Time for Ben to grow up

First I want to say I understand that Ben is not guilty until proven to be in a court of law. This post is my reaction to the combined events over the past year, not an attempt to convince others of Ben’s guilt or innocence.  We all make mistakes and it’s very likely that this is a cooked up story, I know I hope it is.

Three things I strongly dislike in the people I associate myself with; 1. people who are stupid and don’t need to be, 2. people who lie, and 3. hypocrisy although some may argue #’s 2 and 3 are the same thing. 

Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me.  He seems to not have learned anything from his previous accusation.   This lends me to believe that he is being stupid when he doesn’t need to be.  He isn’t developmentally delayed, although I wonder if the motorcycle accident didn’t bump his common sense node in his brain.  He should have learned from his situation last year to not put himself in questionable circumstances with questionable people. 

So it’s an understatement to say in Big Ben’s current situation I’m disappointed.  I feel like Ben lied when he apologized to his team for the distraction and then went out and put himself in a situation where a similar event could take place again.  If he had been sorry he would have stopped the behavior that created the opportunity for someone to take advantage of him. 

On the hypocrisy point; unless Ben only plays for Jesus on the field I would consider him a hypocrite considering that in the beginning he was also very open about his Christian faith. He wore the words, "Play for Jesus," on his cleats until the NFL forbade it.  If he only chooses to play for Jesus on the field and Plays for himself on random Thursdays at the bar I’ll continue to be disappointed in his choices.  Has Ben lost his commitment to his faith?  It seems that it is possible that he has.  I know he continues to support charitable giving and I admire that, but I haven’t heard anything about his commitment to his faith since his rookie year. 

My advice to Ben is that it is time to grow up.  Having just celebrated your 28th birthday you’ve had time to sow your wild oats.  You have six to ten years to seal your legacy as one of the greatest quarterbacks to play the game.  That time will fly by and you’ll be sitting on your porch looking back in 10 years and say wow, if only I had spent that time in the gym or studying game tape instead of getting drunk and groping random women, maybe I could’ve been truly great!