re: Amite High football player collapses after practice and dies

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That's fricking stupid. Indoor sports during the hot arse summer/fall. Plus baseball. It's a stupid sport anyways.

Spring time Outdoor sports.

This shouldn't be there difficult to understand.

In the North they can reverse it. Or do whatever they want. IDGAF.

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You're being quite obtuse about this, & seem to be making an irrational emotional response. Here's some quick facts via google:


2017 - 13 reported football related deaths
brain injury - 3
spinal/nerve injury - 1
cardiac arrest - 5
heat stroke - 3
subarachnoid hemorrhage - 1

Total football players nationwide (2012 study) - 1.1 million (rounded)

2017
Total Deaths: 13/1.1 million = .00001% fatalities
heat stroke: 3/1.1 million = .000002% fatalities


Changing practice policies will not protect against freak accidents.

LINK

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In a 2012 study, the NCAA estimated there were around 1.1 million high school football players and nearly 70,000 college football players in the United States; in comparison, the second-most played sport, basketball, had around 1 million participants in high school and 34,000 in college.

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