For the first time since 2002, the Pittsburgh Steelers are 0-2.
And they are taking drastic measures to avoid slipping even further out of contention.
According to Jory Rand of Pittsburgh's KDKA-TV, the Steelers veterans posted signs in the locker room this week prohibiting players with less than four years of experience from playing ping pong, pool or shuffleboard during business hours.
1 change to come out of Steelers veterans meeting yesterday is younger players arent allowed to play pool or ping-pong during business hours
— Jory Rand (@JoryRand) September 19, 2013
Signs were posted all around the locker room announcing the change. I tried to get veterans to talk about it but few were willing.
— Jory Rand (@JoryRand) September 19, 2013
I asked Ryan Clark if the signs were new. "Did you see them there yesterday?" He would only add it was their meeting not a public meeting.
— Jory Rand (@JoryRand) September 19, 2013
The signs were quickly taken down, but the stern message remains.
"Young guys can't play pool, ping pong or shuffleboard. Sucks to be a young guy, I guess," fourth-year running back Isaac Redman told Rand. "We need to win a football game here before guys are coming in worrying about whos first on the pool table. So that eliminates that."
