Posted on 04/21/2010 6:11:21 PM PDT by FTJM
Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger was suspended for six games without pay Wednesday for violating the NFL’s personal conduct policy and ordered to undergo behavioral evaluation.
Commissioner Roger Goodell handed down the punishment a week after prosecutors decided not to charge Roethlisberger in a case involving a 20-year-old college student who accused him of sexually assaulting her in a Georgia nightclub in March.
Goodell said the league’s conduct policy gave him the right to impose discipline regardless of whether he broke the law.
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And Wilt the Stilt slept with 3000 women or somesuch during his NBA career. No ones business but his.
Look! a robot.
This link explains Roethlisberger’s suspension the best:
http://www.nfl.com/news/story?id=09000d5d817aaafc&template=with-video-with-comments&confirm=true
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