It hasn't been all that long that football coaches from Pop Warner to the Pros thought that training and toughening up involved not drinking water in the summer heat. And anyone that fainted from dehydration was a sissy.
No different than playing in extreme cold conditions that can bring frostbite or concussions by slamming heads onto frozen surfaces. Muscles stiffen quickly and pulls happen. Players can get injuries like dislocations and even small breaks and not even know it.
Once, many moons ago, when I was in the military and stationed outside of Chicago we had to march every day in formation long before the sun came up to our training school (a mile or so). In the winter, there was an ice storm with near zero degree temps and stiff winds. I was at the rear of the formation when a guy next to me fell. He got back up, rejoined his place in formation, and soon I felt something brushing against my pant leg. I looked down, and he had a frozen twig straight through his hand....glove and all. He never felt it, he was so numbed from cold. He was taken to the infirmary, and he had to have some surgery for a couple of broken bones.
In time our DI, after other similar instances, was suddenly reassigned and a more sane approach was taken.
Move the game to Monday Goodell, and don' t be a fool.
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 01/15/2019 11:22AM by RockRam.
