Big Ben to get off, will he learn from these situations?

Sources tell ESPN's Kelly Naqi that charges of sexual assault will not be brought forth against Ben Roethlisberger. It will be confirmed Monday by District Attorney Fred Bright in a 2 pm ET news conference. So Big Ben has ducked criminal charges the way he ducks oncoming pass rushers. Good for him.

Still outstanding is a civil suit filed last year stemming from an alleged sexual assault that allegedly occurred, allegedly in Lake Tahoe. Allegedly. And one assumes that this alleged incident in Milledgeville, Ga. isn't fully behind him, as the alleged 20-year-old victim may well bring a civil suit against Roethlisberger as well.

How will Roger Goodell react? My guess is he gives Big Ben a zero-tolerance policy going forward with any further misconduct resulting in a four-game suspension. After all, if there are no charges filed, I can't see Goodell suspending him. That being said, one cannot help but wonder if a second allegation, true or not, will cause Roethlisberger to change his lifestyle going forward.

Roethlisberger is, for my money, one of the four best quarterbacks in the NFL (along with, in no particular order, Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Drew Brees). He is one of only two active quarterbacks to win more than one Super Bowl. He is on his way to a Hall of Fame career while playing for an NFL jewel franchise, in a market that cares about its team religiously. Sure, he can have any girl in Pittsburgh that he wants but maybe going forward he will be a little smarter about how he goes about his sexual conquests?

Big Ben is single and thus is free to bed as many girls as he would like but he needs to at least be smart enough to know that with two allegations having already been made against him, more could be on the horizon if he keeps going out and sleeping with women. Sure, it may be innocent. But maybe women now will seek an opportunity to cash in with civil suits or, at the very least, hush money. It may be time for Big Ben to stop drinking like a champion and fucking like a champion and to instead maybe think about staying in. At least for a while.

He didn't learn after the Tahoe civil suit was brought forth upon him. Maybe he will learn after ducking criminal charges.