menu
Logo
99+
Bobcat Attack Menu
Logo
99+
Ohio Football Topic
Topic: Kent State OL Tyler Heintz dies after workout
Page: 1 of 1
MonroeClassmate
General User
MC
Member Since: 8/31/2010
Post Count: 2,325
person
mail
MonroeClassmate
mail
Posted: 6/13/2017 10:24 PM
settings_applications edit_note
Very sad news off the wire.

Tuesday after 2nd team workout.

19 year old Freshman.

A prayer for his family.

https://sports.yahoo.com/kent-state-ol-tyler-heintz-dies-...
Last Edited: 6/13/2017 10:26:02 PM by MonroeClassmate
Kinggeorge4
General User
Member Since: 12/22/2004
Location: Guysville, OH
Post Count: 1,084
mail
Kinggeorge4
mail
Posted: 6/14/2017 7:36 AM
settings_applications edit_note
So very sad. Prayers for his family and teammates.
shabamon
General User
Member Since: 11/17/2006
Location: Cincinnati
Post Count: 7,312
mail
shabamon
mail
Posted: 6/14/2017 7:25 PM
settings_applications edit_note
First reaction - heat stroke. Second reaction - more likely a heart failure like Dan Lowe. Unfortunately, death is sometimes the first symptom of a heart condition.
BillyTheCat
General User
BTC
Member Since: 10/6/2012
Post Count: 10,795
person
mail
BillyTheCat
mail
Posted: 6/14/2017 9:28 PM
settings_applications edit_note
shabamon wrote:expand_more
First reaction - heat stroke. Second reaction - more likely a heart failure like Dan Lowe. Unfortunately, death is sometimes the first symptom of a heart condition.

Kent had a player pass away a few years ago, and it was due to a heart condition.
RSBobcat
General User
Member Since: 8/23/2010
Location: Columbus, OH
Post Count: 4,504
mail
RSBobcat
mail
Posted: 6/14/2017 11:05 PM
settings_applications edit_note
Tragic

I'm no medical expert, but from some browsing it looks like a lot of the potential conditions that can lead to these situations can be discovered with more thorough physical exams including X Rays, MIR's, etc. I would think that there will be more pressure for this type of pre/prep analysis moving forward - from players, parents, and therefore Universities, athletic associations, and/or conferences legal depts. Or, at minimum fights over appropriate construction of waivers.....
UpSan Bobcat
General User
Member Since: 8/30/2005
Location: Upper Sandusky, OH
Post Count: 3,817
mail
UpSan Bobcat
mail
Posted: 6/15/2017 9:53 AM
settings_applications edit_note
shabamon wrote:expand_more
First reaction - heat stroke. Second reaction - more likely a heart failure like Dan Lowe. Unfortunately, death is sometimes the first symptom of a heart condition.
Yeah, probably nothing to do with the heat. It happened in the morning before it was really hot. It's probably one of those cases when no one could have known.
UpSan Bobcat
General User
Member Since: 8/30/2005
Location: Upper Sandusky, OH
Post Count: 3,817
mail
UpSan Bobcat
mail
Posted: 6/15/2017 9:57 AM
settings_applications edit_note
RSBobcat wrote:expand_more
Tragic

I'm no medical expert, but from some browsing it looks like a lot of the potential conditions that can lead to these situations can be discovered with more thorough physical exams including X Rays, MIR's, etc. I would think that there will be more pressure for this type of pre/prep analysis moving forward - from players, parents, and therefore Universities, athletic associations, and/or conferences legal depts. Or, at minimum fights over appropriate construction of waivers.....
These things are expensive but worth it when lives are involved.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2017/06/09/repo... /

For the second time in the past few years, an NBA prospect was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome. It sucks that these guys had their professional careers halted so abruptly but in the grand scheme of things it's very fortunate that they had such in-depth physicals to discover them.
OhioCatFan
General User
Member Since: 12/20/2004
Location: Athens, OH
Post Count: 15,682
mail
OhioCatFan
mail
Posted: 6/15/2017 10:57 AM
settings_applications edit_note
In order to promote the time-honored, thread-drift tradition of BA, I'll point out that some have theorized that Abraham Lincoln had Marfan Syndrome. Since this possibility was first posited it has sparked a lively debate among historians.

For a little background see:

http://www.clinicalcorrelations.org/?p=6110
BillyTheCat
General User
BTC
Member Since: 10/6/2012
Post Count: 10,795
person
mail
BillyTheCat
mail
Posted: 6/15/2017 2:29 PM
settings_applications edit_note
UpSan Bobcat wrote:expand_more
Tragic

I'm no medical expert, but from some browsing it looks like a lot of the potential conditions that can lead to these situations can be discovered with more thorough physical exams including X Rays, MIR's, etc. I would think that there will be more pressure for this type of pre/prep analysis moving forward - from players, parents, and therefore Universities, athletic associations, and/or conferences legal depts. Or, at minimum fights over appropriate construction of waivers.....
These things are expensive but worth it when lives are involved.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/nba/2017/06/09/repo... /

For the second time in the past few years, an NBA prospect was diagnosed with Marfan syndrome. It sucks that these guys had their professional careers halted so abruptly but in the grand scheme of things it's very fortunate that they had such in-depth physicals to discover them.
When you are doing 500 athletes that is very cost prohibitive. Only deeper checks if the routine physical turns something up. Hell took years to get Universities to test for Syckle Cell for a portion of their athlete population
MonroeClassmate
General User
MC
Member Since: 8/31/2010
Post Count: 2,325
person
mail
MonroeClassmate
mail
Posted: 6/15/2017 10:20 PM
settings_applications edit_note
Radio report says tests show hyperthermia--body produces more heat than it can dissipate.
Last Edited: 6/15/2017 10:21:43 PM by MonroeClassmate
Kinggeorge4
General User
Member Since: 12/22/2004
Location: Guysville, OH
Post Count: 1,084
mail
Kinggeorge4
mail
Posted: 8/8/2017 1:01 PM
settings_applications edit_note
Showing Messages: 1 - 11 of 11
reply
vertical_align_top
vertical_align_center
vertical_align_bottom
add_comment
MAC News Links



extra small (< 576px)
small (>= 576px)
medium (>= 768px)
large (>= 992px)
x-large (>= 1200px)
xx-large (>= 1400px)