Pittsburgh Steelers president Art Rooney II issued an open letter to the team's fans on Tuesday, two days after the club elected against taking the field for the national anthem.
"I want to reach out to you, the members of Steelers Nation, based on what I believe is a misperception about our players' intentions in not taking the field for the national anthem in Chicago," Rooney wrote in a letter that was published on the team's official Twitter account.