| Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger Will Be Suspended At Least 4 Games | | |
NFL commissioner Roger Goodell spoke to reporters this morning at Steelers training camp and appeared to leave the door open that quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's suspension could be fewer than four games. But a spokesman from the NFL in New York later clarified that the suspension will be four games at minimum. Roethlisberger was suspended for the first six games of the regular season with the possibility that it could be reduced to four after he was accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year old Georgia woman in March. Roethlisberger was not prosecuted after the district attorney in Milledgeville, Ga. determined that there was not enough evidence to pursue the case. When asked if there was any chance Roethlisberger's suspension could be reduced to fewer than four games, Goodell responded: "I'll make that decision later this month, but that's the way it was designed. We'll evaluate all of that at the end of the month." When he was asked to clarify whether the suspension could be fewer than four games, Goodell was vague: "No, we'll make that decision on what the suspension is going to be at the end of the month."
Source: Ray Fittipaldo, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
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