Vid: Ben Roethlisberger Hired Bodyguards After Woman’s Boyfriend Pulled Gun on Him
If you haven’t figured out how ESPN handles these high profile cases, let me break it down for you.
First, when the story breaks and it is a “Golden Boy” athlete they wait. And wait. And wait some more. Consider it plausible deniability, because if it comes out that it’s a false accusation or not as bad as it seems they want to be able to keep that “good relationship” with the “Golden Boy” athlete.
If it is a perceived “Bad Boy” it doesn’t matter about truth and justice; they just report it and report it immediately.
Once the “Golden Boy” athlete is found out to not be so “Golden,” they pounce like a pack of wolves on a wounded deer since now they have no need for the “Golden Boy” anymore.
You saw it with Tiger and now you are seeing it with Ben Roethlisberger. These type of Outside the Lines specials on Roethlisberger should have been done months ago, but are just coming out now, when everyone already knows that Roethlisberger has some personality flaws, but they do share a few nuggets of information that are interesting.
First being that Roethlisberger decided to hire bodyguards after a man pulled a gun out on him for talking to his girlfriend. Makes you wonder what Roethlisberger said or did to the man’s girlfriend for him to actually pull a weapon out on him.
The piece also speaks to how former Steeler Joey Porter called Roethlisberger out for being “the last to arrive and first to leave the facility.” There have always been rumblings that Roethlisberger was not that well liked by his teammates.
The overall theme is that Roethlisberger is not a “good guy.”
Two years ago if you just asked a random NFL fan if Roethlisberger was a nice guy, I would imagine most would have said yes, but as I have pointed out many times you never truly know who wears the “black hat.”

I shot the QB! But I didn't shoot the deputy!
Your post isn't entirely accurate and I say this because of Kobe Bryant. As soon as Kobe was arrested they reported it and were talking about it ad nauseum until it turned out the case was weak and he wasn't going to get convicted then the coverage died down but he was persona non grata.
Well CF98 while kobe has always been respected and admired for his basketball prowess, he always had a polarizing effect of the masses, lakers fans liked him, others did not. Thats why most people sided with shaq in the lakers break up, so kobe wasnt always seen as a golden boy by the media. He was kind of seen the way a-rod get seen, as someone who was trying too hard to be liked by everyone.
I disagree when it first came out ESPN shrugged it. it was only until he was charged that they went after him. I remember it distinctly.
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