RIP Jeremy Lusk

I saw that feature, too. I can't see how the risk is worth it for these guys, but I guess they're just young and invincible. I guess I was there once too, but I never did anything that crazy.

 

This guy lived, but I think you could see how he was damn lucky he did not die.

 

assumed risk.
sorry the guy died, but, you kind of understand this very well could happen when you sign up to participate.

 

Jesus Christ. And you realize you could get your neck splintered when you play football. Doesn't make it any less tragic that a 24-year-old is dead.

It's somewhat apples and oranges, but just because something is risky doesn't mean that person deserved death.

 

Lusk's accident is also on YouTube. Horrible to watch.

 

Extremely sad and I feel for Jeremy Lusk.
But again, you don't have to be an MIT grad to figure out the risk quotient.
High speed plus ridiculously crazy stunt(s) to pull off equals high potential for broken bones, concussions, maybe death.
All power to these guys for attempting such feats, but when shit happens, I am thinking: "you knew what you were getting into."

 

Those last 7 words of the previous post sort of say it all, with regard to those who participate in this sort of thing.

 

Point taken, but I don't think going as fast as possible in a dragster or in downhill skiing is quite the same as doing back flips on a motorcycle or double back flips on a freaking snowmobile. Of course, it's just taking things to the next extreme, I suppose, and we'll probably be discussing something even more outrageous 20 years from now.

 

It was only a matter of time before a competitor died at one of these events.

Tragic.

 

One reason they assume the risk:because it's lucrative.
Check out how much Travis Pastrana earns in a year.

The easiest way to make these sports safer would be to stop paying these guys. Participation would drop, and so would the pressure to do harder and harder tricks.

Just my opinion.

 

A) of course it's a sport.
B) a dozen or more young men will die this year training for or playing high school football. Ready to ban it?
C) in a world where boxers routinely suffer permanent brain injury, the life expectancy of NFL linemen is in the 50s and MMA exists at all, this too brutal and gruesome to be allowed?

Just because you don't "get it" doesn't mean the activity isn't legitimate.