“Tragedy Strikes College Football: Dark Secrets Behind Hazing Ritual Linked to 18-Year-Old’s Death Revealed”
From the report:
“They were trying to resuscitate him, and they came to us, and we made the decision as parents to stop, because CJ wasn’t coming back,” said Nicole Dickey, CJ’s mother.
CJ’s case was complicated by sickle cell trait, an inherited condition that put him and others at a 50% higher risk for rhabdomyolysis. He was diagnosed through athletic testing just a few weeks before arriving at Bucknell.
Since 2010, the NCAA has mandated screening for sickle cell trait for all student athletes, the result of a lawsuit over the post-practice death of a Rice University football player.
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