KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh reports that billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller has issued a deadline to the brothers of Dan Rooney regarding Druckenmiller’s offer to buy their interest in the team.

The deadline is Friday, September 19.

Until then, Druckenmiller’s offer to pay the four brothers $800 million in cash (tens and twenties?) will be on the table. 

Each of the five sons of Art Rooney own 16 percent of the team.  If Druckenmiller buys out four of them, he’ll own 64 percent of the team, and thus will acquire controlling interest.

The problem is that the Rooneys have delayed accepting the offer as Dan and his son, Art II, have tried to put together a package that equals or exceed the Druckenmiller deal.

Dan Rooney, per KDKA, has made three offers to his brothers, and he is expected to make a fourth.

Another possibility is for the Rooney brothers to dump any gambling interests that violate league rules and then sell their interest in a few years, when the value of the franchise will be even higher.

If so, they might have to do it by finding a buyer other than Druckenmiller.  And there simply aren’t many Pittsburgh guys with that kind of jack.

Meanwhile, the continued failure of the league to impose a deadline on the Rooneys for solving the problem will do little to alter the perception in some league circles that the Rooneys are getting special treatment.  The belief is that many other franchises would have been given an immediate order from the NFL to get the problem solved.  The clear perception (and reality) in this case is that the league is trying its best to keep the franchise ultimately in the hands of Dan Rooney.