Kentucky Coach Indicted In Player Death

Not letting anyone take water breaks is simply retarded. It does NOTHING. It’s simply guys seeing who’ll ‘tough it’. Proper hydration is essential in any sport, and denying it is just moronic. Does the guy deserve to be charged? You decide.

A Kentucky high school football coach charged in the death of a player who collapsed at practice says he is heartbroken and that part of his life has been taken away. “The one thing people can’t forget in this whole situation is that I lost one of my boys that day. A boy that I loved and a boy that I cared for and a boy that meant the world to me,” coach David Jason Stinson told dozens of supporters at his home Saturday night. “That’s the thing that people forget and don’t ever forget that. That’s a burden I will carry with me for the rest of my life.” – From Yahoo News

The head football coach of Pleasure Ridge Park High School has been charged with reckless homicide in the death of a 15-year-old player who collapsed from heat stroke at practice. It’s the first time a criminal charge has been filed in such a case involving a high school or college coach in the United States, according to sports experts. David Jason Stinson was indicted Thursday by a Jefferson County grand jury in the death of sophomore lineman Max Gilpin, who collapsed Aug. 20 and died three days later at Kosair Children’s Hospital, after his body temperature had reached 107 degrees. – From USA Today

The indictment of a high school football coach for the death of one of his players has sparked national debate and conversation about pushing young athletes. On cable news networks, blogs and online forums, coaches across the nation are saying this could change the way they do their jobs. Max Gilpin, 15, died Aug. 23, 2008, three days after he collapsed at a Pleasure Ridge Park High School football practice after coaches allegedly refused to let players take water breaks. Temperatures were in the 90s. – From WLKY.com