plasticman
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They are buying the heck out of Roethlesberger's jersey so let me put this all in perspective:Yes, his actions were detrimental to the league. I promise you there are already female fans that will be raising cane over this incident and yes, his actions will decrease revenue (probably not a lot) because some women won't be buying his jersey, merchandise, etc that they would have otherwise purchased.
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"Ben asked us to go to his 'VIP' area (back of Capital). We all went with him. He said there were shots for us, numerous shots were on the bar, and he told us to take them. His bodyguard came and took my arm and said come with me, he escorted me into a side door/hallway, and sat me on a stool. He left and Ben came back with his ***** out of his pants. I told him it wasn't OK, no, we don't need to do this and I proceeded to get up and try to leave. I went to the first door I saw, which happened to be a bathroom. He followed me into the bathroom and shut the door behind him. I still said no, this is not OK, and he then had sex with me. He said it was OK. He then left without saying anything.
"I went out of the hallway/door to the side where I saw my friends. We left Capital and went to the first police car we saw."
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It looks like Ben Roethlisberger has bought his way out of a sticky legal situation ... by settling a lawsuit filed by a woman who claims the Pittsburgh Steelers QB forced her to have sex with him in 2008.
Lawyers for Roethlisberger and his accuser -- Andrea McNulty -- announced the two sides have reached an agreement which ends the lawsuit.
McNulty -- who worked at the Harrah's Hotel in Lake Tahoe at the time of the alleged incident -- had claimed Ben invited her into his penthouse suite to fix a broken TV ... and then raped her.
In her suit, McNulty claimed Ben became "stern," after the alleged rape ... kicked her out of the room and told her, "If anyone asks you, you fixed my television. You fixed my television. Now go!"
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This is not an "incident", this is a documented history.
Question #1: Were you aware of this history? If not, why?
Question #2: What sanctions did the NFL impose on Roethlesberger, If none, then why?
Question #3; Should Ezekiel Elliot receive a punishment that is more severe than did Roethlesberger? if so, why?
Don't be naïve. Events like Zeke's occur all the time with young pro athletes and the woman they choose to be around. You will always be made aware of them when it involves a Cowboy player, you can be sure of that. With the exception of grave felonies, you most likely will never hear of it about other team's players or it will be minimally mentioned and then forgotten. This is not a paranoid delusion of an obsessive fan, this is an absolute reality and I could give you example after example.
Don't be a pawn and aide the deliberate destruction of a team off the field because they most likely can't be beat on the field.
The Cowboy team of the 90's with Irvin and the others were no different than a dozen other teams in the league that weren't given the exposure:
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http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Jerry-Rice-surprises-cops-shutting-massage-parlor-3102839.php
When law enforcement officers padlocked a Mountain View massage parlor suspected of being a brothel, they found 49ers wide receiver Jerry Rice in its bathroom.
"It was a complete fluke to find him there," Deputy District Attorney Kitty Constantinides said Thursday.
"We weren't looking for crimes. We were just closing the business down."
Rice told the San Jose Mercury News that his Wednesday visit to the spa - whose reputation as a front for prostitution was well known to neighbors and police - was a mistake.
Rice said he had been told by teammates that the spa was a good place for a deep-tissue massage. But "I think they played a trick on me. I was there five minutes. . . . It didn't take me long to put two and two together."
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Wake up people.....