Update
I talked to Jordan's mother today and he is able to maintain his own blood pressure without medication. But, it is hour to hour right now. He made it through emergency surgery to repair a main artery as well as internal damage. The worst is over. Now he has to heal himself. He has been given several transfusions of blood and continues to need prayers.
As far as your comments on track design, there is nothing wrong with this particular jump at Nocona. I (+25) was doing it as well as many others. He just got a bit out of shape and lost it. I have certain issues with track design but not in this case. Please do not turn this into a track design problem. There were no flaws here. This jump has been there forever with no more problems than any other jump (or berm). This is the game we play. There are hazards, but falling down is part of MX. Just b/c you fall on a jump or berm does not mean the track is flawed. THIS is the mentality that we need to git rid of. THAT mentality from people is that one that hires the lawyer. It really gets me steamed when people automatically think that just b/c there was a serious injury that the track had something to do with it. What if he was hurt in the woods by hitting a tree. Are you going to complain that the landowner should make safer trails in the woods?
Be sure you know what you are talking about when you mention Walter Umphrey and the like. I was at Baylor when all of this went down. I have seen the paperwork that went on with that case. You need to understand the magnitude of the things that the tobacco industry was doing to get kids addicted to cigarrettes and has been doing for years. Also, they had consciously hid the dangers (beyond just lung cancer, etc.) like the addictivity level in children. They were wrong just like any corporation and they got tagged. Remember, that case SETTLED. The tobacco industry could have fought it to the end, but they opted to cut their losses and run.
James