Wall Street Journal, The Hurt-Yourself Hall of Fame: Why Athletes Who Get Injured While Simply Showing Emotion Deserve Our Praise, Not Scorn, by Reed Albergotti:

One of the major differences between sports and tax law is raw emotion. Sports has it. Tax law is sorely lacking in it. As a result, tax law will never be broadcast live on network television. Sports has highflying, celebratory leaps into the air, frustration-filled slams of baseball bats and golf clubs, the championship dog-pile—these are the unchoreographed moments that make it compelling.

What most people neglect to realize, though, is that those spontaneous acts can be very dangerous. Every once in a while, someone's million-dollar athlete will get hurt completing one of these moves, and the sports-watching public will label that athlete a reckless clown. …

There's a time and place for athletes to act like tax attorneys—when they aren't on the field.