February 27, 2009 by Seburo
One of the hot stories going around during PSP Phoenix involved a Tampa Bay Damage player competing in the finals with a “broken rib”. Matty Marshall was commentating on the story throughout the weekend. Fans at the event and those that tuned into the webcast winced as we witnessed the damage player taking a big dive into the corner bunker on his injured rib.
The athlete from Tampa Bay Damage is 20 year old Brandon Rittinghouse who recently spoke with us about playing with the injury which Doctors have diagnosed as a cracked rib.
“The injury happened in our game with the Hurricanes, there was a minor penalty called on the play and I was trying to make it to the box before they hung flag so that the penalty would come off the board before the next point. I got tripped up just before the box and fell pretty hard on my side.”
At that time teammate Rumzi (Ramzi El-Yousef) had suffered a hamstring injury earlier on the day. That left the team with only 6 fit players. With Damage short on bodies, Brandon decided to tough it up play the rest of the match.
“After talking it over with the team and coaches, we decided that as long as the injury wasn’t affecting my game or bringing the team down in any way then I would be allowed to play.”
“After the match we were brought to the ER to get checked out and make sure everything was ok. I got a couple X-rays and was told the I cracked one rib as well as separated some from the cartilage but there was really nothing that could be done for any type of rib injury. Rumzi’s injury however was more severe and it looks like he will be out for a few weeks.”
The kid definitely has alot of heart and its great to see him step up his game when his team needed him most. Thank you Brandon and we wish you and Rumzi a speedy recovery!
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