Does Cuban want to buy the Steelers?
Posted: Thursday July 10, 2008 06:37AM ET
Mark Cuban grew up near Pittsburgh and once wore a Ben Roethlisberger jersey on the Late Show with David Letterman. Just don't expect to see him in the owners box for Steelers games. Reports have surfaced that the NFL club may be for sale. Native son Cuban would seem to a possible buyer. But he told CNBC's Darren Rovell that he wasn't interested, and questioned whether a small-market team could excel under the NFL's salary cap. Asked by e-mail Wednesday evening if that was his position, Cuban responded: "It is."






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Like the rest of us aren't?!!!! Astute reporting.......
Therrien Rocks | 07/10/08, 06:48 AM
Report Offensive CommentHe would want to be sole owner most likely and that is not going to happen. We don't need Marky running up and down the sidelines. As long as their is a cap football cannot become the mediocre, eight-to-ten team spending spree, joke that Major League Baseball is.
SteelersinMD's cats are fat | 07/10/08, 06:53 AM
Report Offensive CommentI was thinking about buying the Steelers, but propane is at an all-time low right now. Maybe in a few years.
Hank Hill is back! | 07/10/08, 07:05 AM
Report Offensive CommentA small market team cannot compete under the salary cap???
Uh, didn't Pittsburgh just win the Super Bowl three seasons ago? Seems to me like they can compete.
Besides, a class organisation like the Steelers does not need a total flake like Cuban having a say-so in how they operate. God, I hope the Rooneys maintain control of the team.
realcrusader | 07/10/08, 07:25 AM
Report Offensive Commentif he wants to invest in any pittsburgh team, it should be the pirates. while they have shown SOME improvement, they need an owner who is willing to SPEND SOME MONEY to improve the team even more.
cowboys rule all | 07/10/08, 07:28 AM
Report Offensive Commentit will interfear with his deal with the Cubbies.
vaughn9 | 07/10/08, 07:35 AM
Report Offensive CommentHow can small market teams not compete? The Steelers just won a couple of years ago. The Jaguars are one of the best teams in the AFC. The Packers went to the NFC Championship game just last year. Makes no sense to me..
jj730 | 07/10/08, 07:39 AM
Report Offensive CommentI think they mistyped that, they probably meant "without" a salary cap as is the case when this current labor agreement expires.
Fan of Football | 07/10/08, 07:51 AM
Report Offensive CommentGive us a break fiction.com.:/ Nobody believes this junk!
Grossedout9 | 07/10/08, 07:54 AM
Report Offensive CommentCuban needs to go away. Please. Go away.
biminator | 07/10/08, 07:56 AM
Report Offensive CommentCan a small market team survive? Pittsburgh may be a small market but Steeler Nation is HUGE! The games are and always will be sold out. Local TV ratings are among the highest in the country and merchandise sales ar also among the top. The Super Bowl in Detroit was practically a home game and there are Steeler bars everywhere you go. The Steelers will be fine, trust me. Worry about those teams that can't even sell out 8 games a year.
That said, I'd love for Dan Rooney to maintain control.
LetsGoPens | 07/10/08, 08:11 AM
Report Offensive CommentI was thinking about buying the Steelers, but propane is at an all-time low right now. Maybe in a few years.
Hank Hill | 07/10/08, 07:05 AM
You always bring a smile to me face, Hank. lol
no name at all | 07/10/08, 08:21 AM
Report Offensive CommentCuban needs to have his nuts cut off.
<Calls Jesse Jackson Sr....>
Greco-Roman (Oh yeah, Baby!) | 07/10/08, 08:23 AM
Report Offensive Commentme = my
no name at all | 07/10/08, 08:24 AM
Report Offensive CommentThank you, FN. My most burning question was Mark Cuban's opinion on...just about anything.
CowboyDave | 07/10/08, 08:26 AM
Report Offensive CommentFanFiction.com, hahaha...Mark Cuban is garbage.
C-Smith | 07/10/08, 08:27 AM
Report Offensive CommentThe words Mark Cuban and the Steelers or any thing to do with thd NFL should never be used in the same story. It just ain't right.
Dear Mr. Cuban, just go buy a TV show so you can get the air time you crave. That is really what you are all about..
P.S. The Steelers are doing just fine, thank you.
50yearfan | 07/10/08, 08:29 AM
Report Offensive CommentSo first he wants to stick his nose in the Cubs buissness and now the Steelers? Mark, don't you have another team to worry about like the one you own?
Real Sports | 07/10/08, 08:33 AM
Report Offensive CommentShouldn't he be worrying about the Mavericks?? The team that he has completely screwed last year by trading for an aging Jason Kidd. Geez.
bertchboy7 | 07/10/08, 08:41 AM
Report Offensive CommentCuban is a ****, he is ruining the NBA, and thats one thing, but dont let him ruin our NFL too... Thats something serious and important to us all
jandssports | 07/10/08, 08:47 AM
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