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For The Record
The Official lo letter of the National Sports I Institute
Mqt UiversityLw Sc
PFO1 Box 8581
NMilwsaukee, Wisconsin 5S3201 1881 Fel
(7414) 288-5815 *'fax (414) 288-5S8'
MAROUETTE UL,
ruary / March 1998
Volume 9, Number 1
Do Student Athletes With
C.ardiovascular Irregularities Hav
The Right To Compete? Who
Decides? A Case 0vrvi
(h., ~ \< Lc 1 i:[ I 1) -lov s u
By~i Valeri Theett case
rduteStudent in Spots Manaement
I nivrst of ais sachulese , Amhlers
hsially disaled Jstudent athlete have
roclaimd the ight to participate in
ntrslast i and intercolleliat athletis for
ue olm time, and tough curll have Ised
decisions ad opinions on mnn different types
of ds abilities, there have been ver e
hions on athletes ith cadovasula
irregulares and their right to play. The ces
which have been ecided vary signlificantly in
venue, raionale anustiiatieon. With the
increasing number of ainment cases in the sports
industry, n both the high shool and colleiat
Llevl spor[ts practitioners have raised questions
reeardine who shold] deterine if an athlete can
I Impa!< in1 the desired sport. as well as the
liabilit of suc ae decision. This arcle will|
eamnine the most recent heart ailment court
deidd November 2 1996, hy the U. Co('urt
of Appeals for the I iruil.2
In tis particular case Notrthwestern
declaredi Knap medically ineligibl to
par ticipate in its inteceiate athletic program
I ahsa [n asrg II .2 athle HIs, o il h h scoo age.
d HIrd Ir . lI I To f d that in th aI month fromli
Augd 1, 195,to ebrar1H , Il1 1Lh th1r wlre I 4 suchi
d llths am n tlts e I U L Is ho L reeie meIII a1
clearance to compete.
2 101 F 3d 473 t7'' Cir. 1996).
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APR11I. 20, 1998
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APRIL 221 1998
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as a resut o hart failur sluffere by Knapp prior to
enterint Is senior year in high shool and afer
signing a lee of intent wilth \Nrthwester n T he
court deterined that Northwestern had the right to
make its own deeminations of substantial risk and
smeeity of injury, based on rliable evidence.
RIGHTlTO OM1PIT mid :n 1 h.
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