Will the public be more critical of Roethlisberger this time?

PFT.com has their own social commentary today about franchise QB Ben Roethlsiberger, who we all know is once again in trouble after being accused of sexual assault of a 20-year-old in a bathroom in Georgia.

We realize that the American justice system compels a presumption of innocence. The American public, however, has no such mandate; we can come to our own opinions and conclusions about anything we choose, as ridiculous as those opinions and conclusions may be.

And so on one hand we respect the judicial mindset that prefers setting ten guilty men free to incarcerating a single innocent. On the other hand, we realize that the court of public opinion is close to rendering judgment about Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger.

At a minimum, he’s a damn fool for allowing himself to be placed in a circumstance that could lead to the making of false charges, especially in light of his other pending legal predicament in Nevada. At worst, he has the same “entitlement” mentality that supposedly prompted a certain Tiger’s tomcat streak.

The possible difference, of course, is that Eldrick Woods always respected the concept of consent.

It still remains to be seen whether Roethlisberger will be charged in Georgia, where perhaps appropriately he wore a shirt bearing the image of a horned devil (via TMZ). Regardless, the question of whether Roethlisberger is a good guy or a bad guy churns through the national consciousness, and the signs are pointing toward an eventual verdict of “turd.”