BG Breaks Wrist?

[grizz36]

Yes, Geno allows sledding. Stef brought two or three sleds from home for the team to use.

And, if you think longboarding in a parking garage is dangerous, try sledding on some of those hills around Port Jervis!

 

[Icebear]

And, if you think longboarding in a parking garage is dangerous, try sledding on some of those hills around Port Jervis!

Absolutely! Stef comes from an area with great hills and steep mountains for sledding.

 

[DobbsRover2]

Having checked through about 12 versions of basically the same account of the accident which provide little in details, since unsurprisingly the Bears have to be a little sheepish about how they handled the previous PR on Griner's skateboarding now that the not-unusual broken bone(s) fate has occurred, there are few probabilities:

• With 50,000 conservatively reported ER incidents nationally a year from skate\longboarding activities, it is not necessarily a thing you want to encourage for your championship team's nucleus player, especially because as one boarder grieving for a permanently fallen skate mate noted, "The heights have become higher." And when you're 6'8", the fall can be even bigger. Will BYers be urging Husky ball players to just go out and have fun with an activity like skateboarding? I'm guessing not. I'd really feel more comfortable with KML just risking a sprained thumb playing tiddly winks, but in any case, I assume the Huskies are smart enough to pick challenging recreational activities that have far less potential and well-publicized risk than stunting on skateboards. No, even without ludicrous analogies to break dancing on broken glass at Chez Panisse, we can never be absolutely sure that anything we do won't kill us. But hey, as KM noted from a previous near catastrophe for BG on the board, "At least it showed her athleticism" to avoid a big injury by leaping off the board. I guess the attitude is, "Once lucky, always lucky."
• This may be a big assumption, but since none of the earlier pics or videos show Griner wearing any kind of protective gear and the info from Baylor did not claim that she was wearing any (which the college assuredly would have done if she had suddenly switched to padding up), I think it's safe to say that Griner was not wearing a pad on the right wrist she broke. I run by a skating court every day and year round there are probably 20 kids in it, all of whom eschew the pads despite all the signs prohibiting unprotected skating. It's a badge of stupid honor to do the tricks without pads, and I have seen a number of kids helped out of the court in bad shape. Probably Griner will continue to long board after college, but maybe she could use her fame to help make wearing the pads cool instead of promoting the unencumbered style.
• It's all in hindsight now though it should have been in foresight, but as ETT said, there is a commonsense factor that we must all apply to our activities. Griner may have more passion than sense about these things, and if she's willing to live with the likelihood of recurrent injury to the wrist as she battles on the boards in college and the pros, the perceptible hit to her team's chance for a repeat NC, and potential loss of some money in the pros if the injury to a vital spot is a long term factor, there's really nothing anyone can do to stop her. Basketball comes with a big risk of injury, and for some players that's the world of recreational sport also.

Time to break for my normal rope-swinging, sky-diving, glass stomping exercise routine. But at least I know I'm only semi-important to my team.

 

[vtcwbuff]

Maybe if a university student engages in risky activities they should agree to pay for their tuition fees for the year.

Can you define risky activities? I broke my ankle stepping out of a stationary golf cart. I broke a finger helping a friend move a couch. I broke my big toe walking past a shipyard construction site when a safety cap from an acetylene bottle fell on it. None of those are especially risky and those are the only broken bones I've had.

The point is - life has risks and you can't bubble wrap a kid just because they're a scholarship athlete.

 

[FairView]

Can you define risky activities? I broke my ankle stepping out of a stationary golf cart. I broke a finger helping a friend move a couch. I broke my big toe walking past a shipyard construction site when a safety cap from an acetylene bottle fell on it. None of those are especially risky and those are the only broken bones I've had.

The point is - life has risks and you can't bubble wrap a kid just because they're a scholarship athlete.

That's no argument. Accidents happen everywhere -- even in low risk activities. The point is that accidents are more likely to occur in some activities -- like long boarding. I'm not arguing that she should or should not be allowed to or discouraged from long boarding, I'm just saying your argument doesn't hold water as a reason that she should be allowed to do whatever she wants. Because if you take the risk factor out of the equation, then she should also be allowed to walk blindfolded in traffic, go bull riding at the rodeo, play Russian Roulette. If, however, you do feel those activities are appropriate, then your argument stands.

 

[easttexastrash]

That's no argument. Accidents happen everywhere -- even in low risk activities. The point is that accidents are more likely to occur in some activities -- like long boarding. I'm not arguing that she should or should not be allowed to or discouraged from long boarding, I'm just saying your argument doesn't hold water as a reason that she should be allowed to do whatever she wants. Because if you take the risk factor out of the equation, then she should also be allowed to walk blindfolded in traffic, go bull riding at the rodeo, play Russian Roulette. If, however, you do feel those activities are appropriate, then your argument stands.

Exactly. That was my point with the ridiculous parachute comment. There IS a point at which a coach has the right to say "you can't do that."

 

[ChicagoGG]

Exactly. That was my point with the ridiculous parachute comment. There IS a point at which a coach has the right to say "you can't do that."

Believe me, you made your point LONG ago. Wait, don't I hear Kim calling you??

 

[easttexastrash]

Believe me, you made your point LONG ago. Wait, don't I hear Kim calling you??

Are you a 6-8 recruit? If so, she is calling AND texting.

 

[JS]

Are you a 6-8 recruit? If so, she is calling AND texting.

She needs a temp for the long long-boarders' team.

This thread seems exhausted. Some think that's a much belated conclusion.

Thanks to all for a thorough . . . ah . . . mastication of the issues.