Steelers Mob/mafia ties?

[Muhast]

I hear fans say it all the time, but I google searched Rooney/ and the steelers and can't find anything on it.

Whats the deal with it?

 

[Seven]

In my 30+ years of football......I've never heard of this.

 

[punit328]

i think it may have been the 49ers with the mob ties

http://www.brasscheck.com/stadium/moldea.html

 

[rkell87]

I hear fans say it all the time, but I google searched Rooney/ and the steelers and can't find anything on it.

Whats the deal with it?

because the Rooney's have long been involved with gambling, and gambling in the early part of the century always had mob ties. art Rooney funded the team with winnings from gambling from 1933 to 1941. you will never find anything about them being connected that is concrete but you would have to stretch far to convince most people of the possibility

 

[tyke1doe]

I hear fans say it all the time, but I google searched Rooney/ and the steelers and can't find anything on it.

Whats the deal with it?

People, particularly Cowboys fans, hate that the Steelers are a solid, well-run organization that is poised to play in their eighth Super Bowl (tying the Cowboys) and possibly win their seventh Super Bowl in the Cowboys backyard.

 

[RafaelG]

People, particularly Cowboys fans, hate that the Steelers are a solid, well-run organization that is poised to play in their eighth Super Bowl (tying the Cowboys) and possibly win their seventh Super Bowl in the Cowboys backyard.

Dude,

You don't think the 25(so far) players that DIED from steriods complications from their 70's teams is not a little odd??? Did you not see their SB against the Seahawks??? That was the most 'SCAM" sporting event in US and maybe world history!! Check what Mike Holmgren and haselbeck said about that game. Get your facts staright about the 'Stealers'. They are illegitimate!!!

 

[Yakuza Rich]

People, particularly Cowboys fans, hate that the Steelers are a solid, well-run organization that is poised to play in their eighth Super Bowl (tying the Cowboys) and possibly win their seventh Super Bowl in the Cowboys backyard.

You seem to relish in it.


Of course, there's still a game to be played. The almighty Patriots were supposedly poised to win another Lombardi and got beat in their own backyard. The Falcons were supposedly on pace to make the Super Bowl and got trounced in their back yard.

As far as the mob goes, they were big in Pittsburgh up until the early 80's. Had their hands in a lot of places in the city of Pittsburgh. I don't think the Rooney's did anything unlawful, but there were probably some loose ties to the mob at one point.






YR

 

[Idgit]

People, particularly Cowboys fans, hate that the Steelers are a solid, well-run organization that is poised to play in their eighth Super Bowl (tying the Cowboys) and possibly win their seventh Super Bowl in the Cowboys backyard.

I've yet to see a Cowboy fan with anything but respect for the way the Stealers run their organization.

Now, the slanted officiating is another matter, entirely. I don't see how anyone could watch Superbowl XL and not come away thinking there was something fishy going on. I don't think I've ever seen such a one-sided game by a group of officials.

 

[Yakuza Rich]

Now, the slanted officiating is another matter, entirely. I don't see how anyone could watch Superbowl XL and not come away thinking there was something fishy going on. I don't think I've ever seen such a one-sided game by a group of officials.

I actually don't see anything fishy there.

Don't get me wrong, the officiating was terrible. However, that year in particular the officiating was horrendous. And you have to remember that in the Steelers v Colts game preceeding it, they had one of the worst calls I've ever seen and it was *against* the Steelers when Polamalu intercepted a pass and fumbled the ball and picked it up again. They originally called it a pick (with a fumble and recovery) and then it got reviewed and they reversed the call, saying it was an incomplete pass.

In particular 2005 was an awful year of officiating. I remember griping over every single Cowboys game how bad the officiating was. People thought I was nuts and I told them they will get to see it rear its ugly head in the postseason...which it did.

Still though...it's a Cowboys forum. We're going to have more fans that hate the Steelers and don't like the way they run their organization. When we were winning Super Bowls and they were stuck with Neil O'Donnell...think Steelers fans were giving Dallas credit for the way the Cowboys ran their superior organization?

Hell no.

Relishing in the fact that the Steelers run their organization better (they also play in a much, much weaker division) just doesn't make much sense to me.





YR

 

[Idgit]

I actually don't see anything fishy there.

Don't get me wrong, the officiating was terrible. However, that year in particular the officiating was horrendous. And you have to remember that in the Steelers v Colts game preceeding it, they had one of the worst calls I've ever seen and it was *against* the Steelers when Polamalu intercepted a pass and fumbled the ball and picked it up again. They originally called it a pick (with a fumble and recovery) and then it got reviewed and they reversed the call, saying it was an incomplete pass.

In particular 2005 was an awful year of officiating. I remember griping over every single Cowboys game how bad the officiating was. People thought I was nuts and I told them they will get to see it rear its ugly head in the postseason...which it did.

Still though...it's a Cowboys forum. We're going to have more fans that hate the Steelers and don't like the way they run their organization. When we were winning Super Bowls and they were stuck with Neil O'Donnell...think Steelers fans were giving Dallas credit for the way the Cowboys ran their superior organization?

Hell no.

Relishing in the fact that the Steelers run their organization better (they also play in a much, much weaker division) just doesn't make much sense to me.

YR

I remember your rants on the topic well. You called it. I was right there, nodding my head with you at every post that year. It was really bad.

But that phantom hold on the pass down to the Steelers 1 for the go-ahead fourth quarter td? And then the weird low-block call on Hasslebeck? On top of the first quarter TD nullified by a questionable PI call? Pffttt.

I'm not even going to mention the block in the back on Harrison's runback against the Cardinals. Yes I am. It sucked.

As far as the Steeler organization goes, though, I respect how they run things and I'm glad we've got some real competition in this league over the long haul. I hope most Cowboy fans feel the same way. They're one of the handful of organizations that makes the league great.

 

[TheDallasDon]

The mafia does not exist and never has

There has always been crime but the thought of it being organized is preposterous assumption

 

[CowboysFaninBaltimore]

Ever know someone who is a Steelers, Red Sox, Penguins, and Celtics fan? I KNOW so many of them in Baltimore. Trust me they think Cowboys fans are frontrunners, and won't be loyal ever with their team. One day ONE day we will be back in the promise land. When Jerry Jones decides to hire better scouts, and gets a GM!

 

[tnbk]

Dudes...correct me if I am wrong, but doesnt one of the rooney bros have a controlling interest in a vegas casino?

 

[burmafrd]

Gambling in the US was controlled by the Mafia up until the lotteries and indian casino's started. So Rooney SR certainly had contact with them back in the 40's. Back then Hoover was still denying they existed and held the FBI back from doing anything with them. So records and such would not have existed.

 

[Yeagermeister]

I remember your rants on the topic well. You called it. I was right there, nodding my head with you at every post that year. It was really bad.

But that phantom hold on the pass down to the Steelers 1 for the go-ahead fourth quarter td? And then the weird low-block call on Hasslebeck? On top of the first quarter TD nullified by a questionable PI call? Pffttt.

I'm not even going to mention the block in the back on Harrison's runback against the Cardinals. Yes I am. It sucked.

As far as the Steeler organization goes, though, I respect how they run things and I'm glad we've got some real competition in this league over the long haul. I hope most Cowboy fans feel the same way. They're one of the handful of organizations that makes the league great.

You mean this one?

http://img.***BLOCKED***/albums/v316/Yeagermeister/Harrisontd.gif

 

[kingwhicker]

You seem to relish in it.


Of course, there's still a game to be played. The almighty Patriots were supposedly poised to win another Lombardi and got beat in their own backyard. The Falcons were supposedly on pace to make the Super Bowl and got trounced in their back yard.

As far as the mob goes, they were big in Pittsburgh up until the early 80's. Had their hands in a lot of places in the city of Pittsburgh. I don't think the Rooney's did anything unlawful, but there were probably some loose ties to the mob at one point.






YR

I agree, I think where one needs to look is not the Steelers organization, but at specific referees and league officials in those days (or now) who had loose ties to the mob and/or gambling. That's what I had always heard about Pittsburgh mafia money- and yes, the mob was HUGE in Pittsburgh in the 70s and early 80s.

 

[Idgit]

You mean this one?

http://img.***BLOCKED***/albums/v316/Yeagermeister/Harrisontd.gif

Gah! ******! And that damn linesman is right there. Looking at it. Unbelievable.

 

[Idgit]

You mean this one?

http://img.***BLOCKED***/albums/v316/Yeagermeister/Harrisontd.gif

I can't stop watching this. Getting me mad all over again!

 

[Ashwynn]

The mafia does not exist and never has

There has always been crime but the thought of it being organized is preposterous assumption

Says the Dallas DON! - I see what you did there.

 

[Ashwynn]

You mean this one?

http://img.***BLOCKED***/albums/v316/Yeagermeister/Harrisontd.gif

What is # 11 doing (cant remember if that Fitz or Bolden, Think Bolden)?

He makes a straight bee line to #21 on the sideline and hits him? Maybe thats why they traded him if its Bolden. :laugh2: