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Time heals all wounds. I mean, Ray Lewis is getting a street named after him in Baltimore, and there's more evidence that he actually murdered someone than there is that Ben actually raped one of these girls. The fact that he was never even charged and/or arrested should help his case in the long term as well.Raiderfan32904 said:Will this be as uncomfortable as Tiger Wood's presser, bringing his mom to apologize in scripted format? What can he say at this point to save his credibility?
I have a hard time believing he isn't going to struggle for the first few games after he is reinstated. Maybe he'll have a good second half.
Looks like a good opportunity to get him late in the draft for a playoff run. The Steelers will certainly be playing every starter through the last game. A Flacco / Ben QB tandem looks like a win to me.
I'm sure he'd prefer that, but in today's media-driven (more accurately, salacious gossip driven) world, it can't happen. If he doesn't talk, he's accused of ducking the truth. You think Tiger wanted to go through that public emasculation?fatness said:
As far as the credibility issue with Tiger, I think you are splitting hairs here.I'd rather take two meaningless answers than have to sit thru another Tiger-esque layup of a presser with ONLY friends/family/loved ones in attendance...
Ben has >>>>>>> credibility than does Tiger at this point, and always will from now on..
oh,toss in that faked injury thing Tiger pulled a few weeks back
Ben didn't have to have a press conference...
his lawyer probably said 'answer two questions and be done with it'.
this guy is so convicted in the public's eye it's not even funny..he hasn't even been charged with anything..
it's starting to look like the Duke Lacrosse fiasco all over again, what do you want him to say at a presser??
I don't think he'd prefer that. I think he wants to be interviewed, wants to be on camera and on TV, wants the spotlight like the important guy he thinks he is. But the press will ask him things he won't answer, so he'll just resort to generalities and end up looking no better than when the investigation in GA was going on. It would be in his best interests to shut up, if he wants to repair his image. Play a full season (minus the suspended games), then perhaps talk to the press.
Why drag it out that long? Might as well try and nip it in the bud over the offseason so he can just worry about playing football from here on out. No need for him to put it off and act like he'll address it at the end of the season. And if he didn't talk to the press about it for that long you can damn sure bet you and countless others would then criticize him for being a coward/ducking the issue... it's a no-win situation. The 24/7 news media over-sensationalize everything anymore, so yeah, it's going to become a tired issue, but there's no sense in dragging it out longer than need be. As for what he said, it sounded about as sincere as you could imagine in a circumstance like this. You've got to understand though, this is a pretty tricky situation. I'm pretty sure the guy feels like he's ultimately innocent here -- so to show total contrition and be overly apologetic, I don't know if I'd be feeling like that either if I'd been accused of sexual assault when I feel I didn't do anything ultimately wrong or against the girl's will. But yeah, at this point I'd rather the guy just shut up about it and the media would allow it to move on, there's nothing new to report and it's already been beaten into the ground.
I don't think anyone in the world wants a bunch of microphones shoved in his face so that he can be quizzed on national TV about his past indiscretions, all the while knowing that any sketchy answer or even malapropism is going to be aired and dissected in an almost endless loop on myriad media outlets. I don't doubt that Ben has an inflated sense of self-worth, but regardless... this has to be unpleasant for anyone.
This is absolute nonsense. The best thing for Ben to do is to concentrate on football and when the inevitable questions come up about his personal life just say that he is working on becoming a better person or some such answer. The only thing that will at least partially restore his image is to play football, keep his nose clean for the remainder of his career, and win another championship or two. Maybe get married in a couple years and when he retires the NFL will be do a feature on his turnaround.The LAST thing he shold do in my opinion is to have a tear filled interview where the details are gone over yet again.
Well, except for the fact that what you state is blatantly untrue. Now, was Lewis likely to have covered up? Perhaps witnessed? Was involved in some ancillary way? The first almost assuredly, the second possibly, the third maybe. But there was nothing that really demonstrated he "actually murdered" anyone.Sorry.Time heals all wounds. I mean, Ray Lewis is getting a street named after him in Baltimore, and there's more evidence that he actually murdered someone than there is that Ben actually raped one of these girls. The fact that he was never even charged and/or arrested should help his case in the long term as well.Will this be as uncomfortable as Tiger Wood's presser, bringing his mom to apologize in scripted format? What can he say at this point to save his credibility?
Professional athletes know they're going to be grilled. That's the price of fame (which they enjoy) and nobody needs to feel sorry for them. If he wants to restore his image he should just stop talking about his behavior problems. Just play and talk football, and keep out of trouble from here on out. In other words, avoid the spotlight which he enjoys.
Words are useless at this juncture.
Yeah, best thing at this point is to speak with his actions.