Big Ben Seriously Injured

by **StrykerFSU** on Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:01 pm

Big Ben in serious condition after motorcycle accident

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2480830

...no, he was not wearing a helmet.

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by **KnoxVegas** on Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:05 pm

Haven't these donkeys learned anything from Jason Williams?

by **ZagGrad** on Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:37 pm

Wow, and I was just listening to his interview this morning on Sports radio. What an idiot...

by **horn17** on Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:47 pm

yeah...i was too, maybe he didnt get enough coffee....

by **monkeylax** on Mon Jun 12, 2006 1:51 pm

I hope he is okay, but I will mention that I am a little disappointed in his choice of motorcycle (though I am sure he owns several). The footage on ESPN showed a mauled silver Crotch-Rocket, I always thought of Big Ben as a Harley or a Chopper man.

by **laxfan25** on Mon Jun 12, 2006 2:57 pm

I'm sure he thought of himself as invincible - but what was he thinking? How do the Steelers allow this under his contract?
I liked motorcyles as a young lad, but a good friend is an orthopedic surgeon, and he just shakes his head when he sees someone acting stupid on one. "I'm the one that has to put them back together" was his comment - he sees the end result that most of us never will.
Michigan just removed the helmet law in the state last week, while having a recent Click It or Ticket campaign. How do you reconcile that? I'm in support of personal choice, but the cost to society is that we end up picking up the medical tab for the quadrepelegics that result from bike crashes.
First, I hope Big Ben comes out OK. I have no idea how severe his injuries are, and if his football career is over.

by **Danny Hogan** on Mon Jun 12, 2006 3:15 pm

laxfan25 wrote: we end up picking up the medical tab for the quadrepelegics that result from bike crashes.

i don't think helmets would do much to save the broken necks

by **dubbs11** on Mon Jun 12, 2006 4:39 pm

KnoxVegas wrote:Haven't these donkeys learned anything from Jason Williams?

or even Kellen Winslow? Oh yea, I forgot, he is a soldier.

by **Lax_Stats** on Mon Jun 12, 2006 5:59 pm

Maybe he was trying to kill himself for some reason??? Anyone know if he suffers from depression??

by **UofMLaxGoalie11** on Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:14 pm

I know that sometimes my brother doesnt wear his helmet when riding his motorcycle. But he understands the risk and I think has a living will set up. He would much rather be dead than a vegatable and a drain on our parents money. Granted that helmets do help, but obviously they arent a total enclosure like a car.

by **Lax_Stats** on Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:20 pm

UofMLaxGoalie11 wrote:I know that sometimes my brother doesnt wear his helmet when riding his motorcycle. But he understands the risk and I think has a living will set up. He would much rather be dead than a vegatable and a drain on our parents money. Granted that helmets do help, but obviously they arent a total enclosure like a car.

Instead of riding w/o a helmet and having a living will, wouldnt just wearing a helmet make a heck of a lot more sense?!?!?!

by **UofMLaxGoalie11** on Mon Jun 12, 2006 6:22 pm

Lax_Stats wrote:
UofMLaxGoalie11 wrote:I know that sometimes my brother doesnt wear his helmet when riding his motorcycle. But he understands the risk and I think has a living will set up. He would much rather be dead than a vegatable and a drain on our parents money. Granted that helmets do help, but obviously they arent a total enclosure like a car.

Instead of riding w/o a helmet and having a living will, wouldnt just wearing a helmet make a heck of a lot more sense?!?!?!

If the helmet saves him just enough to completely ruin his life, then I think he would rather not have it. But on the other hand, it might prevent him from being injured as much, being able to save him. Its his option and he has made his decision, which I respect.

by **KnoxVegas** on Mon Jun 12, 2006 9:10 pm

dubbs11 wrote:or even Kellen Winslow? Oh yea, I forgot, he is a soldier.

Who is that? Oh yeah, I vaguely remember that whiner claiming that the Tennessee defence was out to kill him or something and that we goes to war. That was right after UT embarrassed Miami at home in 2003. Whatever happen to Kellen Winslow Jr.? Did he finally get to prove himself in Iraq or what? Or did he end up in Cleveland, fate probably worse than Iraq.

In the words of Sam Wyche (brother of UT alum Bubba Wyche), "You don't live in Cleveland..."

by **Jolly Roger** on Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:27 am

When my sister did a rotation through the ER, the prevailing opinion was that helmets on the motorcycle riders they encountered greatly assisted in the identification process. :shock:

by **Zeuslax** on Tue Jun 13, 2006 8:43 am

I thought I could get away from this story on the boards. I guess not. Of course it was breaking news here in Pittsburgh, and breaking news all damn day. I love the Stillers, but man! They just kept replaying the Bradshaw tape of him blasting Big Ben about not wearing a helmet. I guess Ronney ( the Steelers owner) made Bradshaw park the corvette back in the day.