That's no fun, I had a severe compound fracture to my left forearm, both bones just like akimac, but had to have sugery to correct it. I don't know how long you have to have the cast on, but hopefully you don't get the same kinda dead skin build up I did, it was like a quater of a inch thick on...
Yup, the rivalry is there. More in the sense of mocking and what not, but I used to work at a rink and play hockey at night, I can tell you that the general idea from hockey --> figure was they were gay, and the other way around seemed to be the ungraceful brute theory.
Personally I don't care...