football...hockey...whatever...

last night, we had to read a case for torts. granted, it was civil and not criminal. but, it involved a football player...who whacked another football player in the back of the head with his forearm, breaking his neck...and the football player (and his team, the Bengals) argued that it was a risk you take playing football, and that violent contact like that was common and customary.

sound familiar?