Professional athletes are well known for their criminal exploits. This is in large part because they're under far more scrutiny and media exposure than the everyday schmo who accidentally shoots himself in the leg with an unregistered gun, or your friendly neighbor who may have murdered his wife. But never before has a professional athlete acted as egregiously as Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.
If suffering serious injuries following a motorcycle crash wasn't enough to remove Roethlisberger's head from his ass, for the second consecutive year, Big Ben has put himself in a position where he's been accused of rape.
Drug problems aside, the only other instance I can think of any public person being accused for the same stunt twice is Michael Jackson.
Kobe Bryant has had enough sense not to bring a hotel employee to his hotel room again. Pac-Man Jones hasn't "made it rain" twice. Even O.J. didn't go out and kill another woman.
The six-game suspension NFL commissioner Roger Goodell threw at Roethlisberger on Wednesday is not enough. What would have been more fitting is the whole season with no pay.
Based on his actions, Roethlisberger clearly thinks he's above the law. And at this point, he has twice shown he is.
Only time will tell if the six-game suspension, and/or the possibility of a new team will get Roethlisberger to reform himself. But at least the NFL is taking a stand against what has now become a disturbing trend of idiotic behavior involving one of the league's marquee players.
Better late than never.
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