[mbillie1]

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a trained cliff-diver on acid is probably less dangerous to himself while tripping and jumping off cliffs than an average, sober motorcyclist rolling around in normal traffic. motorcycling is insanely dangerous.

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First of all, this is an absurd argument on your part. Second of all, so what? Tons and tons of people ride motorcycles, including people with tons of money and no real job, like professional athletes. I just find it funny and dumb how every time some athlete gets hurt we rediscover the statistics for motorcycle crashes... big [censored] deal. It's just as stupid as the talk about requiring ski helmets when some [censored] politico kills himself by acting like a deuchebag.

Let them ride, big deal. If the leagues care enough they may eventually put something in the contracts about it, but until then it's a pointless argument. Driving in a car is dangerous too. Lots of things are dangerous. People are going to get hurt off-field sometimes, even in cabs (Duaner Sanchez for example) when they aren't driving. I fail to see how this warrants some sort of "motorcycle danger awareness" seminar by the sportsmedia and consequently this board.

And FWIW motorcycle crash rates are heavily skewed by the crotch-rocket type of bikes, on which the statistical rate of accident is around 100% over a ten-year span or something, it's quite possible to ride a normal bike safely.