Roethlisberger suspension, first take

Recommended reading: Stephen A. Smith’s piece in the Philadelphia Inquirer on Roger Goodell’s suspension of Ben Roethlisberger.

If anyone’s questioning the justice of Goodell’s hammering — considering the lack of criminal charges against the quarterback — Smith provides you with answers.

Writes Smith, in part:

What Goodell did was remind professional athletes of what everyone from Pop Warner coaches to college coaches evidently haven't done a good enough job of teaching: that eventually, come hell or high water, you will answer to someone. None of us are immune. We are all accountable to someone.

To which I say, "Amen.

http://www.philly.com/inquirer/columnists/stephen_a_smith/20100422_Stephen_A__Smith__Goodell_s_call_was_just_and_needed.html