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Are we dramatizing an anecdote or passing along a bit of hearsay hearsay: see evidence. ? Neither. The story is almost entirely factual.

Allow us to close with a newspaper clipping:

A Judge in Tallahassee, FL, approved a two-million dollar settlement between Florida State University Florida State University, at Tallahassee; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1857. Present name was adopted in 1947. Special research facilities include those in nuclear science and oceanography.  and the family of Devaughn Darling Devaughn Darling (born April 16, 1982 in Nassau, Bahamas-died February 26, 2001 in Tallahassee, Florida) was a former Florida State University football player, and the identical twin brother of Baltimore Ravens wide receiver Devard Darling.

Devaughn collapsed and died Feb.
, a football player who collapsed during an off-season workout and died on Feb. 26, 2001 of an apparent cardiac arrhythmia cardiac arrhythmia
n.
See cardiac dysrhythmia.


Cardiac arrhythmia
An irregular heart rate or rhythm.

Mentioned in: Holter Monitoring, Stress Test

cardiac arrhythmia 
 at age 18.

The suit claimed Darling was deprived of water and other fluids during conditioning drills. It also said that the University failed to provide sufficient rest periods during the workouts and did not have adequate medical personnel or equipment available.

How could such a thing have happened at an American university in the 21st century?
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Title Annotation:Here Below
Author:Masin, Herman L.
Publication:Coach and Athletic Director
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Date:Oct 1, 2004
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