6 kids have died in recent less than 3 weeks.

Also, far be it for me to defend tackle football’s safety however the article goes on to say 4 of these 6 kid’s deaths are heat related.

Then goes on to mention 11 other children dying between 2018-2022… Again of heat stroke.

Then theres this anecdote:

“I personally had an experience where I was at an SEC football camp and asked a trainer for heat guard – something my Alabama high school coaches and eventually my college program stressed when playing in hot or humid conditions. I was denied the salt tablets even after telling them I was cramping and didn’t feel good. Within the hour, I had blacked out and fallen on concrete.”

This isnt really a story about CTE or football at all, it’s a story about rampant criminal negligence by deliriously ignorant teachers and schools (and perhaps a soupçon of climate change).

So why doesn’t the author blame the schools in charge even once? They were responsibile for these children at the time! This piece bothers me…