Strapped to a Death Rocket

I'm not a malicious person, and I don't wish harm on anyone, but sometimes things happen, and it seems like the fitting conclusion to someone making stupid choices. I'm refering to Ben Rothlisberger's motorcycle accident yesterday in Pittsburgh. Getting in a wreck is tragic no doubt, and it is sad for his family, and all the people in the Steelers Organization who were depending on Big Ben to be a great piece of a winning football team for many years to come, but the way he sounded off last year about being proud of riding a motorcycle (which is a prohibited activity for NFL players), and furthermore without a helmet is unbelievable.

But the real problem was this...he is a 24 year old Uber-Athlete who thought he was invincible. There are enough other "uncontrollable" risks in everyday life to have to inject an extra game of Russian Roulette by strapping in on a crotch rocket death machine. I hope others will heed the lessons of Big Ben (and others before him....Jay Williams, Kellen Winslow Jr.) who have threatened their lives and careers over motorcycle wrecks. In fact, maybe professional sports teams will start to take a hint and stop drafting players that enjoy riding motorcycles...

Hall of Fame Quarterback Terry Bradshaw remarked last year about Ben's propensity to ride motorcycles in an angry tone "He should wait till he retires to do that." Too bad Big Ben didn't listen.