In case you missed the news yesterday, Ben Roethlisberger (Quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers) was injured in a motorcycle accident this week. This got me thinking about bad choices that some athletes make. I'm not about to tell Big Ben whether he can or cannot ride a motorcycle. However, he was driving a motorcycle without a license AND without a helmet. Granted it is legal to drive without a helmet in PA, but come on. I don't understand why people do that. Even if you're going 5 miles per hour, it just takes one car to knock you off that thing and whammy...your head is on the pavement. Then to be stupid enough to not get a license. He had an expired learners permit. Come on! Do these people think they are above the law. If he gets a lower fine than Jessica did for "following to close" than I'm going to be really hacked off. It's one thing to follow to close, it's another to drive without a license. Come on! This is just one of many poor choices that athletes make. It's not as big as our Cincinnati Bengal players who wave guns in parking lots and drive drunk, but it's another example of stupidity among our young rich athletes. Maybe if Jessica played a professional sport, we wouldn't be paying a stupid fine because some stupid officer was having a bad day. That's my rant and rave for the day.
Tuesday, June 13, 2006
Ben you big dope
In case you missed the news yesterday, Ben Roethlisberger (Quarterback for the Pittsburgh Steelers) was injured in a motorcycle accident this week. This got me thinking about bad choices that some athletes make. I'm not about to tell Big Ben whether he can or cannot ride a motorcycle. However, he was driving a motorcycle without a license AND without a helmet. Granted it is legal to drive without a helmet in PA, but come on. I don't understand why people do that. Even if you're going 5 miles per hour, it just takes one car to knock you off that thing and whammy...your head is on the pavement. Then to be stupid enough to not get a license. He had an expired learners permit. Come on! Do these people think they are above the law. If he gets a lower fine than Jessica did for "following to close" than I'm going to be really hacked off. It's one thing to follow to close, it's another to drive without a license. Come on! This is just one of many poor choices that athletes make. It's not as big as our Cincinnati Bengal players who wave guns in parking lots and drive drunk, but it's another example of stupidity among our young rich athletes. Maybe if Jessica played a professional sport, we wouldn't be paying a stupid fine because some stupid officer was having a bad day. That's my rant and rave for the day.
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Who was the guy that got drafted to the Browns last year and did the same thing? These guys are just dumb. Why else would one of the highest profiled QBs do something like this. If he messes the Steelers up, those people aren't going to be happy, especially after a championship year. Idiots! Good news for the Bengals, though.
Kellen Winslow Jr. was the dope that tore up his knee cause he was doing tricks on his bike.
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