Rapelisberger Evaluates His Life, Finds Out He Has No Friends

The Associated Press - PITTSBURGH — Ben Roethlisberger issued no apology. He didn't ask for forgiveness from his fans, and he didn't lobby NFL commissioner Roger Goodell to reduce his six-game suspension.

What the Steelers quarterback said Thursday in his first comments since being suspended April 21 by the NFL were revealing: He's ready to make major changes to a lifestyle that cast him as a role model for bad behavior by privileged pro athletes with a sense of entitlement.

"I've spent a lot of time evaluating and looking at my life both on and off the field," Roethlisberger said after a Steelers workout. "I think this is a time for me to kind of close the chapter of the last couple of years of my life and move on to a new one, kind of a new start. I'm kind of really excited about it."

Roethlisberger, accused twice of sexual assault in the past two years, pledged to make smarter decisions during what he called "the second chance" he's received to turn around his life. He also said he's working closely with Goodell to rehabilitate his lifestyle and repair an image that's been tarnished by his boorish behavior.

Add Rapelisberger to the long list of athletes who fuck up big time and have to use their "second chance" to make friends because everyone hates him. Ben is like a child who knows he got caught doing something bad and proceeds to tell his parents(The NFL and it's fans) that he'll never do it again. He promises. Im sorry Ben, but once you're a rapist, you're always a rapist. You can't wash that shit off. You can't go to rape addiction rehab and claim to be cured. You're just a shitty person who should be in jail getting raped. Eye for an eye.