Dexter's Vantage Point!

For once in the past year Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger told the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. After losing to the Green Bay Packers in yesterday’s Super Bowl 31-25 Roethlisberger stated the following: “I don't put the blame on anybody but myself.  I feel like I let the city of Pittsburgh down, the fans, my coaches, my teammates. It's not a good feeling." I guess someone of questionable integrity will sometimes tell the truth huh? Roethlisberger should have truthful when he got himself in trouble in Milledgeville, GA last March when he was accused of sexually assaulting a 20-year old co-ed. He should have been straight-up about his horrific personality in public and how he distanced himself from his teammates.  More importantly Roethlisberger should have been truthful about how he has disrespected himself and one of the storied franchises in professional sports. Roethlisberger is correct.  He cost his team an...

Pittsburgh Steeler quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has been accused of sexual assault. For the second time mind you. Roethlisberger has been accused of assaulting a 20-year old student in Georgia. Where is the media coverage? Why is Roethisberger seemingly getting a pass on the level of media coverage as compared to the likes of Michael Vick , Plaxico Burress and others? Allow me to get to the point. In my opinion Roethlisberger is getting a pass because he’s a white quarterback in the NFL coupled with lack of diversity in mainstream media. Roethlisberger plays the glory position in football so he’ll be protected by that along with his complexion. If Donavan McNabb or Jason Campbell would’ve had two cases involving women hanging over their head you think the media would cover them more or less than Roethlisberger? According to the The Institute of Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University at Central Florida percentages indicate 89.7 percent of Sports Columnists in this country ar...