Eturnalshift wrote:
Kayllaira wrote:
If the kid knew he had sickle cell and couldn't strain himself too much, he should've refused. Then he could've sued for being dropped from the team and not be dead.
This. He knew he had a condition and he's had to deal with it throughout his life since he's a football player. If anyone should've known his limits, it was him. He's the one that pushed himself that hard... because as Kay said, if he refused, nothing bad would've come of it.
It's tragic and unfortunate, but it's an accident and shit happens. $10M seems kinda steep, but I'm one of the few who doesn't see much fault to the school.
People with sickle-cell anemia are pro athletes, it's not as if they can't play. The issue was the coach doing things like removing water from practices and in this case ordering the trainer away when the kid went down.
I've read three articles and nothing is said about the exact incident. If the kid went down, the coach ordered the trainer away and the kid died on the ground it's not the kid's fault. Even if the kid got up and continued that doesn't excuse the school from making sure he was alright. You also have no idea about this kid's past. I've played football and there's been plenty of practices where guys were off puking on the side of the field after conditioning. He might not have been pushing himself any harder than he's done many times in the past and this was simply an unusual occurrence. The school and the coach knew about the kid's sickle-cell and had a responsibility to ensure he's safe. If the coach would have acted responsibly and the kid died, the suit would have been thrown out. That's pretty much what the jury found, the school didn't do everything they could to help the kid, but they weren't "grossly negligent".
