I would be curious if you took the last 100 years and tracked the lives of various athletes concerning early deaths all the way to permanent damage done by PEDS, concussions, etc, and see how it has evolved. We had a fellow player die on us during summer two a days in HS, which I believe are no longer allowed at any level. He dehydrated himself from taking diet pills and they weren't liberal with water breakers back then. If that was today, major lawsuits, but it was the 70's. A lot of young athletes were dropping dead in the 80's, I think that was coke. I just wonder if the rate is up, down or the same.
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