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Stillers Fans at DEFCON 1- Big Ben Accused Again (Update- No Charges Filed)

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Armchair_QB, Mar 5, 2010.

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  1. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    I don't like the NFL being a police force.

    What would the size of the lawsuit be if the NFL wrongly suspends a player?
     
  2. Lugnuts

    Lugnuts Well-Known Member

    If there's ever been anybody who isn't smart enough to outsmart a polygraph, it's him.
     
  3. JackReacher

    JackReacher Well-Known Member

    I should be surprised by that response. I am not.

    So it's that simple, huh? No arrest, no punishment?

    Awesome.
     
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  4. Armchair_QB

    Armchair_QB Well-Known Member

    Two additional allegations? I remember the deal in Tahoe. What's the other one?
     
  5. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    I love that the NFL is doing this or trying to do this.

    You can't wait for a conviction or even charges every time you try to discipline one of these douchebags.

    Steelers fans are among the best in the country in any sport and I'm stunned at the number of fans who want Roethlisberger gone, even if it means a few years of mediocrity, which is something that fan base is not used to in the Super Bowl Era.
     
  6. Lugnuts

    Lugnuts Well-Known Member

    I believe someone posted a link on this thread. Details are sketchy, but an attorney told a Boston radio station the other day that he was hired to investigate an allegation made by a different Nevada woman (different from the Tahoe thing - this was Vegas) involving something similar to what happened in Georgia.

    He said the woman ultimately declined to move forward.

    ETA: Here's a link:

    http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/04/13/boston-attorney-says-he-investigated-another-roethlisberger-incident/?related=1
     
  7. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    Do I wish the DA in Georgia filed charges if he thought Ben committed the crime? Yes.

    Punishing someone before they are charged is very un-American in my book.

    That DA is making the NFL do his job.

    Sonner, what if I called your boss and said you sent me some kiddie porn from your work computer? Should your boss suspend you on the spot?
     
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  8. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Clearly untrue.
     
  9. JackReacher

    JackReacher Well-Known Member

    No. And Ben wasn't suspended on the spot either.
     
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  10. 93Devil

    93Devil Well-Known Member

    But if the courts let a player walk, I do not see how the NFL can pick and choose what is "moral" in suspending a player.

    Now if the Steelers choose to sit him down, bench him or trade him, that is fine. He is their player, not the NFLs.
     
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  11. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    It's interesting. When these alleged crimes happen in small towns, there's tons of pressure on the DA not to press charges because of the expense of taking it to trial and the reality that the high-priced defense attorneys will almost certainly destroy a small-town prosecutor.

    I know this was an issue in the Kobe case.
     
  12. JackReacher

    JackReacher Well-Known Member

    Aren't all players employees of the NFL? At the least, they represent the NFL. That's good enough for me.
     
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