Re: [nas] Article from the Chicago Sun-Times

It's possible he had a defect, but it's entirely possible for him have 
been injured from the exercise. Vertebra are surprisingly easy to crack. 
He was more likely just very unlucky. I've been in the medical field for 
a very long time and you'd be amazed at what kind of freakish things can 
happen. My guess is that the more relevant part of the lawsuit is 
whether the exercise was something unusual.

Daniel Veshia wrote:
> This kid had to have had something wrong with him before or he had 
> something wrong with his spine. Millions of kids/adults have done this 
> exercise for years and one person gets hurt and they want to throw a 
> fit about it being bad. C'mon!
> The lawsuit should be thrown out if all of th facts are present in the 
> article. It was a accident that he got hurt. Plain and simple.
> Accidents DO happen in this world still ya know.
>
> */Darrin Howells <casbahman@adelphia.net>/* wrote:
>
>     Let me re-phrase that. I don't see the point when you consider the
>     dangers. And a compressed spine isn't even the first thing that
>     would come to mind. As a coach, I'd worry about prople hurting
>     their necks or falling off and breaking shoulders and such.
>
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>         Leg strength, conditioning, and team building
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>             *From:* Darrin Howells <mailto:casbahman@adelphia.net>
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>             I played for 20 years and never did that drill. I don't
>             quite see the point of it.
>             Darrin
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