Sickle Cell Trait in Football: Educating Coaches

In the past 10 years, 20 NCAA football players have lost their lives to non-traumatic football deaths.

Of those 20, 16 deaths occurred in conditioning activities while the other four occurred in day one or day two of preseason football practice.

The question has to be asked: Are we training our football players to death?
Out of the 20 players who have died, eight of those deaths were caused by exertional sickling...Login to Read More