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Banning Big Ben

Will Roger Goodell and the NFL step up and be the men that they want to be and suspend Ben Roethlisberger for the length of time he deserves? Which in my opinion would be a full year. If they want to straighten things out in the league, then a year would be the correct punishment. They've given long suspensions to others, most notably Pacman Jones, for violating the league's conduct policy. Ben's punishment should be no different, but it probably will. Its probably going to be at least 4 games, hopefully at least 8. Anything less than 4 games would be a joke. Its not like he is a first time offender. I know he hasn't been found guilty of anything, but where there is smoke, there's fire. [Unless you're the Mighty Boosh, and remind us about the smoke machine.] Even Goddell recognizes this fact "The issue here is respect to a pattern of behavior," he said. When will the decision finally be made? Not this week. The NFL releases their schedule Tuesday and w