Safety First: Keeping Equipment Clean - In-Season

by Kristin Beer
Assistant Football Manager - UCLA Football
American Football Monthly October 2014 Issue Online

Football season is long and hard on equipment. It is the equipment managers’ job to maintain that equipment so that it can last all season. This includes repairing and cleaning the equipment on a regular basis. The number one goal of cleaning football equipment is killing the microbes that pose the biggest threat to athletes including MRSA, Staph, Meningitis, Strep, Athletes foot, HIV, Herpes, Hepatitis, mold and mildew. These microbes can keep a player out of play for days, weeks, months, ...Login to Read More

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