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Socialist Party presidential candidate Norman Thomas


Tuesday, June 13, 2006

Corrections on yesterday's Roethlisberger-is-an-idiot take

First, it now appears that Ben suffered no serious knee injuries as first reported. So maybe he'll have a career after all...not that he deserves one.

Second, apparently the employment contracts that professional football players sign are not specifically prohibitive of motorcycles. The lawyers shrewdly broadened the wreckless behavior clauses to encompass any activity which might endanger one's ability to perform his job on the field.

That being said, despite the lack of a helmet law in Pennsylvania, Roethlisberger remains an idiot in my book for even thinking of riding a motorcycle without a helmet. I heard on Rush today that his bike is/was the fastest production bike currently available. That's exactly what a bullet-roof 24 year old, NFL quarterback needs...unbelievable!

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

maybe his new name needs to be roeth-slug-berger, since he has now slimed up the city streets. Information just passed my way from street and sanitation workers is that pieces of his clothing and skin are being sold on ebay. If I owned the team I would do my best to remind him of his enormous potential to score (with the women). He will be restricted in this capacity if he leaves pieces of himself in various Pittsburgh intersections

Anonymous said...

Seriously? People actually looked for and found pieces of his body and are selling them? Man this world is sicker than I ever thought!

Anonymous said...

So the latest is that Ben is fine, minus a few teeth and some additional hardware. He now says he will wear a helmet next time. Maybe his little tumble actually rattled some sense into his otherwise empty little cranium.