Ben Rothlisberger can't seem to stay away from the night club scene and trouble. Last Tuesday Rothlisberger was accused of sexual assault by student at Georgia College and State University. This took place at the Capital City nightclub where Rothlisberger and some friends were partying along with the alleged victim.
Big Ben has since released a statement saying that the female in question did accompany him to the restroom where they bumped their heads and the female fell to the floor striking her head. No evidence has been presented to the public yet and the investigation is still ongoing. The police have obtained the surveillance footage from the nightclub and are requesting DNA from the Steeler quarterback.
Now I am not going to try this case on this forum we will leave that up to the police and the judicial system to sort the facts out, however Rothlisberger does seem to have quite the pattern emerging with his behaviour, and whether guilty or not presents problems with him and the Steelers.
This is not the first time Rothlisberger has been accused of sexual assault and certainly not the first time he has got out of control at a nightclub. Truth be told I am not a Steeler fan but the franchise is a proud one that expects a level of professionalism out of their players, something that Rothlisberger has not been living up to as of late.
Here is my reasoning behind this.
#1- Rothlisberger suffers quite a bit of injuries and concussions. (I would argue this is due to the fact that Big Ben likes to hold onto to the ball way to long)
#2- With the influx of quarterbacks coming out of college and free agency the Rooneys may decide that shopping around for a established quarterback and drafting and crafting a newbie may be better than the bad publicity that the Steelers would be showered with if Rothlisberger keeps up his hijinks.
#3- Rothlisberger doesn't seem to take his status very seriously as one of the premiere QBs in the NFL. He doesn't seem to realize that he is a role model whether he wants to be one or not and whether it is fair or not quarterbacks are held to a higher standard than the any other position on the playing field. If Big Ben continues down this path of public embarassment for the Pittsburgh Steelers I believe the Rooneys will have no choice but to cut their losses and and find another QB.
Now for my full disclosure your esteemed writer is a ardent Baltimore Ravens fan and truth be told we have had our problems with lawlessness on our team as well, however this goes back to the quarterback issue I raised in the previous paragraph and the unfortunate double standard. For my own selfish purposes I would like to see Big Ben still play for the Steelers for the simple reason I like watching the Ravens sack him and the rivalry makes for great games, but if the battered quarterback can't clean up his act then his future in the steel city may not be that solid.
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