near the beginning of the season, hines ward demanded a pay increase much like t.o. however, when push came to shove, he ultimately came back, had a long phone conversation with the steeler's head coach, and basically said all the things that basically boiled down to "i want to be a steeler; if you give me a pay increase, i'm ok with it, if not, i'm ok too; things will work themselves out." like a team player.

contrast that with how t.o. behaved. (to make a long story short, he considered himself above his team)

and look where things have gotten ourselves.

hines ward is not only a member of the 2006 nfl champion pittsberg steelers, but he is the mvp of the game(and rightly so i must say, after watching him nearly carry the steelers' offense on his back and saving an average performance by big ben and an average performance by the steelers' defense).

he deserves that mvp trophy as much as anybody i can think of for this super bowl off the top of my head.