It seems even some players on the field were affected by the NFL's seating fiasco at Super Bowl XLV.

Friends and family of Steelers FS Ryan Clark were among the displaced, and Clark hinted he wasn't the only one in uniform who had an issue during an interview with Pittsburgh's 93.7 The Fan on Wednesday.

"I think most of us did," said Clark.

"If you had enough people come to the game, you probably had that section of tickets that was messed up. Personally I think it was part greed that ruined the week, you know what I mean?

"When you don't do things the right way all the time and you don't treat people correct and are kind of all about self, sometimes it's not going to work out for you."

If that sounds like a not-too-thinly-veiled shot at the league amid the current labor unrest, read on.

"I didn't throw the Super Bowl. Players didn't get no money for it, so you figure it out," said Clark.

"I'm talking about the same people that want to file a claim because they say we're not negotiating right, we want to take a billion off the top, we want to make us pay for being a running the football team, the same people that say we want the CBA to expire when we're not going to have any insurance. "Those people. Those bright people. Those so compassionate, sympathetic, considerate human beings that decided when you built this building which is supposed to be the most spectacular in the world which holds enough people to have an exciting Super Bowl already -- but you feel the need to build more seats and put more seats, and not let them pass inspection. "And also you're so considerate and such a sweetheart that you decide not to inform people before the game, so you have people driving from Pennsylvania, driving from Wisconsin, only to realize that you don't have seats. But you know? Those are people. All those people get into heaven, so we'll see."

But while he's waiting, Clark sounded like he was settling in for a long fight as the league and union try to hash out a new CBA.

"I just think it's a sad deal because it's not going the way anybody wants it," he said.

"There's no way we can back down and give them what they want, and it don't seem like they want to give us what we want. So I'm going to be a stay-at-home dad and do radio and TV."

Hat tip: Sportsradiointerviews.com