Pro sports owners are not always a political lot – certainly not traditional NFL families like the Rooneys. Photograph: Jay Laprete/EPA/Rex/ShutterstockPittsburgh SteelersDan Rooney: much-loved Steelers scion. Rooney, as the face of a conservative franchise in a conservative league, had never been one to celebrate his politics. Or to put it another way, some sports see themselves as possessing greater integrity than others.