Big Ben Partying it Up..........Again

With Super Bowl XLV just days away, members of both local and national media swarmed Dallas Cowboys Stadium and the surrounding DFW metroplex to take part in the traditional circus sideshow known as Super Bowl Media Day. All seemed to go well on that day, but it was the Thursday night before the big game that got all the media abuzz with the latest titillating news, and at the focus was none other than Ben Roethlisberger.

For those who have been out of the sports world loop for the last few years, Big Ben was accused of rape in July of 2009 and March of 2010. To add to Roethlisberger's woes was a long enduring reputation of partying and living like there was no tomorrow.

So, it comes as no surprise that the talk of Super Bowl town on Friday morning was not of Xs and Os, but of the fact that video had been published of Big Ben and his linemen partying it up in a local piano bar just days before their game against the Green Bay Packers.

Coach Mike Tomlin and Roethlisberger alike downplayed to scene when asked about it Friday, with Big Ben adding that taking his linemen out before the game was a tradition that they partook in before the previous two Super Bowls that Reothlisberger played in with the Steelers.

But in reality, who could be surprised that question were risen given Big Ben's reputation as of late. He did, in fact, get off easy with only a four game suspension at the beginning of this season after all, a punishment which left former Pittsburgh and Hall of Fame quarterback Terry Bradshaw furious due to its lack of severity.

So, with all this being said, why didn't Roethlisberger and his "big men" just go to a nice, laid back restaurant instead of boozing and crooning via karaoke in a public venue? The answer is simple; Big Ben still doesn't quite get what all the fuss is about. In my opinion, I don't think he ever really will, not until he's lost everything and no one cares anymore.