Why Professional Athletes Have Provisions in their Employee Contracts

Most professional athletes have iron-clad contracts that prevent them from activities considered “career threatening”.  This includes activities such as skydiving, motorcycle-riding or water-skiing.  I once knew a professional baseball player that went on the disabled list because he got tossed off one of those mechanical bulls you see at country-western bars and pulled his hamstring.  Of course he told his manager he pulled it while “training” to avoid any penalty that had been written in his contract around extra-curricular activities.

With all that said, I wonder if Kobe Bryant has anything in his contract that prevents him from jumping over moving cars…