BLReed
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I don't remember any deaths when I was growing up, and very few
injuries. Maybe it is the more coverage nation wide in the News cycle.
Still gear has vastly improved--helmets and etc. I only follow local
high school games [not NFL or college], so this is hard for me to
comprehend. RIP Shining Star
"A high school football player has died after he collided with an opponent and collapsed during a game in New York.
Authorities say Tom Cutinella, 16, of Shoreham-Wading River High School on Long Island, died at a hospital Wednesday night after suffering a head injury during a game with John Glenn High School in Elwood.
Cutinella is the third high school football player to die in recent days, according to ESPN. On Sunday, Demario Harris Jr. of Charles Henderson High School in Troy, Ala., died after collapsing on the field following a tackle. In North Carolina Friday, Isaiah Langston, of Rolesville High School, died after collapsing during pregame warm-ups.
According to the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research (NCCSIR), in 2014 so far there have been eight deaths related to high school football. In 2013, there were eight fatalities directly related to high school football, half of which occurred during competition. A direct fatality is one which resulted directly from participation in the fundamental skills of football. There were eight indirect fatalities — those caused by systemic failure as a result of exertion while participating in football activity or by a complication which was secondary to a non-fatal injury— amongst high school football players last year."
injuries. Maybe it is the more coverage nation wide in the News cycle.
Still gear has vastly improved--helmets and etc. I only follow local
high school games [not NFL or college], so this is hard for me to
comprehend. RIP Shining Star
"A high school football player has died after he collided with an opponent and collapsed during a game in New York.
Authorities say Tom Cutinella, 16, of Shoreham-Wading River High School on Long Island, died at a hospital Wednesday night after suffering a head injury during a game with John Glenn High School in Elwood.
Cutinella is the third high school football player to die in recent days, according to ESPN. On Sunday, Demario Harris Jr. of Charles Henderson High School in Troy, Ala., died after collapsing on the field following a tackle. In North Carolina Friday, Isaiah Langston, of Rolesville High School, died after collapsing during pregame warm-ups.
According to the National Center for Catastrophic Sport Injury Research (NCCSIR), in 2014 so far there have been eight deaths related to high school football. In 2013, there were eight fatalities directly related to high school football, half of which occurred during competition. A direct fatality is one which resulted directly from participation in the fundamental skills of football. There were eight indirect fatalities — those caused by systemic failure as a result of exertion while participating in football activity or by a complication which was secondary to a non-fatal injury— amongst high school football players last year."
