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cheka.
14th April 2016, 12:15 PM
looney tunes continues..

it's the taxpayers fault that sickle cell was playing football

http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/UC-pays-4-75M-in-suit-over-Cal-football-player-7248274.php

The family of Cal football player Ted Agu, who died after a team drill in 2014, and the University of California settled a wrongful-death lawsuit for $4.75 million, bringing months of negotiations and litigation to a close, the two sides said Thursday.

Agu, a defensive lineman and pre-med student, died at age 21 shortly after an off-season conditioning workout outside Cal’s Memorial Stadium. His parents sued the university, saying their son should have never been placed in such a strenuous workout because he carried sickle cell trait, a blood abnormality that experts believe can lead to death under extreme exertion.

Neuro
14th April 2016, 02:01 PM
Now that is ridiculous, he was there on a football scholarship, I assume, if his scholarship had been cancelled due to him not being able to train due to his siccel cell trait, he would have sued for that!

ximmy
14th April 2016, 02:53 PM
Thank God for the sickle cell

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSG_jsxAmbk

Down1
14th April 2016, 04:10 PM
Money well spent if colleges use this lawsuit to justify barring all sickle cells from athletics on campus.

Glass
14th April 2016, 06:56 PM
don't they give footballers medicals?

Doesn't the person or parents have an obligation to inform the school that he was an unsuitable choice for physical activities?

Ok so it was due to a failure to provide care once the man had become incapacitated? That seems to be what it was about. So I'd say they got of cheap then. $5 mil on one count. There could have been other counts and a $5mil a pop it could have gone $10 - $20mil.

Joshua01
14th April 2016, 09:04 PM
It's Komiefornia....those taxpayers can afford it

Glass
14th April 2016, 09:05 PM
It's Komiefornia....those taxpayers can afford it

thats it. It's only money (as debt). Also, they should feel priveleged... oh