”Perhaps Rooney’s most lasting contribution to the NFL and to sports in general came with the Rooney rule. decades with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Rooney showed a courage many others lacked, and his legacy is the league’s most progressive piece of legislationDan Rooney receives the AFC Championship trophy after the Steelers defeated the Ravens 23-14 in January 2009. The MLS of 2017 doesn’t really need Howard to be its best player. In January, however, he complained about some dual national team-mates suffering from a “lack of passion”.