{"id":715815,"date":"2010-04-13T17:41:41","date_gmt":"2010-04-13T21:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"tag:consumerist.com,2010:\/\/1.10004510"},"modified":"2010-04-13T17:37:26","modified_gmt":"2010-04-13T21:37:26","slug":"too-jerky-for-jerky-ben-roethlisberger-dropped-from-endorsement-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.com\/index\/715815","title":{"rendered":"Too Jerky For Jerky: Ben Roethlisberger Dropped From Endorsement Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/consumerist.com\/assets_c\/2010\/04\/4-13-2010%205-33-16%20PM-thumb-150x220-39264.jpg?w=780\">         <\/p>\n<p>If you want to make lots of money selling &#8220;Big Ben&#8217;s Beef Jerky&#8221; you&#8217;re going to have to behave like a gentleman, Mr. Roethlisberger. Today the owner of Pittsburgh-based PLB Sports, Inc., said he was terminating his five-year business relationship with the Steelers&#8217; QB. <\/p>\n<p>The decision comes as the quarterback is meeting with the commissioner of the NFL to discuss a possible suspension after a Georgia district attorney announced that they would drop sexual assault charges. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve made a lot of money together,&#8221; the company owner said in a telephone interview with the NYT. &#8220;I&#8217;m leaving a lot on the table by terminating this contract. Even though there were no criminal charges, there are just enough issues here that it&#8217;s in the best interests of PLB Sports to break ties.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I can&#8217;t imagine anyone touching Ben Roethlisberger,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;Enough is enough. I hope there is a suspension. At some point in time, Ben has got to put himself in the right position and understand what it means to be a celebrity, a quarterback, a Steelers player.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Terry Bradshaw <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/2010\/04\/13\/bradshaw-big-ben-im-learning-like\/\">just put a nail in the PR coffin by announcing that he is learning not to like Big Ben.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Our relationship is not any good,&#8221; Bradshaw told reporters, according to a video linked from www.ktbs.com . &#8220;When I told him to park the motorcycle, he got pissed. Then he had the accident, and since then he doesn&#8217;t like me, and I&#8217;m learning not to like him.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Then later to FoxSports:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Ben has been unhappy with me ever since I told him to park the bike. Then, when he had the accident, everyone told him that, &#8216;See, Terry was right about that motorcycle.&#8217; He doesn&#8217;t like me. The last time I was around him he wouldn&#8217;t even shake my hand.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Anyway we can&#8217;t<a href=\"http:\/\/consumerist.com\/2010\/04\/video-tiger-woods-creepy-new-nike-ad.html\"> wait for the next creepy Nike commercial.<\/a> Maybe Bradshaw can do the voice-over. What did you learn, Ben?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/sports\/2010\/04\/13\/bradshaw-big-ben-im-learning-like\/\" >Bradshaw on Big Ben: &#8220;I&#8217;m learning not to like him&#8221;<\/a> [Fox Sports]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/GMA\/TheLaw\/ben-roethlisberger-district-attorney\/story?id=10359118\" >Ben Roethlisberger, &#8216;You Can Do Better,&#8217; District Attorney Says<\/a> [ABC]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/fifthdown.blogs.nytimes.com\/2010\/04\/13\/pittsburgh-company-cuts-ties-with-roethlisberger\/?src=mv\" >Pittsburgh Company Cuts Ties with Roethlisberger<\/a> [NYT]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you want to make lots of money selling &#8220;Big Ben&#8217;s Beef Jerky&#8221; you&#8217;re going to have to behave like a gentleman, Mr. Roethlisberger. Today the owner of Pittsburgh-based PLB Sports, Inc., said he was terminating his five-year business relationship with the Steelers&#8217; QB. 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