Last Monday RAW did The Big Show BAD. After the main event, Brock comes out (after some people headed for the exits) and the crowd went wild. Then The Big Show comes out only to get suplex city and then heads backstage. It was the ultimate job.
I had a buddy trying to get me a "suplex city Portland" shirt there but they didnt sell them. He was only 3 rows away from where Brock threw the only shirt in the stadium.
Yeah, that was a painful game to watch. Bad. It reminded me of another team that plays around here....
All joking aside, cheerleading is a very dangerous sport - and yes, it is a sport with some amazingly talented athletes competing. My youngest daughter has been doing cheer for years. She used to participate in all star cheer, but after being hospitalized multiple times due to various injuries, we pulled her out. She still does varsity cheer, which is less dangerous, but she still spent a weekend in the hospital last September with a severe concussion. In competitions, they have mats on the floor, but they are rather thin and hard (but at least it's something). They constantly push the kids to do more difficult routines. The kids wear no protective gear and at the games, they are performing on hardwood floors. The fall in that video is actually pretty minor compared to some I've seen. My daughter is a flyer and when you're being tossed up in the air and spun around, your safety is 100% dependent on the quality of your bases. And, that was one of the problem with all star cheer - it's VERY expensive. Between gym time, paying the coaches, private tumbling lessons, travel, costumes, etc. it adds up quickly, Base is the least glamorous position and many parents decide that if their daughter isn't going to be a star, it's not worth the money. So, there is a lot of churn as parents pull their kids out and new, inexperienced ones join the team to take their place. And, yes it is a sport. My daughter's team went to nationals at Dallas a couple years ago. There were 30,000 athletes competing and 70,000 parents, coaches and spectators in the crowd. Most of the kids have years of gymnastics training and private tumbling lessons. At the time, Cheer Athletics in Plano, TX was the premier program in the country. The Friday evening before the competition started, we drove out to their gym and watched their level 5 and level 6 teams do an exhibition. The things those kids were doing were nothing short of amazing. They would have 12 kids criss-crossing the mats doing synchronized tumbling runs that would have blown Mary Lou Retton away. Absolutely amazing athletes. BNM
And what the fuck was that guy carrying her off the floor thinking? He was trying to be some hero and rescue the damsel in distress. If a player had taken a similar fall, play would have stopped, he would have been examined by a trainer and possibly been immobilize and carried off on a stretcher. I guarantee you some Walter Mitty dufus would not have been allowed to scoop him up and his arms and run off the court with him. A head injury is a head injury and all should be treated the same way. That was foolish to the point of negligence. The injury may, or may not, have been serious. Proper protocol should have been followed to determine the seriousness of the injury prior to removing her from the floor. BNM
It was almost like he was thinking: "We just fucked up, let's get the evidence out of sight as soon as possible!"
More likely, "Cute girl hurt, here's my chance to be a hero!" Or maybe, "To hell with her personal health and well being, I NEED to get her off the floor so we don't delay resuming play!" BNM
Too bad her top or panties didn't fall off. WAit! WhAT!? That wasn't me. It's that damn online Homer. That online Homer is saying things that I don't approve of.
Any news on how severe her injuries were? I need to know just how bad I should feel about myself for laughing...
Cheerleader brain damaged after no one caught her fall during stunt, $20m suit claims A $20 million lawsuit claims a Milwaukie High School cheerleader suffered brain damage when she tumbled to the ground during a cheer team stunt and slammed her head on a floor mat. Alexis Lisle fell on Feb. 18, 2015, according to the lawsuit filed Thursday against the North Clackamas School District. Lisle was standing on top of a base formation of four other teammates -- held up at their shoulder height -- when she fell backward and hit the mat, the suit says. The suit claims the district failed to appoint a properly trained coach, failed to adequately train team members in following safety rules for the sport and failed to assign spotters who might have caught Lisle's fall. http://www.oregonlive.com/portland/...der_brain_damaged_afte.html#incart_river_home
I'm surprised there haven't been more lawsuits. It really is a dangerous sport and they constantly push the kids to do more and more difficult stunts and routines. That's why we finally pulled our daughter out of all star cheer. She had had multiple concussions, neck and shoulder injuries from being dropped in practice. BNM
Sports are really high risk...my older half brother passed away last year and it reminds me he was disabled playing college football for Texas A M in the 60s..kept him out of the war but he limped all his life. I almost broke my neck trying to high jump backwards in track practice...cheerleaders are like acrobats...that's a long way to fall and I sincerely hope that young person is ok....I joke but those injuries suck
