Ben Roethlisberger (I made sure to include his last name in case the CBS football commentators read my blog, because they never say it. I thought there was a chance they didn't know it...) made an ass of himself YET AGAIN at the tail (no pun intended) end of last week, this time in Milledgeville, GA when he reportedly sexually assaulted a twenty-year-old in the Capital City bar.
This comes two years after he allegedly raped a female in Colorado....
which is just years after he rode a motorcycle sans helmet and went through a car's windshield. PS, his contract explicitly prohibited him from riding motorcycles.
And since he is the QB of the Pittsburgh Steelers who has been under center when the team won a pair of Super Bowl titles, who knows how much stuff he's gotten away with in the Steel City that was swept under the rug.
But let's leave that thought for a moment and just consider the three incidents that we KNOW of. You ride a motorcycle WITHOUT A HELMET? A real brainiac. Maybe that's why he went to Miami (OH) instead of a higher institute of higher learning.
Then you allegedly rape a girl?
Then after no charges were filed in that case you STILL put yourself in harm's way by reportedly sexually assaulting another female? I realize it could be as "harmless" as just grabbing this woman's tushie, but what if it was more? If she didn't want you to do that, you DON'T DO IT.
My co-host yesterday on Score Atlanta Sports Sunday (on Sports Radio 790 The Zone. Tune in this Sunday from 3:30-6pm, after the ACC tournament championship game. Shameless plug, sorry.) agreed with one of our callers that said that if Roethlisberger grabbed his daughter's butt and it was JUST THAT, he'd be furious. Could you imagine if Big Ben did anything more? I don't have a daughter, but I think I would be pretty pissed if I did.
Roethlisberger isn't smart and while he does have a pair of rings, I say the Steelers should seriously consider firing a warning shot across the bow and draft a QB. Tell Roethlisberger that if he messes up again (after serving a two-game suspension, not for the sexual assault, but for continuing to be a fool), he is gone. He is giving the Steel City's pride a black eye, time after time, and that might be the only way he'll learn to grow up. The dude is 28. He should know better.
If I am a Falcons fan, I am happy that I have Matt Ryan. You've never heard Ryan's name in connection to a rape, sexual assault or motorcycle accident. For all I know, Ryan has never even BEEN to Milledgeville. Last Thursday night, where was Ryan while Roethlisberger was chasing Milledgeville townie tail? Likely studying the playbook.
Yesterday on our show we actually went around to all of the team whose QBs weren't Peyton Manning, Tom Brady or Drew Brees (and Brett Favre) and played the "would you rather have Roethlisberger with his two rings or your guy!" Aaron Rodgers or Roethlisbeger? AR. Rivers or Roethlisberger? Rivers. Carson Palmer or Roethlisberger? Palmer. Eli Manning, yes. Matt Ryan, yes. Romo? Well maybe there I'd take Roethlisberger.
This isn't hard. Tell him to keep his nose clean and quit being such an idiot. And if he cannot and he continues to make your team look bad, then cut him. Make a statement. Do it. Come on. You are the Steelers. Don't stand for that crap.
2 comments:
i'm really hoping that charges are leveled and this thing drags out into next season because honestly precedents have been set and the league should suspend him should he be charged with a crime in this case. He has a long history of douchebaggery.
Can't fix stupid. Who knows, maybe busting car windshields with your head was the least of his troubles. Seems with fame and fortune, he would have plenty of women making the first move on him and he wouldn't have time to pursue what you can't have. As for Milledgeville Townie Tail, I earned a few gray hairs there in the late 70"s. That was the first place I saw a girl tie a knot in a cherry stem with just her tongue. Seems like a long time ago now.
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