Are Fans and NFL teams too demanding of players?

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Originally Posted by Daseal

Part of the Big Ben thing is he was so adament about NOT wearing a helmet, now it's come to bite him in the ass. It's his life, but he may have just sacrificed his career.

I agree that not wearing the helmet for extra protection was dumb on his part but if he was wearing an open face helmet the broken nose and jaw would have probably still occured.It would have prevented the cut to the back of the head and the picture I saw of the window you could see hair in the glass. I do agree that a team has the right to but things in a contract to protect their interest but the hard part is what is considered risky behavior. Its between him and the team. I would think if the Stealers thought that him riding a bike was that great of a risk they would have done something to have stoped him from riding. Even if its not in his current contract they could have done something to stop him from riding.