Roethlisberger: 'I Have Committed No Crime'

Disgraced QB won't appeal 6-game NFL suspension

By Marie Morris

Posted Apr 26, 2010 2:45 PM CDT

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Please check Post-Gazette for reaction -- Ravens Insider: Roethlisberger won't appeal suspension - The inside scoop and analysis on the team from The Baltimore Sun's Ravens columnist and Ravens beat writer. - baltimoresun.com — Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger reads a statement in the team's locker room, April 12, 2010. Roethlisberger won't appeal his six-game suspension for violating the NFL's personal conduct policy. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Ben Roethlisberger will not appeal NFL commissioner Roger Goodell's decision to suspend him for six games for violating the league's personal conduct policy. "More is expected of me," the Steelers quarterback said in a statement released today, over 6 weeks after the night of barhopping that ended with Roethlisberger accused of sexual assault. "I am accountable for the consequences of my actions." To read the full statement, click here.

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