http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/ Members of the Steeler Nation know all too well the story of the Terrible Towel. It was a brainchild of beloved and dearly departed Myron Cope during the Noll Dynasty. The magic of the towel lasted beyond the retirement of Chuck Noll, maintained its staying power throughout the entire Cowher age, and is still going strong in the early years of the Tomlin era. The towels are manufactured in Wisconsin by Chippewa River Industries. Proceeds from the sale of the towels benefit Chippewa, which employs the mentally disabled, and helps to pay for their care. Myron Cope also collected royalties and donated all of them to the Allegheny Valley School, a special needs place where his autistic son is a resident. Before he died, Cope bequeathed the Towel rights to the school, ensuring proper care for his son and for many others. What you may not know is that greed has found its way in to this benevolent endeavor. The NFL is quietly working on a promotion to produce larger towels for every other team in the league besides the Steelers. They plan to unveil this gimmick after the conference championships this week and push it through the super bowl. The plan is to market these towels and capture the enthusiasm of the super bowl contestants. To get things moving, free towels were handed out at every stadium during the divisional playoffs in the past weeks. You may have seen the Tennessee fans waving those powder blue things. Of course, they would not have brought their own. This petition is aimed at keeping the the concept of the Terrible Towel in Pittsburgh. If another team should decide to make their own towels, hankies, rags, so be it, BUT for the NFL to market generic towels for every team is a slap in the face of Steeler Nations and Myron Cope. Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:0:07 CST en-us 3 http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5934521 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. There can be only ONE Terrible Towel http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5883729 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5877815 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5699055 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5661643 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5642635 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5641580 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Dont let them steal our Pride!!! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5608496 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5590517 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5555673 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5542630 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5529355 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5525899 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I definitely support this petition. Stop ripping off our awesomeness and get your own ideas. Let the wussy teams wave tampons or something. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5519864 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Nothwithstanding the history and legacy of the Terrible Towel, how boring would it be to have every team with their own towels? Other teams need to create their own identities and the NFL needs to stay out of it! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5517715 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5516416 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. The one and only, not to be duplicated!!! United we Stand! http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5515447 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. Here We Go Steelers!! It\'s Myron Cope\'s Terrible Towel. The NFL has enough money. It\'s our towel. All this is gonna do is make it worse when people come to our house waving there teams towel... how well do you think that\'s gonna go over... the towel issue is gonna cause us steelers fans to start poppin people http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5438464 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5437762 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/terribletowels/#sig5401464 Wed, 31 Dec 1969 18:0:00 CST I support this petition. The Towel is OURS.