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24 U. Denv. Sports & Ent. L.J. 127 (2021)
Competing in Collegiate Championships during COVID: Caveat or Calamity

handle is hein.journals/denversel24 and id is 132 raw text is: COMPETING IN COLLEGIATE CHAMPIONSHIPS DURING COVID: CAVEAT OR CALAMITY By: Samuel K. Pappert Introduction Upon the NCAA's attempt to resume athletics in the fall semester of 2020, NCAA president Mark Emmert said Our (NCAA) decisions place emphasis where it belongs on the health and safety of college athletes. 1 In a world currently battling the COVID-19 pandemic, the idea of athletes travelling across the country and playing sports, especially high intensity ones, is a dangerous combination.2 Football players know that every time they put on their pads and helmets, they are playing a dangerous game that could kill them, but they did not expect to practice, travel, and compete in such perilous circumstances.3 One UCLA football player worried that student-athletes' fears will only be recognized when a player finally dies from COVID-19.4 However, one student-athlete has already died due to COVID-19 complications. 5 Jamain Stephens, a football player for California University of Pennsylvania, a Division II member of the NCAA, passed away due to a blood clot following being diagnosed with COVID- 19.6 According to a study done by Ohio State University on 26 student- athletes that had contracted COVID-19, four were found to have developed myocarditis, inflammation of the heart muscle, possibly due to COVID-19, as well as eight additional student-athletes exhibiting lesser but similar heart ' NCAA, Board directs each division to safeguard student-athlete well-being, scholarships and eligibility, NCAA.CoM (Aug. 5, 2020), https://www.ncaa.org/about/resources/media-center/news/board-directs-each-division- safeguard-student-athlete-well-being-scholarships-and-eligibility. 2 Centers for Disease Control, Playing Sports, https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019- ncov/daily-life-coping/playing-sports.html (last visited on Nov. 23, 2020). 3 J. Brady McCullough, UCLA football players demand protection from 'injustices' amid pandemic return, Los ANGELES TIMES (June 19, 2020). 4 id. 5 Tyler Conway, Jamain Stephens' Family Says He Died of Blood Clot Following COVID-19 Diagnosis, BLEACHER REPORT (Sept. 13, 2020), https://bleacherreport.com/articles/2909284-jamain-stephens-family-says-he-died-of- blood-clot-following-covid-19-diagnosis. 6 Id. SPRING 2021) U. OF DENVER SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT L. J. 127

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