Oakland Raiders' move to Las Vegas approved 31-1 by NFL owners Read moreMichael Silver and Mike Gara. ”Perhaps Rooney’s most lasting contribution to the NFL and to sports in general came with the Rooney rule. “I just got done jumping on the trampoline with my two-year-old daughter,” Heap told Byrne, “and it’s hard to get a bigger smile than that. Howard might have saved the penalty, but the Rapids’ problem wasn’t goalkeeping.