bren2k wrote:
Christ on a bike - that's just awful; and from something that seemed so innocuous - the type of contact that happens dozens of time in every match.
Puts some perspective on things doesn't it - when we stand on the sidelines baying for big hits and calling players soft; their careers can be over in a heartbeat, and their lives changed forever.
Very best wishes to Mose and his family.
It’s a real catch22 and the downside to most sports but especially contact sports like RL. Players know the risks but all the same, you can’t help but wince when they get life-threatening injuries like this for what in essence is a form of entertainment.
What can you do? Not much really.
You can make the game as safe as possible with rules and medical care but at the end of the day RL is a tough game, that’s its appeal and take to much of that away and you don’t have a game.
There are two schools of thought. Those people who believe you should remove all forms of risk from life even though that’s impossible as shown by the sheer randomness of this injury. Those who think you should take your chances and live for the moment and to hell with the consequences,
They are both utter tosh and as ever the truth is in the grey area. Life has to be life, you can’t sanitise it to the point where nobody ever gets hurt either physically or emotionally. You can, however, set limits and offer care and support to those who pay the ultimate price.
I think RL does this pretty well these days though there is always room for improvement. I’m really sorry for Masoe, it’s terribly bad luck and nobody deserves that but then very few people do deserve the bad things that happen to them, life is still as cruel as ever given the chance.
Still, no need for recriminations, the lad was doing something he loved, the sport gave him a lot but sometimes there are casualties.
We must, however, rally round and help him through as best we can, we owe him and all the others that, they earn it that’s for sure.
Best of luck big man.
