Everything you have heard is lies and slander that was introduced to the media in an effort to slander the man.

Regardless of what team the guy plays for if he is innocent I will stand up for him and not get bogged down into childlike homerism.

How he’s not being suspended, when it appears to be such an open and shut case as far as his guilt is the biggest question of all.

Roethlisberger had ZERO disciplinary issues, ZERO warnings, ZERO arrests, ZERO suspensions. You guys hate the Steelers and it’s shameful that you’re incapable of sticking to the facts. You have no character at all, do you?

A woman had a one-night stand with Ben and a year later filed a $3 million civil suit against him and her casino coworkers alleging rape. The police in that jurisdiction have said there is no evidence any assault occurred, and they have text messages from her saying she couldn’t wait to see Ben again. This is a straight-up money grab that could happen to any celebrity.

A woman in Georgia was ragging Ben about the Nevada case when he threw her out of the party. Next thing you know, she is instigating a similar accusation. And every witness, including the accuser herself, refuted that stuff about the bodyguard at the door.

Ben may act like an arrogant jackass, but Cox is on trial and has a BABY. That’s at least evidence of intercourse. Vince Young was arrested for assault. No disciplinary action. Brandon Underwood solicited and assaulted hookers and they retaliated by accusing his innocent teammates of rape. No disciplinary action. Pacman Jones had three years of arrests and convictions before his first suspension.

In his own letter to Ben, Goodell said the NFL found nothing to indicate guilt but was suspending him for drunken misbehavior. He suspended him for getting drunk. Ooookay. But suspend the guys who got arrested! Goodell isn’t targeting the Steelers. He ran Brett Favre through the ringer over two-year-old junk shots that were never confirmed to be his. If you’re a “name” player, he will crucify you. If not, you can defecate on his precious shield all you like with no consequences. He is a hypocrite of the first order. And you’re hypocrites for saying it’s okay when he screws players of teams you don’t like.

@rolandsloan:
it was fair to suspend ben for 25% of the season for???? what exactly? just because the media reports on something, doesnt mean it happened the way they said it did. do you people actually check into this stuff or just take sal paolantonio and chris mortensen’s word on everything? consider this, the media reports on most of this stuff just be the first to report it. they pay less and less attention to the veracity of their reports and are instead obsessed with who reported it first. being first pretty much guarantees you ratings and views. what’s the incentive for correcting their mistakes, especially when so many people are willing to believe the incomplete crap they put out the first time. both charges in both places are obvious money grabs by the accusers. look it up, the information is not hard to find. look up actual legal documents and reports, not some other gossip site as your evidence.

In other news, the pope is catholic, the sky is blue and Al Davis is old

Sadly, and embarassingly, he does not.

For every guy who gets punished, there are 10-20 others who commit the same or similar acts who go completely unpunished.

Same goes for the contact policy. For every grazing of Drew Brees which draws a fine and flag, there are literally 20 similar plays each weekend that go completely unflagged and unfined.

It’s flatly outrageous and a perfect example of why most people think GODell is a joke.

Implement objective standards that dont subject you to ridicule..for example, if you get arrested, you automatically get a 2 game suspension. If you plead guilty, minimum 4 games (depending on crime). DUIs..2 games. etc, etc.

Allowing VY to unprovokedly punch someone repeatly in the face, with videotaped proof, and have him get NO punishment is ridiculous.

Exactly.
Punishments seem to be handed out according to how much press the “crime” received, and little to do with the actual infraction.

Maybe that’s what he’s referring to when he says “tarnishing the shield”.

Instead of comparing “apples to apples”, you are trying to raise the issue of selective enforcement of the policy without considering all the factors, with the real goal of undermining the Commissioner’s authority to police the players under the Personal Conduct policy.

Don’t think you’re fooling anyone.

Why do I just want to say “Duh”? A lot of businesses have a similar policy. Don’t deal drugs or rape women or beat your wife. This shouldn’t need to be PR. This is more about trying to set a standard.

But hey, even a broken clock is correct twice a day! LOL!!

so what you’re saying is the Perrish Cox shouldn’t be suspended because this is only the first time he has raped and impregnated a woman who had passed out at his apartment?

I think most would agree that once is probably enough in this case.

I guess better late than never, but some of us figured this out five years ago.

Bem got very lucky that the girl (who isn’t entirely blameless because she put herself into a horrible situation) didn’t want to under go having her entire life and every decision she ever mad brought to the public by Ben’s high priced lawyers and TMZ

Maybe Ben and the entire Steeler organizaton took that suspension so readily because the alternative wias going him to jail?????

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The lawyer is a blowhard 99% of the time but is on the money with this