https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/aug/29/high-school-football-deaths-public-health-crisis

  • kristina [she/her]
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    2 months ago

    The first four of these recent deaths were due to apparently heat-related causes and the latest two due to head trauma. Five of the athletes were high schoolers, the eldest only 16, and one was a 13-year-old eighth-grade student.

    Congratulations, this is almost any sport now! And its only going to get worse with climate change. The only sport I can think of that wouldnt be as effected is swimming

    Passing out from heat exhaustion incurs a 40% chance of death for children, those who survive had almost immediate professional help

    • barrbaric [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      Hockey is also safe from heat exhaustion, at least until the power grid starts failing.

    • vegeta1 [none/use name]
      hexagon
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      2 months ago

      It will be harder to ignore climate change like so many desperately want to when treats are affected

    • anaesidemus [he/him]
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      2 months ago

      like soccer is fairly dangerous, you can easily fuck up your legs both short and long term but the only deaths associated with it really are due to heart problems which can happen in any sport

      the heat thing is curious, they have ad breaks, don't they have water breaks?

      • Sickos [they/them, it/its]
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        2 months ago

        No, drinking water makes you soft.

        This is not a joke, this is a strongly held belief in the football coach community.

      • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
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        2 months ago

        High school football doesn't have 'ad breaks', what are you on about? Also, I would bet most of that is during practice, because most highschool coaches are unqualified good ol' boy morons that don't really give a shit about your health. Football as a sport is fucking cool as hell, but the amateur and minor league are just rife with exploitation and dumbfuckery because it is seen as a 'meathead sport'.

      • kristina [she/her]
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        2 months ago

        american football has a more serious issue because of all the helmets and gear they wear, overheating is more common. water breaks and so on help but ultimately kids are kids and will forget to do stuff in the moment, theyre also more likely to take a game way too seriously because their parents are excited

        i used to go to summer camps as a kid and every year a kid would pass out from heat exhaustion while hiking or something, one died