A wise man once stated that if it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck..... it's probably a duck.
Is Ben Roethlisberger a sexual predator? I don't know but he sure is quacking right now.
If Big Ben ends up sitting in a prison cell and or suspended part of the season by Roger Goodell, it will certainly assist our Cleveland Browns chances in 2010 so let's hope he keeps on quacking all the way to the big house.
Unlike the dogs that Michael Vick victimized, Roethlisberger's latest alleged victim is a human being, hence Ben's vast financial resources might allow him, ironically, to escape justice as it will be his word against her word and Roethlisberger's advisors are already lining up the best support money can buy to assure that their wealthy young client avoids any consequences for his acts. You know what they say, if the glove don't fit............
One has to wonder however what the position of NFL commissioner Roger Goodell might be. Goodell's NFL Personal Conduct Policy (click here to read the policy) to date has correctly held NFL players to a much higher standard than any commissioner in the past and Goodell is not bound by legal judgements. Practically speaking, he can do as he wishes when it comes to enforcing standards of player ethics.
From Roethlisberger's point of view, even in the best case scenario, his behavior that evening is still well outside the standards that Goodell's Personal Conduct Policy seeks to enforce.
If Goodell doesn't punish Roethlisberger at least as severly as he punished Vick, what would that mean? White quarterbacks are more important to the NFL than black quarterbacks? Or perhaps Goodell is simply a dog lover.
We will follow this issue closely in the coming weeks...
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