It's a point that has been reported in the news. The family immediately came

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Sep 16, 2020
7:17:23am

BYUMizzou Former User

It's a point that has been reported in the news. The family immediately came

out and said it's a COVID death, but then the school pushed back and says that a COVID diagnosis was unconfirmed.

ProFootballTalk

School says college football player’s cause of death, attributed to COVID-19, is unconfirmed

The death of Jamain Stephens, a 20-year-old college football player at California University of Pennsylvania, gained particular attention because his high school announced that he died of COVID-19 complications. His school now says his cause of death is unconfirmed. “When we heard the news of Jamain Stephens’ death, we as a community were devastated,” Central [more]

https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2020/09/09/school-says-college-football-players-cause-of-death-attributed-to-covid-19-is-unconfirmed/

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BYUMizzou

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Every year there are 12.2 deaths attributable to football at the HS and college

BYUMizzou

9/16/20 7:12am

I think you made a good point. I also think you shouldn't insinuate that

Blueto

9/16/20 7:14am

It's a point that has been reported in the news. The family immediately came

BYUMizzou

9/16/20 7:17am

Then they walked it back further and said it was no longer attributable to COVID

BYUMizzou

9/16/20 7:18am

Again, I think you have a valid point. One unconfirmed covid19 death. It just

Blueto

9/16/20 7:27am

The way I worded it was probably affected in part by another post in a different

BYUMizzou

9/16/20 10:51am

Is that the guy whose team hadn’t practiced so to even call him a football player was misleading. His death had zero to

9/16/20 8:17am

You miss the point...it isn't that the athlete themselves will die, it is that

doctorcoug

9/16/20 8:20am

So? We're in the middle of a casedemic right now. It's no longer a pandemic.

BYUMizzou

9/16/20 8:30am

No pool of transmission is larger than the Taco Bell’s and mcDonalds with their

Pretorian

9/16/20 9:21am

Seems like having the same 100 guys on an outdoor practice field for a majority

dazcoug

9/16/20 11:26am

If only people would wear masks, we could play football.

UNLVcougar

9/16/20 8:57am

If only...

Pretorian

9/16/20 9:18am

Externalities! They also should cancel the impact of NOT playing football.

lilpenny

9/16/20 10:10am

Making rational arguments about risks just makes the worriers heads explode.

9/16/20 11:11am

it's not about risk to players, players are part of a community

Hill4Heisman

9/16/20 11:13am

Better to have them in a structured environment where they are accountable to

dazcoug

9/16/20 11:43am

True. Football players are probably the strictest at being safe

Hill4Heisman

9/16/20 1:04pm

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