Some of you already probably heard about the latest craze and is called extreme sports.

Well, extreme sports is basically any sport that is taken to an extreme.

For example, snowboarding is fine, but snowboarding jumping from an airplane and a parachute is apparently

greater.

I'm told that skiing dangerous steep slopes is wonderful.

It's not for me, but it's for a lot of people.

But I'm also told that skiing down those steep slopes,

jumping from a helicopter is even more wonderful.

Extreme sports.

Mountain biking is great.

But I'm told that biking down snow-covered mountain slalom course at 70 miles an hour is really great.

The point is this.

Just about all of us watch these athletes perform these extreme sports while we are sitting in our overstuffed lounge chairs, where we are

safely and comfortably parked in front of the television.

And as we sit there watching with utter amazement, our hearts are racing and our heads are shaken

and disbelieve and praying to God that our kids would never do such foolish things and dangerous

things, we overlook one very important matter, very important matter. I want to share it

with you today. But before I tell you, I'm going to ask you a question. This is a survey to help me,

so I need you to help me understand some things, okay? This is not testing you, this is just for my benefit.

I want to ask you this.

Who is the person who is taking greater risk?

The athlete or the television viewer?

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