Ben Roethlisberger's Super Bowl Media Day: Translated!
[I know you fine folks who read this column don't typically care about sports, but I also know that you do care about organized drinking, which means you'll probably be attending a Super Bowl party this weekend if, for no other reason, to watch the Captain America trailer and get drunk while it's still daytime on a Sunday in a socially acceptable situation. This might be the only time you're around sports all year and, in an effort to make your brief window of Super Bowl sobriety as comfortable as possible, I'd like to teach you a little bit about the folks who will be competing this Sunday. This way, you'll be able to speak knowledgeably and fit in with your friends. For example, some of your fellow viewers might call Aaron Rodgers "Favre Junior," or "Whatshisname," because Rodgers is often (unfavorably) compared to his long-removed predecessor, Bret Favre. Similarly, your friends may refer to Ben Roethlisberger as "The Rapist," or "Wasn't He That Guy Who Raped Some Woman?," because he is a rapist. Study the following information, a closer look at Roethlisberger's statements from Super Bowl Media Day, as it will prove to be invaluable to you.]
Ladies and Gentlemen of the press, Commissioner Goodell, Coach Tomlin, friends, family and Gatorade, I want to thank you for coming out today, it's been a while since we last spoke. How's everybody doing?
I'll admit it was a tough year for old Big Ben. Commissioner Goodell suspended me for the first six games of the season because I was accused of sexual assault last year. Twice. It was a really dark time for me.
But, not only did I come back, but I came back even sooner than I was supposed to, after only four games. I don't think I could have done any of it without God. I thank God every single day of my life that I was born a) super good at football and b) white. If either of those things were different, man, would I be in prison right now.
Redemption
My dedication to faith renewed, I turned to prayer for answers in the face of this trying time. I won't lie, it was a very difficult situation for me and my family, but I knew if I just kept my head down and won a bunch of football games, I would rise above those allegations and everyone would eventually stop caring about them. Is Ray Lewis in the audience? That guy knows what I'm talking about.
When we won the AFC Championship, I was thrilled that I'd beaten enough of the other football teams that I could put almost all of the whole sordid business behind me. I imagine one more win, at the Super Bowl this Sunday, oughta put me right over the mark. Yeah. One more ring and we're totally square on that whole rape thing, America.
On the Future of the Steelers/Any Potential Rape Allegations
I once said "if I can win a Super Bowl or two or three, nobody can say anything to me. I can do anything I want." Philosophically, that is as true today as it was all those years ago, the only thing that's changed is the number. Two or three wins might get me off the hook for these charges, but make no mistake: I will keep shambling around the Midwest and stumbling my way into big, hairy trouble, like the drunken bear caricature you all love comparing me to.
I'm going to keep screwing up. That is my promise to you. And if, two months from now, I get another sexual assault charge, or photographed acting as the manipulative ringmaster in an underground dog-fighting ring, or another sexual assault charge, then, America, I vow to bring even more championships to the Pittsburgh Steelers. I'm a fair player; I know that I need to pay for my sins, and as I understand it, you are now accepting Super Bowl rings as legal tender. My pursuit of rings will be as tireless as my pursuit of sexual coercion with college students in public restrooms, which is to say, inexhaustibly so.
Look on the bright side- my public sexual indiscretions will be like the groundhog seeing its shadow, but for football instead of winter. If you read a story in the paper about me allegedly being found hanging upside-down in some freaky sex club over in downtown Georgia that I like a whole lot, then you'll know that you're going to see some amazing Steelers Football! Every filthy sex act earns you an electrifying season with one of the best teams in the league. You can't lose!
And if you're wondering, yes, I intend to do this for as long as it takes. I don't care how many Super Bowls I need to win to earn your respect, America. The way I see it, there are two records out there: Joe Montana's, for Super Bowl championships (as quarterback), and Brett Favre's, for most shamelessly egregious dick-brandishing.
Big Ben Roethlisberger wants both of those records.
You're Going to Like Me Again
You know how I spent a ton of time throwing some of the slowest yet most effective passes in the NFL this season? Well, that's not all I did. I also got astoundingly fat. I borrowed a page from Rex Ryan's book and really fatted myself up this year.
"Oh, yeah, I was talking about an actual book."
Why did I do it? For you, America. Everybody loves a big, jolly, fat guy. If I tried to walk back into your hearts as the lean, trim and intimidatingly cut athlete I used to be, there's no way you'd welcome me back. But, hey, I'm not that guy. I'm the chubby, bearded, good-times guy, I'm your buddy! If you don't think my flabby approach to friendship will work, well, I've got bad news for you...
You Kinda Sorta Like Me Again Anyway
Look, I might look like the kind of person who has trouble with math and sometimes forgets that he's talking with his fist fully in his mouth, (and I do and I am), but I'm not an idiot. I see what's going on in the media, I read the stories and reports as they come out. A year ago, you couldn't find one positive story about me in any paper or on any blog anywhere. Now? The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says that my trail to redemption is "off to a good start." TMZ accuses me of being out partying like a lunatic and The Kansas City Star actually defends me to make sure my image isn't tarnished. Former Steelers quarterback and current grizzled prospector Terry Bradshaw, (who famously shredded me in the media last year and refused to talk to me after the second rape allegation), apologized to me on air and gave me a big hug.
All the press is sending the same message: The tide is turning on Big Ben Roethlisberger, in a good way. And I know why.
I'm Probably Going to Win the Super Bowl
Just straight up win the hell out of it, I'm not even kidding. I'm gonna win this thing, and do you know how I know? Because you know, otherwise you wouldn't suddenly start being all nice to me, you're laying the groundwork that will eventually lead you to welcoming me back with open arms. Because the Super Bowl is about America.
The Super Bowl is an event where you take the biggest, strongest, fastest, angriest monsters that God and science made and force them to scream, sprint and crash into each other for three hours. And winning is important. Whoever stands out on top of the pile at the end of the day gets a shiny trophy and gets to be King of the Monsters, (until next year, when the battle will begin anew). Holding up your Super Bowl winner, your modern gladiator, is your way of telling the rest of the world "These are our champions. These are the strongest, scariest, loudest creatures we could find; they are America. Do not fuck with us."
You turn every winning team into America. When the Saints won last year, they were "America's Team," because they rose from the ashes of Katrina, overcoming adversity just like America. When we won two years ago, the narrative was all about how the city of Pittsburgh needed this, because it was such a blue collar, working class town, the kind of town that then-new recession hit hardest. Our victory brought joy to Pittsburgh and, it followed, the rest of America during economically trying times. When the Giants beat the powerhouse Patriots three years ago, the narrative was all about the scrappy underdogs who managed to pull out a victory when everyone counted them out, just like America in the Revolutionary War. New team, same story.
Regardless of who wins, the press is going to shape the story and turn the victors into America's winners. And you know we can't be both the villains and America's winners. Now that I'm clearly going to win, you're on my side again. That's why Big Ben's been getting all of this "On second thought he seems like a nice guy" press all of a sudden. At the end of the day, America would rather pretend their championship-winning MVP was a polite, God-fearing good-old-boy, instead of an [alleged] rapist.
Even if I Don't Win
I should be clear, I fully intend to win, but even if I don't, and even if I get kicked off the team, I still vow to continue finding creative new ways to be scummy and awful. My promise to slough through life as an increasingly-Homer-Simpson-looking dick machine is no way tied to my football career.
Roethlisberger out.
Daniel O'Brien is a contributing author to the New York Times Best Selling You Might Be a Zombie, and he really doesn't want the Steelers to win.
I'm a Steelers fan who LOATHES Ben and wishes he'd DIAF.
ReplyDad I'd Ass-f**k?
i dont know how i feel about ben cause im un-sure about the rape. im leaning towards it being fake because she droped the charges and i dont see roethlisberger rapeing some one. I think ben probly went to a culb one night, had drunkin but consensual sex with some chick and she woke up the next morning reaizeing that she had f**ked a creedable foot ball player and tried to file charges but felt bad about it. i dont know though, its just how i see it
ReplyNOTE: im not the kind of person willing to defend some one just because they are famous. if he actuly did rape her, f**k him.
Your American legal system confuses me. So... now he's lost does he get to go to jail for rape? Raping the hopes and dreams of thousands of angry Pittsburgh fans, that is.
ReplyHe wasn't convicted of rape. Probably on lacks of grounds, or an out of court settlement. I think it's entirely possible he raped, but I'm also certain the second any athlete walks into a club, six girls scream rape.
DoB must be a very happy man right now.
ReplyA lot of people are saying it's illogical that a girl would cry rape for the publicity. I trust none of those people are soccer fans; if they were they'd know the soccer world, and in a larger scheme the sporting world in general, is replete with such people. For example the woman who supposedly had an affair with David Beckham, Rebecca Loos. She didn't even cry rape and nothing was ever proven but the affair almost destroyed everyone involved. Result: celebrity status for Loos, inc an appearance on a reality TV show where she wanked off a pig.
Reply Hide All See All 5 RepliesIn Australia there's a woman literally known as The Cougar, known for nothing other than trying to seduce rugby and football stars. Relatively speaking she doesn't scandalise the players too much, but she has spawned a few copycats who not only do it but actively seek to cry rape purely in order to secure a large settlement. Loos did that too; I think there were another four people who claimed they slept with Beckham. Think also of the number of people who came forward admitting to sleeping with Tiger Woods.
When you're throwing that much money around, dignity doesn't factor into their reckoning, plain and simple. Those who say it's illogical need to get with the times, people don't deal in such terms anymore. There is no logic, only money, and even negative attention is better than no attention.
Exactly, you don't need to make an accusation of rape to get famous. Thus if these women were concerned with achieving fame they wouldn't need to accuse Roethlisberger of sexual assault. So why would they given that there are legal penalties for making false statements to the police. Simple answer they probably wouldn't as they wouldn't need to. Thank you for providing evidence of that.
so, what i want to know is how you equate rape with consensual sexual affairs, never mind women who pride themselves on being groupies? were you viciously kicked in the head every day for a decade or two, or are you just a naturally gifted douchebag?
enquiring minds want to know.
Dreadd, Al isn't not comparing consensual sex to rape in any way; rather, (s)he's saying that many, many people in this world are willing to lie about their trysts in order to get attention. The point is that she may not have been raped, but instead had consensual sex and then realized there was more profit in the rape angle. It's sick and stupid, but unfortunately a reality.
That being said, even an *alleged* rape charge should be enough to bench ANYONE for a long time. Hell, Michael Vick went to prison for making dogs fight, and he wasn't even f**kin' them against their consent.
Step 1: Enter a restroom with a drunk football star your whole s**tty little college town is fawning over. Step 2: Have drunk sex with said football star, probably while crying about your daddy issues. Step 3: Profit???
I went to school in Milledgeville and still have lots of friends there... don't believe a bit of that girl's story.
2 points.
yes, al-iterati-on was equating rape with consensual sex. his analogies (hur, hur, i said anal) consisted of rebecca loos, a woman david beckham vigorously denies screwing around on posh s**ce with, and "the cougar", a rugby groupie. using those 2 examples to make a case that these young ladies would "cry rape for publicity" is exactly equating consensual (if illicit) sex, with rape.
and,darknave? neither of these women seemed to be all that eager to grab publicity, which is a strong indicator that they are feeling the shame that so often follows being raped. understandable really, seeing as how there's no end of complete f**kwads, d*****ts, and goofballs just like you who are more than happy to question their behaviour, instead of that of the motherf**ker who did the raping, when you're not outright blaming them for being victimised.
i really did spend time in prison a lot of years back, and i really did f**k a rapist with his own dick while i was in there. i could tell you what else i did to him, but i did my time, he'll never ever molest anyone, ever again, so all's well that ends better. i'd do the same to roethlisburger, given half a chance. if you can't "score" on your own merit, you shouldn't even be allowed to "play", get me?
I hope the Stealers dont steal the Super Bowl, bill leavy is probably reffing again.
ReplyI just want to say I've probably read this at least twelve times, and it get better every time. Terribly funny and absolutely spot-on satire of rape culture and the role of sports in American society. The number of pro-Rape-lesthberger offended comments supports this. Exceptionally well-done, DOB!
ReplyWhat gets me is that Vick was prosecuted and went to jail...for fighting dogs. Dogs. Not humans, dogs. And this piece of sh*t raped women, who are distinctly human beings. If you ask me that's worse than the dog-fighting (IMO). Yet, Vick got to head off to prison (albeit too briefly), and Rapistberger got off scott free! And don't tell me these women "did it for media attention." If you had ever been raped and experienced the so-caled "media coverage" thereof, and stood trial while the defense attorney questioned you in a way that implied it was YOUR FAULT or YOU ASKED FOR IT (questions like, what were you wearing? As though wearing a skirt slightly above the knee is "asking" to be raped!), you wouldn't say these girls made the accusations for attention. The fact is 26% OF RAPES ARE NOT REPORTED TO THE POLICE. So now you say they'd do it for money? Let me ask you, is having the media ruin your life, being labeled a liar, a s**t, a wh*re, really worth ANY amount of money when you'll NEVER be able to get your life back from it? These women will have to deal BOTH with that, AND the fact that they were raped FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. They will be in and out of counseling, they will suffer depression, feelings of worthlessness, you name it. They were violated, and now some of you are hopping on the media bandwagon to defend this guy and villainize the victims? I hope you are proud of yourselves.
Reply Hide All See All 5 RepliesI hate your argument more than I hate Cracked. I hope you're proud of yourself.
Since it is virtually impossible to hate Cracked, you must therefore love Cracked, and want to have Erin's babies.
Your getting confused. The 'they are doing it for the money\fame' argument, are saying that they wernt raped and are bulls**tting and crying wolf for the out of court settlement. No one is saying a person can be brutally raped and then 'do it all for the money' cos that doesn't make sense. the 25% stat is a good indicator, these people are so ashamed and effected by the event that they cant even approach the people they love or the police with it, let alone announce it to the tabloids and sell it on a TV special. Im not saying Ben is innocent or the girls are full of s**t, I'd imagine the event was somewhere closer to the middle. not rape, not nothing. Probably some groupie chick got a little over her head and a little too drunk, was already half way through something, bailed out, Ben acted like a dick maybe slapped her around. The next morning shes woke up a woman scorned. "Now how can I get revenge for that slap without being labelled a s**t....hmmmmm."
hey, ass-troidz.
the girls reported it to the police, not to TMZ. now, they've backed off, for exactly the reasons erinblumer pointed out, the shame, the villification, the accusations, and the fact that their entire lives, motives, and moral worth have been put to the inquisition, by flaming a*****es like you. even the language you use gives your bias away.
"I'm not saying ben (ooh, on a first name basis, are you?) is innocent (that's exactly what you are saying by means of reverse implication) or the girls (so dismissive) are full of s**t" (yeah, again, that's exactly what you're saying).
see, it's her body. if the girl decides RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF ACTUALLY f**kING that she wants you to stop, STOP! otherwise it's rape. see, the woman's body is hers, not yours.
oh, and "ben" or anyone acting like a dick and maybe slapping her around while raping her, is in no way shape or form, excusable. inexecrable, yes. excusable? no.
but, it's still better that 10 guilty f**ks walk away scot-free than 1 innocent person go to prison. that's the whole basis of innocent until proven guilty, and it is a very good system of determining guilt or innocence when not abused because those inclined to commit such offense will do so again, particularly if they've been right up to the hangman's noose, metaphorically, and walked away. emboldens that sort of person into believing they're bulletproof, sort of deal.
and, as long as there is no possibility of execution, the wrongfully imprisoned can always hold to the hope of actual justice being served someday. better late, than never.
and having done time for things i've done, things i haven't done, and walked away scot-free for s**t i've done, i can tell you straight up that if you ever find yourself wrongfully accused, you'll be damned glad the onus is on the cops and prosecuting attorneys to PROVE you did something, rather than the reverse. just like if you ever got off on something you did, you can bet your ass you'll be nailed for it again someday because there's nothing like hang-gliding over the gates of hell to make you want to try it again.
oh, and one other thing.
you sure as hell wouldn't want me judging you. i don't give a rat's ass if someone is guilty or not. the only reason i haven't walked around throughout my life randomly killing people is the little fact that i like my freedom, having already tasted imprisonment. it sure as hell ain't because i have any respect for any of the multitude of meatsacks wasting my precious oxygen.
there are only a few people, including a couple i really know nothing about, that i would ever accord any sort of respect to if i thought i could get away with blatantly treating you wlaking talking justifications for retroactive abortions the way i feel you little turds deserve.
=D
26% unreported? If unreported how do you know it happened? questionable at best....
To briefly summarize your argument - "rape is a bad thing, and it exists, but extortion/lying (while bad) does not exist ever"
Brilliant article. I can't wait to see him get his ass handed to him by Clay Matthews. I have nothing but respect for the rest of the Steelers team, mainly that defense. But I can't f**king stand (a) this guy and (b) violently obnoxious, inbred Steeler fans.
ReplyThe reaction in the comments section is so beautiful. DOB, you've created a work of true comedic art which has born the sweet fruit of athletically-inspired rape denial.
ReplyI notice how no one seems to remember the Duke La-cross case from a few years ago. Ben wasn't convicted of anything. All that happened was this woman said, "Hey, I just f**ked Ben Roethlisberger, I wonder if I can do it again." If there was any real evidence he would have been convicted.
Reply Hide All See All 7 RepliesYou mean evidence like a head injury, vaginal tearing, male DNA found with a rape kit (not enough to use for ID purposes though), eyewitnesses who saw her being led off, her statement at the hospital? Stuff like that? Because even a rudimentary search (ie going no further than Wikipedia) shows that was all there. For him to be convicted would have required the case going to trial. That didn't happen because the DA wasn't certain he would win and the complainant decided not to push the issue to avoid attention.
The DA realized that to secure a conviction against a celebrity athlete would require no less than a video of Ben holding her down and banging away at her. Ideally he would be holding up his ID to the camera and saying "I'm Ben Rothlisberger and I'm raping this girl" while she screamed "No! Stop!". Even then it would be touch and go as there are more than enough idiot fanboys who be convinced that she was demanding that he not stop f**king her.
But it's good to know that you know exactly what happened there. And FYI just because one complaint against an athlete turns out to be false doesn't mean they all are.
hahahahaha - this match goes to DaveGeek.
DaveGeek's just held RubyThea's comment down and banged away at it.
I'm not saying he didn't have sex with her. In fact, I think I made it pretty clear I think he probably did. But it was probably not rape. There would be male DNA, because she probably had sex with him. Witnesses saw them go off together, because she willingly went off and had sex with him. And the DA didn't think there was enough evidence to go to trial. And her statement? Okay, I as a woman can say that anyone has raped me, and they should go to jail. Oh, wow, you 'held my comment down and banged it'! Maybe you should be arrested? Or maybe we should remember that the constitution says innocent until proven guilty, not innocent until a girl cries rape.
RubyThea, did you not notice the part about VAGINAL TEARING? If you know ANYTHING about sex, you know that it does NOT happen when sex is consensual. Even if the sex is "rough," it is highly, highly unlikely to occur. Vaginal tearing only happens in violent situations because it is produced by significant struggle. Additionally, the head injury should tell you that also. AND the fact that she went to the hospital in the first place. People don't just trot off to the hospital and get a rape kit for no reason. So he HAS been proven guilty. You and the media are simply choosing to ignore it.
No Ruby Thea is right, Roethlisberger is presumed to be not guilty. That's why I've been careful to use words like "accuser" and "complainant" and not "victim". It's also why I don't call Roethlisberger a rapist at any point. It would be nice if Ruby Thea could show the same amount of objectivity and not make statements like "All that happened was this woman said, 'Hey, I just f**ked Ben Roethlisberger, I wonder if I can do it again.'" In so doing Ruby Thea is the one making presumptions of guilt here with a statement like that, presuming the complainant is guilty of making false statements (a criminal offense).
wow! game, set, match, and an honourable mention TKO to davegeek.
in short, your ass has been handed to you, rubythea, and it contains zero traces of semen, although those big red hand smack marks from the verbal spanking davegeek administered will probably be permanent reminders of your absolute idiocy. congratulations! you've been word f**ked. how does the secret spot feel now?
In the fine land of Oztraya, there are plenty of incidents like this with some of the biggest teams in the league. Saint Kilda player Steven Milne was accused but never officially charged of rape, not to mention the persecution of Ben Cousins for his drug addiction.
Reply Hide All See All 6 RepliesPersecution? You probably think OJ was persecuted also.
big difference between drug addiction and hacking your old lady and her coke dealer/lover into new and interesting shapes, yeah?
Not when one is almost immediately forgotten and the other is harped on for nearly 16 years.
Hey dreadd, nice tattoo. How did you get a picture of your mothers taint?
those are the eyes on the back of my head. i figured if you little walking zits saw the tears under my eye, none of you would want to be my friend.:_(
Everybody is trembling in fear. Pretty thoughtful of you to give bikers something to look at "during". Douche.
The Packers are totally gonna win this s**t. The Steelers are not even a challenge.
Reply Hide All See All 4 Replieso rly?
ya rly
dX, do you even watch football?
DrFinger: How does it feel to look so stupid?
Hmmm, a lot a of people have been say the alleged victims did it for money and attention. Good shout for the money but I've got a bone to pick about the attention. As a rape victim what kind of attention would a woman get? Guys fawning over her? Invites to parties? People buying them drinks? No, she would be perceived as damaged goods and have to spend the rest of her life hiding it in order to get a date to avoid scaring the guys off. Kinda sounds like the opposite of a reason to call rape.
Reply Hide All See All 4 RepliesTL;DR no-one dates a rape victim
If she's lucky she'll get "damaged goods" as the perception. Odds are there will be many who choose to view her as "that s**t who lied about poor Ben Rothlisberger" and make her life hell. That's probably why the second accuser chose not to pursue the case as it would be too intrusive into her life (aka totally ruin it with the attention and the attendant stupidity).
I would not buy her a drink she was probably a dick tease...
Disclaimer. That was a joke I do not condone rape.
Exception... If I am being raped, its a woman and she is hot. Oh and no ass play... well, to me.
Yeah, attention. Newsflash, not all women want male and only male attention. She's getting plenty of attention from the media, or at least she did. And if she had won her case, she would have plenty of money to buy someone to like her.
What the hell are you talking about RubyThea? "Win her case"? Win what case? The second accuser declined to pursue any civil suit or push for a criminal case because she didn't want the attention. You're the perfect example of the sort of attendant stupidity I was talking about.
Pittsburgher here. While I am a Steelers fan, I'm appalled that "Big Ben" hasn't had his ass kicked out of the NFL for his conduct. Good job, DOB. Just because someone can "throw a ball good" doesn't mean they should get a get out of consequences free card. This goes for Ben, Vick, and all the other scuzzballs who've managed to skate past on their sports careers.
Reply Hide All See All 7 RepliesUm...Vick served time and was demonized by all of America. I'm just saying...
Frankenmouse, I think that was DOB's point in the first place.
throw a ball "well" not "good"..
Quick word about Vick. While I have no respect for the man for what he did, at least he paid his debt to society. I don't care for the permanent villification of people. We hate all to easily these days.
@ Racecarlock- Yes. Yes it is. That's why I was applauding his efforts.
@jshlncstr Are you familiar with the use of "sarcasm quotes?" It would be a good idea for you to learn about them. Then you can read comments well.
@howler- Oh yes, poor Vicky-poo. Served some time in jail and then went right back to his million dollar career and adoring fans. I don't hate the man; in fact, I believe he might even be truly sorry for his behaviors. I hate the fact that the NFL implicitly condones such negative behaviors by having no problem elevating those with such "indiscretions" to culture hero status
@howler. Vick went to jail. He did not pay his debt to society. You can cry all you want about "permanent vilification" but Vick is sc*m and the fact that he still has two nickels to rub together is a travesty.
Until he's broke and slinging burgers because he's fired from the NFL I will not consider his debt to society paid.
@ User_Name: How about Ben Roethlisberger, the rapist about whom this entire article was written? Funny that you mention how much of a sc*mbag Vick is but pay no attention to the dude that raped two chicks.
Ahahahahaaa, love it. I can't stand the steelers, and the packers are my favorite team, so this week my hatred for the steelers and their doucher fans burns hotter than the fire of a thousand suns. Plus, in ohio there are more steelers bandwagoners and steelers jerseys than all of the Ohio teams combined....makes me want to tear off my clothes and run around attacking anyone wearing anything to do with the dicks burgh douchers.
ReplyI'm from Ohio...and yeah there's a lot of Steeler's bandwagoners. It's disgusting actually. I don't care how bad the Bengals and the Browns are playing (and in the case of the latter, it's ALWAYS), if you're from Ohio, you should never root for black and gold. Thankfully, I was brought up right and I bleed orange and brown. Thank God the Packers won.
Before anyone accuses me of being "anti-Steelers" or a hater, I don't watch football and barely understand the sport. I'm Canadian, hockey is our football.
Reply Hide All See All 3 RepliesWith that said, I think it's obvious to anyone with half a brain and no bias (i.e. you don't bleed black and yellow) that he probably did it. You can't just dismiss evidence, which are things like witness testimonials and vaginal tearing and bleeding, by accusing people of being haters. Just the fact that she was drunk out of her mind, and therefore could not consent, makes it date rape. Fame and athletic ability are not adequate rebuttals (or evidence for that matter) in cases of violent crimes.
Also, you Steeler fans sound like f**king idiots.
No! You're wrong! He's totally innocent! That got proven when the DA said "looking at all the evidence here, I can not prove guilt beyond a reasonable doubt"." That's totally the same as innocent right? Because he's famous and can throw a football real good-like! And it's not harder to prove a celebrity is guilty of anything at all!
Anyways that girl was just desperate for attention which is why she declined to pursue criminal charges as it would be too intrusive an experience. Totally wanting attention there. Totally. Probably a fan of some other team anyways.
@DaveGeek: i see what you did there :D
Well, that makes my college years worthless.
Lock me up for rape, I guess.
Ahahaha all you Steeler fans are a bunch of b***hes, keep crying about your rapist QB, your team has won 6 superbowls, stop getting butt hurt. s**t I just read more comments, you guys are getting seriously pissed about a f**king football player on your favorite team getting dissed as if it is a family member or something, this is unreal.
ReplyDOB is from Jersey and he wants the Steelers to lose bad? He must be a Jets fan.
ReplyBULLs**t. Like any responsible Central Jersey-ite, my preference goes: 1) Giants, 2) Jets, 3) Not Patriots, 4) Not Steelers. Obviously.
wow! you're from central jersey? and you still have a functioning brain? does not compute... divide by zero... termination of function immine-
@FLOODONE I AGREE ABOUT THE "DOG' COMMENT. MOST MEN ARE 'DOGS'!!!!
ReplyHOLY s**t!!!! f**kING CAPSLOCK EVERYWHERE!!!!