Nobody likes Ben Roethlisberger. Nobody.
In an eye-opening segment on Sunday morning’s Outside the Lines, the network that initially ignored for multiple days the first allegations of sexual assault against Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, several intriguing facts and contentions emerged.
For starters, the report focused on a claim Roethlisberger made to ESPN The Magazine a couple of years ago that he decided to hire bodyguards after someone pulled a gun on him. A friend of a teammate, speaking with the 60 Minutes-style darkened face and altered voice, said that one of Roethlisberger’s bodyguards explained that the gun was pulled by the boyfriend of a girl to whom Roethlisberger was talking outside a bar.
Meanwhile, former Steelers running back Najeh Davenport and former Steelers safety Mike Logan talked about an incident that occurred in the locker room in the season after the team’s victory in Super Bowl XL. Linebacker Joey Porter, in a speech that Davenport described as “powerful” (like, we suppose, the odor from an uncontained turd in a clothes hamper), called Ben out for doing his own thing and going his own way — and for being the last guy to arrive at work and the first one to leave.
So Roethlisberger needs his bodyguards to actually protect him, not just to form walls in front on bathrooms where Ben’s inside with an inebriated girl. Makes sense, since there are a lot of people who don’t like Big Ben. Even Michael Vick had teammates and some celebrities speak up on his behalf, but Roethlisberger’s got no one. I mean, even Chris Brown had some support.
Also, nice job by NBC for pointing out the fact that Najeh Davenport shit in a hamper one time. I think it should be law that whenever his name is mentioned, that fact is pointed out.
