My biggest concern of late has been Ben Roethlisberger's motorcycle accident. Crashing while riding a motorcycle is bad enough, but by not wearing a helmet Ben may have changed the landscape of contract negotiations in all professional sports.

Most teams have provisions included in their contracts that allow the team to recoup money from the player if they are injured for any reason outside of playing, practice and training. But most of these contracts do not specifically mention any activities that are frowned upon, most of the time teams assume that players will use common sense and not do anything that could risk their career. But with the recent onslaught of "stupid athletes" you have to wonder if teams will start to include lists of prohibited activities in all new contracts.

I believe they will; my only question is just how many professional athletes are required to almost kill themselves doing something asinine before owners and general managers think it might be a good idea. I know that they trust the athletes to use their "better judgement" when making decisions when off the field, but there are obviously enough stupid athletes still out there ruining it for the others who play by the unwritten rules of "don't do anything stupid in the off season."

I know that hundreds of athletes have injured themselves in other activities outside of their respective sport, but when the youngest Super Bowl winning quarterback in history almost cracks open his head on asphalt like a coconut because he think he doesn't need to wear a helmet, people may finally start to take notice.