiable and avoidable. The only thing most ask is to be consistent; employing double standards is weak sauce.
feel free to go back to those boards