Dear Pittsburgh Steelers:
I have a request. Please don’t cut Hines Ward. Please let him play for one more season.
I live in Nashville, TN in the middle of a sea of blue clad Titans fans and I have never once wavered in my loyalty to my beloved Steelers. My son and I proudly wear our black and gold in public knowing that the Steelers force field will protect us. The Steelers logo is on my car and I even have a Troy Polamalu magnet on my refrigerator complete with long black curls and a big number 43.
Every week during football season I talk with my mom on the phone and we gush over the beautiful smile that appears on Hines Ward’s face and how Mike Tomlin seems like such a nice guy.
I realize there are important things like contracts and salary caps and the need for younger and faster players who will become the next generation of Steeler champions.
But you know what we really need? We need a team in the truest definition of that word. Players that last a long time together on one team. It seems so rare in sports. I’d like to have a little of that back.
Please let Hines Ward retire a Steeler- but please make it next year. The Steeler fans need him for one more year.
Thanks a bunch!
GiGi
