The truth is hard to hear for some people. :-)


>>What earthly business does the NFL have enforcing morals clauses?! They just prove again what a corporate, fascist organization they are.
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>Death to the Fascist insect that preys on the life of the people! <g> (Patty Hearst couldn't have said it better)
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>Roger Goodell thinks he is commissioner of the NFL - a serious business involving extremely serious money. His job is to keep the gifted young men - most with incredibly large egos, all with more money than they know how to manage, and many with very questionable character - from doing things that will in any way threaten the big money for everyone else. No golden goose killers allowed.
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>If the Rooney's tried to reign in Ben there is a suspension appeals process. If Roger does it, it is appealable only to ... Roger. Don't think he didn't talk to the Rooney's first. And it is said they are shopping Ben for a trade. ( remember Holmes is already gone. Sic gloria transit Superbowl.
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>Ben is white and a two time Superbowl champion in a "skill" position. Anybody - especially Ben - who didn't see this coming after the Pacman and Vick stuff and Goodell making very clear the standard was going beyond OJ aquittals - is a fool. Ben is a fool. And evidently a boor. But Goodell is not. He's NFL commissioner and good for him.
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>I don't see where a morals clause is a problem. For $30 million dollar contracts not getting into these kinds of situations really isn't too much to ask, when you make turnpike toll collectors pee in a bottle to keep $12 an hour jobs.
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>Joe Montana, Steve Young, Mannings, Walter Payton seemed to somehow play the game without needing "adult supervision". The NFL can find great players without catering to the clowns.
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>>>He may be innocent according to the legal system, but the NFL says he violated the morals clause of his contract.
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>>>>Who exactly does Roger Goodell think he is? Where does he get the right to suspend players who have been exonerated by the legal system?
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>>>>http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5121614
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>>>>I do not believe Ben Roethlisberger is innocent. He may have done everything he is accused of doing. But Goodell is way over the line.
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>>>>The Tank Johnson case was bad. This is worse. This is Cotton Mather in charge of a major American institution.