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

  • kristina [she/her]
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    21 days 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