It's a tough, expensive agreement. But I think we'll be fine. We'll have to watch our expenses and things like that, and be fiscally responsible. But it's a great thing. This gives us labor peace for a while, which is what separated the National Football League from other sports. It's good for the players, and I think it will be good for the league.
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We're the last people who were here during that time. It's really great to see this new generation come on, this generation of players, generation of coaches, it's really an exciting time. They've done well and they've earned it. I look at this as a separate thing this is not one for the thumb, it's one for these guys.Dan Rooney
I would say this probably compares to our first time, Super Bowl IX. It's very similar, these young guys we have, just like the players then. It's really their turn, their time up. The kind of people they are, it's a close team, they've done things the hard way although it probably worked out, home and away.
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The biggest thing he passed on, and I hope we continue it, is to treat people right.
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He's meant so much as a player, but he's also done so much as far as motivating and showing these young people just what they should do. He's been a real leader.
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We've got the best labor deal in sports. We've got the best league. He's been our leader. The whole way he's done this has been wonderful.
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We're going to the Super Bowl to win it, not to just be there. This is one of the great moments in the whole history of the league and I've been around a long time.
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