New Delhi: When you look at ancient competitions like jousting or Aztec Death Soccer, sports today are relatively tame by comparison.
Stringent safety rules ensure that injuries at least life-threatening ones are kept to a minimum; players are heavily padded down to their toes; and spectators are fenced off far from anything moving faster than a nacho vendor.
These entries aren't just some stunts that one guy did they're actual competitions, mostly annual, which people continue to participate in despite the insane amount of danger involved.