The Pittsburgh Steelers face some kind of issue with Antonio Brown. The star wide receiver missed the team’s season finale, and Monday saw a report claiming it was for non-injury reasons. Specifically, he had a dispute with Ben Roethlisberger on Wednesday that resulted in Brown throwing a football in Roethlisberger’s direction and then not practicing for the rest of the week. The whole thing has resulted in plenty of speculation as to Brown’s future with the team.
And then a response from Brown.
Coaches and front office personnel are not allowed to recruit players under contract to another team, but players have generally been able to have exchanges like this.