wouldnt be surprised if ESPN never holds that event again... can you imagine what was going through their executives' minds at that moment?
out of morbid curiosity, who would have covered his medical bills if hed been injured during the event?
I've just been reading up on a BMXer who broke his neck and is now possibly paralysed at the Dew Tour in June.
Apart from moral support there has been nothing from the event organisers and from what I've heard the X-Games is the same. This guys health insurance is paying for his treatment but they've had to rely on fund raising from his friends to keep his family afloat.
These "athlete's" (sorry) are the one's providing the entertainment, and generating millions and millions of advertising revenue, and they get compensated with a little bit of prize money but fuck yourself up and possibly end your career and you get nothing.
I know the skaters who participate in these things are saying they are bringing skateboarding to a wider audience and all that but IS IT REALLY WORTH IT? Is it worth killing yourself so these suits can make millions, whore out your lifestyle, shit, WHORE OUT YOUR LIFE and bail the moment it all goes wrong.
You're then sitting in your uncles garage (sorry the million dollar home is gone now) sucking beers thinking about what could have been while these guys make even more money re-running your career ending moment.
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