PITTSBURGH — Don’t ask the Pittsburgh Steelers about adding an 18th game to the NFL’s regular season. You’ll only get a mixed bag of responses. Some couldn’t care less, some are for it, and some are vehemently against it.

Steelers safeties Minkah Fitzpatrick and DeShon Elliott are firmly in the “against it” category. Speaking to Brooke Pryor of ESPN, both players were unabashed in their thoughts on adding another game.

“They’re not paying us enough money already,” Elliott said. “They’re stingy with their money, so they want to make us play 18 games, as a player union, we should get way more money than what we’re getting — and not just the top guys. ”

Elliott continued his rant by expressing disappointment in the league’s greed. In his view, the owners have no risk but gain all of the reward.

“And the thing is, they’re not out here playing football,” he said. “They’re not here running around putting their bodies on the line. They don’t care. All they care about is making money, but if you’re going to make money on the top end, the bottom end has to make money too.”

Fitzpatrick was in full agreement with his fellow safety. The leader of the Steelers’ secondary is not a fan of more games in the regular season. He doesn’t understand the point of changing or why they would remove a preseason game to do that.

“Why do we keep adding games?” Fitzpatrick said. “I think 17 is more than enough, plus a playoff…The dudes that play a hundred percent of the snaps in the regular season are probably barely playing in the (removed) preseason game, so it doesn’t really do too much.”

The views of the team’s safeties are likely felt across the league. ESPN surveyed NFL players about this issue to gauge the temperature. 46% of the respondents voted in favor of an additional regular season game to the schedule. 8% voted yes, but required some stipulations, and 19% voted against it. Pryor also noted that multiple concerns from players were raised during the survey, but 27% felt they didn’t have a concrete response.

The other main issue to figure out is the revenue split. With the current 17-game schedule, players receive a revenue share of just under 49%. The current collective bargaining agreement is in place until 2030, so a concrete decision will likely wait until the next CBA negotiations. Until then, the Steelers safety duo is unlikely to change their opinions on this matter.

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Aerosmith’s rescheduled “Peace Out” farewell tour resumes in Pa. in September.

The first concert on the iconic rock band’s tour is Friday, Sept. 20, 2024, at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.

While The Black Crowes are the opening act for the tour, on Sept. 20 the opening act will be Teddy Swims who said on Instagram that it will be “a dream come true.” Swims said also said on Instagram that his headlining, “I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy” tour is sold out.

The “Peace Out” tour also includes a stop on Sept. 23 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.

Fans can buy tickets here (prices are as of the time of this post):

Sept. 20, Pittsburgh

• Stubhub, prices start at $63
• SeatGeek, prices start at $61
• Vivid Seats, prices start at $65

Sept. 23, Philadelphia

• Stubhub, prices start at $80
• SeatGeek, prices start at $76
• Vivid Seats, prices start at $82

Aerosmith had postponed the original “Peace Out” farewell tour after Steven Tyler, 76, said he had vocal chord damage in September 2023. Tyler needed time to recover. All previously purchased tickets for postponed shows will be honored, the band said. Aerosmith did perform on Sept. 2, 2023, in Philadelphia. In late September, the tour was postponed.

The tour runs through February 2025 with the last two shows being on Feb. 23, 2025, at Madison Square Garden in New York City and Feb. 26 in Buffalo, New York.

Sept. 26 – Louisville, Kentucky

Sept. 29 – Cleveland, Ohio

Oct. 2 – Charlotte, North Carolina

Oct. 5 – Knoxville, Tennessee

Oct. 8 – Washington, D.C.

Oct. 11 – Atlanta, Georgia

Oct. 14 – St. Louis, Missouri

Oct. 17 – Cincinnati, Ohio

Oct. 20 – Nashville, Tennessee

Oct. 31 – Phoenix, Arizona

Nov. 3 – San Antonio, Texas

Nov. 6 – Austin, Texas

Nov. 9 – Dallas, Texas

Nov. 12 – Tulsa, Oklahoma

Nov. 15 – Omaha, Nebraska

Nov. 18 – Denver, Colorado

Nov. 21 – Portland, Oregon

Nov. 24 – Seattle, Washington

Nov. 27 – Salt Lake City, Utah

Nov. 30 – San Francisco, California

Dec. 4 – San Jose, California

Dec. 7 – Los Angeles, California

Dec. 28 – Newark, New Jersey

Dec. 31 – Boston, Massachusetts

Jan. 4, 2025 – Detroit, Michigan

Jan. 7, 2025 – Toronto, Canada

Jan. 10, 2025 – Montreal, Canada

Jan. 13, 2025 – Columbus, Ohio

Jan. 16, 2025 – Indianapolis, Indiana

Jan. 19, 2025 – Chicago, Illinois

Jan. 22, 2025 – St. Paul, Minnesota

Jan. 25, 2025 – Kansas City, Missouri

Feb. 11, 2025 – Orlando, Florida

Feb. 14, 2025 – Tampa, Florida

Feb. 17, 2025 – Sunrise, Florida

Feb. 20, 2025 – Raleigh, North Carolina

Feb. 23, 2025 – New York, New York

Feb. 26, 2025 – Buffalo, New York