Roethlisberger suspension, second take

As should be obvious by today’s column, I like Myron Rolle. I like that a football player sees there's more to life than the game.

Rolle may not be a brain surgeon — though he’s hoping to become one — but he is a Rhodes Scholar — so let’s let the NFL rookie wannabe have his say on the suspension of Ben Roethlisberger:

“I think it's awesome,” Rolle told an interviewer "(NFL commissioner Roger Goodell is) showing his stance on character issues by the suspension and by his positioning with a lot of players."

“I'm happy to see a league that values good men,” Rolle said.

Have I mentioned I like this kid?

Refreshing perspective

On the sanity front, I give you Myron Rolle, Tim Tebow and Sam Bradford.

Rolle is the former Florida State safety who decided accepting a Rhodes Scholarship to study at Oxford, England, was a better move than jumping immediately to the meat-grinder known as the NFL.

Tebow is the quarterback of the national champion Florida Gators, who decided returning for his senior season a better move than jumping immediately to the meat-grinder known as the NFL.

Bradford is the quarterback of the Oklahoma Sooners — the team the Gators beat in the title game — who, too, decided professional smash-mouth could wait a few more months.

Explained Bradford, last season’s Heisman Trophy winner (Tebow won in 2007): "My three years here have probably been the best three years of my life, and I really feel there’s no need to cut this experience short.”

Here's to all three.