You can tell a man’s impact by the reaction to his death, and the outpouring of affection for Rooney on Thursday was immense. As the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gene Collier wrote later that year, Rooney was taken with Obama’s ability to connect with people. The club began as the California Clippers with hopes being a San Francisco team before Liecty talked. The policy solves nothing and only creates more pain for everyone, from these greedy companies to us the fans.