That's Gotta Hurt!

While relaxing after work yesterday, I thought I would catch the news. This is a somewhat typical routine of mine. Of course, being of the less civilized gender, the segment of news I'm most interested in is the sports. Last night they were highlighting the Nebraska wrestling team. I, personally am not a big admirer of the sport, but those guys who participate, are some tough dudes. So they happen to interview a couple of the stars of the team, and both of them look like they have a potato stuck to the side of their head. It's not a potato at all - it's their ear! I'm sure the rest of the team has cauliflower ears also, but, MY GOD, why would you love a sport so much to allow the sport to deform your head like that? I talked to a fella at work about this. He used to wrestle in a peewee league, and then high school. He said, "It's a badge of honor amongst the wrestling community, when you develop cauliflower ear". He also mentioned ring worm is very easily contracted when you're a wrestler. All these aspects of wrestling, besides the fact of groping another man, make the sport, 'Oh so appealing'. I guess with any sport there's going to be a price to pay. Professional football players, on average, live nine years less than the general populace. A professional football player, in one game, is likened to being in a violent car accident. Now multiply that by the number of games per year, times the number of years a player remains in the NFL. No big surprise then, that the players end up in wheel chairs, due to blown out knees, season after season. I can't help but wonder, is it all worth it? Apparently some think, 'yes'. I guess if they found another line of work, instead of sports, I may be competing for the same construction jobs against these professional athletes. I can honestly say, I would not wrestle another contractor for the privilege of setting tile in your house. I like the way my ears look.