Roethlisberger in motorcycle accident?

Agreed.

 

Well, this should be a lot easier than that was.

 

I could go for a nice, cold gin & tonic from Froggy's right now.....
The bar itself, the structure, lives on at Oakmont Country Club so if anyone is coming in for the 2007 U.S. Open, I'll see you there!

 

ESPN has dredged up a year-old interview with Big Ben, conducted following Kellen Winslow's accident.


http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2481004

 

The money question:

ESPN: It's not the law in Pennsylvania to wear a helmet. Why don't you wear a helmet?
Roethlisberger: Because you don't have to. It's not the law. If it was the law, I'd definitely have one on every time I rode. But it's the law and I know I don't have to and your just more free when you're out there with no helmet on.


Now, you're breathing thru your eye socket, and will be sucking Slim-Fast thru a straw until Halloween. But at least you feel free.

 

Translation: I'm as dumb and arrogant as any other schmuck who rides without a helmet.  Other people get hurt, not me.

Very very sad.

 

Something tells me it might be a little easier to change that law now.

We're not much different down here in Kentucky, though the law here states you must have health insurance if you decide to ride helmet free.

I'm all for personal liberties, with the exception being when my tax dollars would have to pay for your long-term healthcare costs.

 

My dad was almost killed on a motorcycle before I was born... Needless to say the story has been told to me over and over again and I don't go near them...

I wonder if Roethlisberger has a no motorcycles clause in his contract. Most first-round picks do...

 

Good question Mizzou. ... For those in Cleveland longer than me, what was the outcome of Winslow's? Did he have a clause? Did they void his original contract?

 

You'd think so ... at least a recklessness cause or something. Riding motorcycles -- especially without a helmet -- would qualify, when you're talking about your money quarterback.