In today's day and age, does that "honor" mean as much as it used to? I mean, Ravens quarterback Tyler Huntley was named to the Pro Bowl last year for goodness sakes.
TROY DECK FROM COLORADO SPRINGS, CO: Whenever I'm reading an article about current or former players, it usually mentions how many times they appeared in the Pro Bowl. And the Steelers have had practices open to the public with free admission and free parking for decades. Instead of complaining, which is actually what you're doing, I would suggest you instead appreciate that the president and the coach of the team you're following has the fans in mind when it comes to access to training camp and other information about the team. Coach Mike Tomlin also petitioned the NFL to approve his practice schedule that will mandate Mondays as the players day off, so that fans will be able to take advantage of two entire weekends of scheduled practices before the start of the preseason game schedule to make it ultra-convenient for interested fans to get themselves to Latrobe. The Steelers will have 16 practices open to the public, and all of them are free to all fans whether they're season ticket holders or not. And allow me to point out something else: The vast majority of teams do not even permit media to watch all of any of their OTAs, or minicamp practices, or training camp practices, or in-season practices, and all of those sessions are governed by the NFL rules that you find "excessively secretive." Also, teams recently have been trumpeting the number of their training camp practices that will be open to the public – as some examples, the Chargers have 7, but two of those are limited to season ticket holders Cleveland has 8 Cincinnati has 10 Atlanta has 12 New England has 4. Is this a Steelers rule or something from the NFL?ĪNSWER: Trust me when I tell you that Steelers fans have absolutely no idea how good they have it when it comes to access to training camp practices and the information that can be gleaned from those practices. The prohibition seems excessively secretive. Football in shorts is football in shorts. SEAN DELANEY FROM GARDNER, MA: As I understand it, reporters covering OTAs were prohibited from discussing on-field action unless a player or coach discussed it during an interview.
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