Thursday, March 21, 2013

Overheard in the NFL:


Roethlisberger

"What the hell is it with all of these high school football players sexually assaulting teenage girls? Don't these high school athletes have any honor?"

Ben Roethlisberger, quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who faced NFL suspension for six games at the start of the 2010 season following two incidents involving sexual misconduct allegations in 2009 and 2010. (No criminal charges were filed in connection with either incident.)


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Taylor   
"Damn kids."

Former NFL star Lawrence Taylor, who became a registered sex offender in 2010 after pleading guilty to misdemeanor charges of sexual misconduct and patronizing a prostitute. He originally was charged with third-degree rape of a 16-year-old in connection with the incident.


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"Where are they learning this stuff?"


Former NFL linebacker Nate Webster who, in June 2012, was found guilty of four counts of unlawful sexual conduct with a 15-year-old girl in 2009. Webster played with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cincinnati Bengals and Denver Broncos during his eight-year NFL career. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison. The girl was the daughter of a former Bengal employee. Nate threatened to kill the girl and her family if she told anyone and during one encounter, raped her at gunpoint.

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