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re: The Bennie Abrams Lawsuit has finally been filed....
Posted on 5/17/11 at 10:56 am to pankReb
Posted on 5/17/11 at 10:56 am to pankReb
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Walk-on dies during conditioning drills last Spring/summer. Autopsy revealed he had the Sickle Cell trait which lead to his death.
When we were told that we would have a lawsuit back in January, our AD backed our coaches saying that we followed all rules and procedures. At the time, the lawyer said that he would sue us for $10 Mill. The lawsuit now doesn't state any dollar amount.
That is unfortunate. How does an athlete make it through high school athletics going undiagnosed, let alone college?
A decade or so ago, there was an athlete Nutt was recruiting in Arkansas who was an excellent football player before being diagnosed with sickle-cell forcing him to quit playing before his senior year. The background was similar in that sickle-cell was common in his immediate family which caused the physician to check the kid during his yearly physical.
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Posted on 5/17/11 at 11:00 am to DaleDenton
This will get settled. I still don't see how the Abrams family can throw all the blame at Ole Miss on this. I mean...if there is SCT in your family...then you need to go to the doctor.
Posted on 5/17/11 at 11:01 am to DaleDenton
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That is unfortunate. How does an athlete make it through high school athletics going undiagnosed, let alone college?
I agree. He went through both HS and Juco without getting diagnosed.
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