An overzealous football coach pushed 31 football players into physical collapse in Portland, Ore., this summer. Four ultimately needed surgery.<\/p>\n
This is a bizarre case where a high school football coach got carried away during what he referred to as a football \u201ctotal immersion\u201d camp.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis particular football camp took place at the local high school and required the players to camp overnight on the school campus for this event. There were three practices slated every day that included weight training,\u201d said Daren Monroe, who writes for Litigation Funding Corporation<\/a>, Southfield, Michigan. The whole event was being put on under the auspices of the new coach, Jeff Kearin.<\/p>\n It seems that Mr. Kearin pushed things just a bit too far for the kids involved in this camp. By mid-week, there were a number of kids complaining about major swelling on their arms. Those players were rushed to the hospital for treatment. \u201cEvidently, three of (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" An overzealous football coach pushed 31 football players into physical collapse in Portland, Ore., this summer. Four ultimately needed surgery. This is a bizarre case where a high school football coach got carried away during what he referred to as…<\/span><\/p>\n