Yeah, you go up that high if someone is paying you to do your job. Thats a big difference. You fall, you get injured, you get workmans comp. He falls down, he gets injured, and he's not going to see a dime from the Dolphins as a result because its a non-football related injury. His tenure as a Dolphins might be over now because of this, and I'd say he doesn't have too many NFL teams left he can latch onto before he ends up in the CFL or somethin.
I've gotten to know quite a few people with money over my time at Georgetown and I can tell you with absolute certainty that 90% of the people with money, if they had a lightbulb, or any kind of work that needs to be done 30 feet up in the air, they're hirin a handyman to come do it. I know I certainly would, especially if my job and my money flow depended on my physical well being.
I just can't fathom how all the people in this thread can't see the difference between a 260 lbs individual climbing up 30 feet in the air on a 24 foot ladder, and like 'driving a car' or 'riding your bike' or doing anything other than sitting on the couch watching tv. Its not like we're saying these guys need to be kept slung up and milk fed like frickin veal here, but just like they need to watch themselves when they decide to have a little fun playing a game of pick-up basketball, or riding a motorcycle, etc, these guys should know whether or not they have any business being up 30 feet in the air on a rickety ladder.
For instance (hypothetical). Olindo Mare the spry little 160 pounder has a lightbulb go out 30 feet up in the air, but seeing as how he's always been good at climbing and that kind of stuff, he scrabbles up a 24 foot ladder like a cat, changes the bulb, and pops back down on two legs resilient as a wet snake.
Then, huge 260 to 270 lbs lug defensive lineman David Bowens notices that he's got a bulb blow out 30 feet up in the air. He's not too comfortable with heights, but he'll be damned if he's gonna pay someone 20 bucks to do it for him. He lumbers up the rickety ladder as it creaks with the strain of his weight with each step...finally making it to the top...trying to steady himself as the ladder is shaking with the weight and uncertainty of his decidedly UNspry-like body...he changes the bulb but loses his balance on the way down...he's falling, he's falling, he manages to get his feet below him to make a gymnast's landing but the only problem is his feet and legs stop moving but his 260 pound frame keeps heading toward the floor snapping his ACL while his knee buckles right under him.
The guy ended up falling and getting injured. This only helps prove our point that he had no business being up there. I don't know that you can know what it is like to be 260 lbs unless you've actually been 260 lbs or so. I have been in the past, and I'm still fairly close to it now, and I know damn well I'm not gettin up on any ladder that high unless I dont have a damn choice and I use to have to do that kinda crap for a living when I was a window installer.
Football players know not to take unnecessary risks. I mean, I play pickup basketball all the time and a lot of players won't do it for fear of injury. Remember when Kenny Mixon wrecked himself on his motorcycle and had bad burns and missed a lot of training camp? Jimmy was p!ssed and gave Rich Owens all the playing time during the season. A lot of players wont ride motorcycles.
