One thing in which I am confident is that I don’t want to know how Ben Roethlisberger’s most recent remark is going to be interpreted, particularly in the national media. The Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback yesterday spoke to the media and said, “I feel like I love football again”, a statement that implies that there was a time he did not.
Rather than worry about the various permutations of criticism that will inevitably ensue from a soundbite that doesn’t paint a full picture of the spirit of his remarks, let’s focus instead on what he said as a follow-up.