There is a lot of talk going on today about football, hockey and boxing being a dangerous sport. The sport of bull and bronc riding has to be a dangerous sport compared to football, hockey and boxing. Why is rodeo bull riding so dangerous?
These bull riders may only be on the bull for only a couple of seconds, but a couple of seconds is all it takes to have your face smashed in by the bulls head. Other bull riders have been, dragged, stomped on, and landed on by, bulls. Keep in mind that these bulls weigh anywhere from 1,000 to nearly 2,000 pounds of solid angry muscle.
Bull riding is a dangerous sport, because a 1,000-pound bull could throw a cowboy fifteen to twenty feet in the air with nothing but the solid ground to fall on. Not only that after you fall you have an angry bull charging after you at full speed, and if he gets a hold of you, it is most of the time game over.