There is a big cover story in this week’s Sports Illustrated on Ben Roethlisberger. It is a very good breakdown of the type of person that Roethlisberger is “off the field” and gives some insight on how a two-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback could be so stupid. Profootballtalk.com has compiled some of the more juicy details – take a look:
- In 2006, several months after Roethlisberger had suffered serious injuries due to riding a motorcycle without a helmet and then vowed to always wear a helmet in the future, KDKA-TV captured images of him riding a motorcycle without a helmet. He shot a middle finger to the camera as he drove away. The story never aired, possibly due to concerns that it would have disrupted the station’s relationship with the Steelers. (KDKA broadcasts the team’s preseason games, and also is the local CBS affiliate.)
- A source close to Roethlisberger said that his goal with the alleged victim in Milledgeville wasn’t intercourse but “Clinton sex.”
- The police officer who resigned in the wake of the Milledgeville incident, Jerry Blash, has a sign in his carport that reads “RESERVED PIMP PARKING. HO’S IN BACK.”
- A person named “Craig” told SI that, a few weeks before the Milledgeville incident, he overheard Roethlisberger making lewd comments to a pregnant waitress at a T.G.I.Friday’s restaurant. “Did your boyfriend forget to pull out?” were among the things Roethlisberger allegedly said.
- Roethlisberger held a party on the one-year anniversary of his motorcycle accident, and his behavior resulted in Roethlisberger being required in the future to pay the $5 cover charge at the bar, which thereafter prompted a call from a Steelers security official asking why Ben had been banned. The owner of the bar said that Roethlisberger hasn’t been banned but also said, “Tell him he’s an arrogant asshole, and every Steeler can get in without a cover except him.”
More than anything else, the one thing that really lets me know that Roethlisberger has no common sense is the fact that he continued to ride his motorcycle without a helmet.
He could have easily died in that motorcycle accident and he publicly stated he would never ride without a helmet again, but now we know he is a liar.
As far as his behavior, I can’t say that I’m surprised. He isn’t the first athlete to think way too highly of himself. The difference is he put himself in situations where his “meathead” behavior has gotten him in trouble.
I have no comment on “Clinton Sex.”
The police officer should be arrested for using such a “lame” phrase:
“RESERVED PIMP PARKING. HO’S IN BACK.”
The only thing he was pimpin was some doughnuts and being a bathwaterslurper for Roethlisberger.
Once again, you should be learning that what you see in front of the camera and out on the field is not an indication of the type of person someone is when the helmet comes off.
Do not be manipulated when the media tries to tell you it was “head injuries” that could be the cause of Roethlisberger’s indiscretions. His problem was keeping his “head” in his pants and just being a jerk. No concussion is the cause of that.