Ben Roethlisberger Suspended for 4-6 Games

The league has just announced the Ben Roethlisberger will be suspended for 4-6 games for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy. Rodger Goodell, the commissioner of the NFL still gave Ben a suspension even though he was never charged for a case involving a 20-year-old college girl who said that he sexually assaulted her in a nightclub back in March. "In your six years in the NFL, you have first thrilled and now disappointed a great many people. I urge you to take full advantage of this opportunity to get your life and career back on track," says Rodger Goodell in a letter to Roethlisberger. The president of the Steelers, Art Rooney II says, "I agree and support the decision that the commissioner has made."

This will be a huge loss for the first six games of the Steeler's season. Roethlisberger has had major success over his last six seasons in the NFL with the steelers. In 2004 Big Ben set an NFL record by going 13-0 as a rookie starter, and led them to the AFC championship that same year. Since then he has led Pittsburgh to two Super Bowls and has won both of them. Right now there are many questions being asked about who will start the beginning of the 2010 season. Charlie Batch has been Roethlisberger's back-up for quite some time now. Though he has struggled through injuries and is getting old. Dennis Dixon has also battled through injuries, which has left him at the third QB spot for past three seasons now. And just recently, the Steelers have acquired Byron Leftwich from Tampa Bay, he spent the 2008 season as a backup for the steelers.