Historically, Pittsburgh Steelers President Art Rooney II has not been a supporter of a potential 18-game schedule, even while many, or even most, of his peers in the ownership ranks around the league have continually been moving increasingly in that direction.
Back in 2012, for example, he told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that “it’s a dead issue for now”. He added, “I don’t know if it will come up in the future, but it’s certainly not on the agenda” for the annual league meeting set to take place at that time.