Disclaimer: this is an un-official fan site
Ben Roethlisberger does not own, operate, sponsor, nor authorize the content within this fansite, and is therefore not responsible for its content.
However, Mr. Roethlisberger does know about this site and on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, he requested, through his agent, Mr. Ryan Tollner, that I post this message:
"First of all, I want to thank all of you who visit this site and support me. I am truly humbled by the site and grateful it exists. The site was brought to my attention by a few people close to me who visit it regularly. I must admit, I visit sometimes to see the photos and remind myself of what I’ve been up to!
"I want to thank Erin for the amazing amount of effort she puts in to the site. I simply can’t express how much I appreciate her loyalty. For everyone involved with the site, I thank you, and want you to know how much it means to me.
"I am motivated to be the best player I can be and the best person I can be because of good people like you who appreciate and support me. Thanks again and God bless you all." -Ben
Mr. Tollner was kind enough to contact me for the first time last autumn to thank me for my efforts with the site, and we have recently been in contact again.
I would like to thank both Ben and Mr. Tollner for their continued support of my site!
BigBenNews.com is a fansite that was created by a fan, for fans. The purpose of this site is to provide the fans with the latest information on Ben Roethlisberger. I am not affiliated with Mr. Roethlisberger, or his management. All images that appear on this site are copyrighted to their respective owners and BigBenNews.com claims no credit for them unless stated otherwise.
If you own the rights to any of these images or videos and do not wish them to appear on the site, please contact me and they will be promptly removed. All data is posted purely for educational non-commercial informational purposes and not in order to detract from the people who have copyrights. No copyright infringement intended.
Links from BigBenNews.com to other websites are provided only for the convenience of fans. Fans acknowledge and accept that such links do not constitute or imply any endorsement of such external websites, their sponsors, products, or services by BigBenNews.com, and that BigBenNews.com is not responsible or liable for any content, products,services, practices, materials or other information available on linked websites.
Mr. Roethlisberger cannot be contacted through this site. When sending emails to the Webmaster, you are not sending emails to Mr. Roethlisberger or anyone on his staff.
About this site:
This site was designed and created in January, 2007 by me and web designer Sylvie Morin. All updates and additions are maintained by me. BBN.com has had over 180,000 *actual visitors (as of March 10, 2008) with many stopping by from as far away as England, Australia, Germany and Switzerland. *Actual "visitors" are those that spend a determined amount of time on the site (calculated by my hosting company) as opposed to simple "hits" that can be automatically generated by web robots, crawlers, etc...
Regular visitors (daily, weekly basis) make up more than half of that actual visitor total.
The content that you'll see on this site was collected by me as well as many fan-contributors.
Submissions of news, fan art, icons, photos, articles, etc. are always welcome and greatly appreciated! (full credit will be given for any contributions).
If you have any questions, comments or submissions, please feel free to contact me at:
Erin at bigbennewssite@yahoo.com
Please do not hotlink the images on this site!
Bandwidth theft or "hotlinking" is direct linking to a web site's files (images, video, etc.). An example would be using an <img> tag to display a JPEG image you found on someone else's web page so it will appear on your own site, eBay auction listing, weblog, forum message post, etc.
Bandwidth refers to the amount of data transferred from a web site to a user's computer. When you view a web page, you are using that site's bandwidth to display the files. Since web hosts charge based on the amount of data transferred, bandwidth is an issue. If a site is over its monthly bandwidth, it's billed for the extra data or taken offline.
A simple analogy for bandwidth theft: Imagine a random stranger plugging into your electrical outlets, using your electricity without your consent, and you paying for it.
Websites that offer free image hosting:You are also welcome to simply copy and save any images on this site to your computer (under your documents, your photos or your computer files, for example). If you use the photos sent to me by fans to add to your own site, page or a messageboard, please be considerate and give credit to the fan that took the photograph and that was kind enough to share it here!
Thank You,
Erin
