Okay. I don't normally write about sports on here, but I saw something so WTF this week that I not only had to broach the topic, I also had to start a new post category because my horror could not be contained.
Maybe you've heard from the football fans in your life that a guy named Ben Roethlisberger was recently accused of sexual assault for the second time in a year. Now, I'm not here to discuss whether he's guilty or innocent (so let's not even go there), but it was decided a few days ago that charges wouldn't be filed against him. He then gave a statement to the media looking like THIS:
Nope! That doesn't look like a guy who'd attack you in a public bathroom at all! Completely trustworthy.
I'd like to point out that when he spoke to the media about the first accusation, he wore a suit like a normal person. This time around, however, he wore a greasy half-mullet that accentuates his forthcoming male-pattern baldness, several days of stubble, and a polo shirt.
Look, if you're trying to shine that tarnished image, dressing like a sleazy used car salesman (or--don't make me say it!) is a giant step in the wrong direction. Just so you know.
He looks less like a pro athlete and more like Bubba from the swamp who wants to "love you in the back of his van with duct tape and rope." I think this just goes to show that it doesn't matter what image a pro athlete projects because most of the time, nothing ever happens to them when they're in trouble.
ReplyDeletepersonas can do anything they wish as long as it doesn't involve dog fighting, and no one will care.
ReplyDeleteOh, I agree. Even if nothing happened to him from a legal standpoint, I think the Steelers should punish him on their own. I don't think they'd suspend him for more than a couple of games because he's their cash cow, but they could certainly dock HIS pay.
ReplyDeleteFrom a quali-legal point of view, if the authorities aren't even gonna press charges for this alleged behavior, then why should his team punish him? Apparently he did nothing wrong! That would almost be admitting that the legal community got it wrong and that he DID do something so they're gonna take the law into their own hands and see to it that he never does anything like that again. Bwahahaha. Apparently this was the second time and he obviously doesn't see anything wrong with this behavior, because he's a STAR! Some girls would like to put a notch on their whatever by getting with this guy, but I think if I ever ran up against that in a hallway or some back room of a bar, he might be wearing my barf on his shoes pretty quick....oops!
ReplyDeleteHahahaha. Yeah, legally he didn't do anything wrong, but that doesn't mean he should act like he doesn't have any class. Or a brain. He's making everybody associated with him look bad, and I don't think your barf on his shoes will be enough for him to change, even though I'd like to see that.
ReplyDeleteit's quite possible he may have a little brain damage, from being hit on the field a lot. And he's a professional athlete, so perhaps he didn't have much up there to start with....
ReplyDeleteI think something happened when he was in that motorcycle accident. Breaking a windshield with your noggin is sure to cause some damage.
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