Comments on: Ben Roethlisberger Claims Victim Is A Slutty Klutz

By: psycho4steelers

psycho4steelers — Sun, 04 Apr 2010 16:40:53 +0000

Chris, I agree wholly. It is a sad time to be a Steelers fan. It sickens me to see what is happening to that once proud franchise. It seems to have become a refuge for criminals and deviants. The Raiders East. From the elation of “6″ to the realization that even the most conservative model of pro sports is now harboring such animals. I too hope the Rooneys do the right thing, and as hard as this is to say, because of what they’ve done on the field, the Steelers must release Ben and Holmes. Pull the band-aid quick. Take the hit and restore Pittsburgh to what we have grown to love. (or at least start the distancing / healing process). The Steelers are better than this, do not Harbour these miscreants. The Steelers, The City, The Fans, and The Rooneys are better than this and this should not be the legacy of “THE CHIEF”.

By: chris

chris — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 13:38:13 +0000

Well said, Jeff. I appreciate your insightful comments and I hope you continue to share them whenever this topic comes up in the future (as, sadly, we all know it will). It seems that too many Steeler fans have blinders on when it comes to their scumbag quarterback and we need reasonable and intelligent people like yourself to maybe help open up their eyes a little.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 01:24:29 +0000

Having covered the local Pittsburgh Sports for the last 15 years, I can assure your readers of a few things. First, Ben is not well liked nor respected by his peers in the Steeler Locker Room. He continues to think of “ME” instead of “WE” and until that changes and matures, this “Steeler Nation” of “Ben would never do that followers” will continue to be disappointed.

A few summers back Ben has the Motor Cycle accident that he was not allowed by the team to ride, nor licensed too in the state of PA. Then we have the Tahoe Incident and regardless if the girl was just a “NFL Groupie” or not doesn’t matter. He shouldn’t have allowed himself to be in that type of situation. After both incidents, the Steelers failed to make the PlayOffs with quality teams. Now we have the latest debacle where the “Chosen One” decides the best way to celebrate his 29th Birthday is to pay some so called friends of his and charter a limo bus and have a “Beer Crawl” in a very very small college town. This self centered idiot then decides its a great idea to force himself on a noticibly intoxicated underage injured female in a bathroom where he had one of his so called “Friends” portray themselves as the “Bathroom Police” and decline access to any other patrons. Now, afterwards since everybody took off for Pittsburgh the very next day unexpectably, all the so called paid man “Groupies” have gotten themselves attorneys. Now, if nothing of a serious nature happened that night, why then would even one of his own team members whom attended the party distance themselves so quickly? Again, its “ME” over “WE” and probably another year of just missing the playoffs.

By: chris

chris — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 23:35:38 +0000

Brad, the story that the victim is refusing to meet with the police has been proven false. Her attorney even issued a statement saying those reports were totally incorrect:

http://www.tmz.com/2010/03/25/ben-roethlisbergers-accsuser-alleged-victim-police-cops-interview-lawyers-sexual-assault/

You have to take what is reported by the Pittsburgh media with a grain of salt. They all worship at the altar of the Steelers so they’ll jump at any chance to discredit his accuser.

I do totally agree with your comment about Tomlin vs. Cowher. I was actually thinking about that very thing the other day. Clearly, the fear/respect factor under Cowher was much higher than it is under Tomlin.

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 22:36:23 +0000

Chris you’re not mentioning the fact that the woman in question is refusing to be re-interviewed by the GBI as well. If refusal to be re-interviewed is enough evidence for you to convict Ben, what does it say about this woman.

There’s also the fact that the woman herself had her license temporarily revoked for driving while under the influence, and that at the time of this event, they tested her blood alcohol level and it showed to be almost double the legal limit.

Now that doesn’t vindicate Ben, but it does raise a few questions on both sides. However even if Ben is innocent, something has to be done. Even if both these cases end up showing he’s innocent, you don’t see Brady, or Manning, or Brees or any of the other franchise QB’s bringing this kind of attention to their teams. If you’re going to be the franchise guy you have to conduct yourself accordingly. Maybe you have to sacrifice hanging around with drunk coeds, but you’re the leader of the team for crying out loud.

I love Mike Tomlin, but in a situation like this, it’d be nice to have Cowher back. I mean would YOU like to get a charge like this and then have to face Cowher when you punch back in for work?