On Monday, an autopsy revealed that Murray suffered from massive internal bleeding due to a tear in his spleen.
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In pure statistical terms, the risk is greater for college players – with the fatality rate previous year at 1.33 per 100,000 players compared to 0.45 per 100,000 for high school athletes.
School officials say the football team will continue its season Saturday when it hosts Voorhees High School in a game that was initially scheduled for Friday night. Tyrell Cameron, a 16-year-old student from Louisiana died on September 4, and Ben Hamm, 16, from Oklahoma died on September 11.
25 after getting tackled during a game.
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A spate of tragic fatalities has underscored long-running concerns over safety standards in high school American football, where more players die each year than at any other level of the game. Nelson Mitten, president of the Maplewood Richmond Heights School Board, discusses the community’s decision. His older brother, J.P., played football at Maplewood. As the future of its own football team is unclear, Warren Hills Regional High School plans to close school on Thursday for the 17-year-old’s funeral. What we know about football and the vulnerabilities of children’s brains leads me to this conclusion. Alarm over football-related injuries is growing in school districts across the country, and many are debating whether to keep their football teams.
