One sunday night my friend and I went to Buffalo Wild Wings, it being game night about 4 games were on and everyone was tuned in. My eyes were glued to the Ravens/Browns game. With each kickass play and touchdown, I notice I'm only one out of five people cheering in the restaurant. I look around and see that almost the entire restaurant is filled with black and gold jerseys. I found it rather fascinating, yet slightly insulted that there were so many Steelers fans as oppposed to Ravens fans (keep in mind we live in Maryland, and because of the seasons the Redskins have been having they are automatically ruled out for now). My friend notices the same thing, and with their sarcastic humor goes, "How about them Steelers?" As I laughed at all the fans glaring I turn to the Steelers tv and see Roethlisberger hammering out some pretty nice passes. Hold up, shouldn't he be in jail? So I inquizitively search the web for any articles.
Apparently, the Steelers quarterback follwed a young college student into an Atlanta nightclub bathroom and proceeded to assault her despite her many objections. After the police reports were filed and lawyers were called, the asked that the charges be dropped. What?? This man (yes he's a man, not a football God) just raped a woman and you want charges to be dropped? On what account? Had this been a regular man out of these eyes of the media, convictions wouold have been flying toward him; but because he is a prized possession of the Steeler's Nation he gets a slap on the wrist?
This whole instance makes me think of the Michael Vick dog fighting situation. When America found out about Vick and his underground dog fighting arena, they went insane. It was like the entire world turned against him at the drop of the dime: PITA and the NFL. When he went before the judge he got a year in jail and an boatload of community service, c'mon really? He was condemned and exiled for over two years, and people still bring it up. I just don't understand it. This just makes me realize that racial biased is still out there. To me, black men recieve harsher punishments for crimes and are held accountable more for their actions then whites. It might not be a fact, but it sure is a reality.
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