Heat-Stroke Case Brings More Scrutiny to the Sidelines

Debate over guidelines for conducting preseason football practices.

While legal experts wait to see what will come of the arraignment of Pleasure Ridge Park, Ky., football coach David Jason Stinson, who was indicted in the August 2008 heat-stroke death of 15-year-old lineman Max Gilpin, medical experts find themselves debating the efficacy of what had been considered well-established guidelines for conducting preseason football practices. Given the collapse of former Minnesota Vikings lineman Korey Stringer or any of the other 33 high school, college or professional players who have suffered heat-related deaths since 1995, most coaches are aware of the commonsense approaches to beating heat - providing water and shade, and limiting practices to cooler times of the day.

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