Assignment task:
In June of 2018, University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair died following complications from a heat stroke suffered during a team training/conditioning session. Please read the following articles and respond to the questions that follow.
Maryland offensive lineman Jordan McNair (McDonogh) hospitalized after team workout. (2018) by Jonas Shaffer
The inside story of a toxic culture at Maryland Football. (2018) by Multiple Contributors
Experts say Maryland may not have acted quickly enough to save football player. (2018) by Jesse Dougherty
University of Maryland Accepts Responsibility For Football Player's Death. (2018) by Vanessa Romo 'Junction Boys Syndrome': how college football fatalities became normalized. (2018) by Patrick Hruby Maryland tragedy puts focus on need for independent athletic trainers. (2018) by Ira Schoffel
In June of 2018, University of Maryland football player Jordan McNair died following complications from a heat stroke suffered during a team training/conditioning session. Please read the following articles and respond to the questions that follow.
- Maryland offensive lineman Jordan McNair (McDonogh) hospitalized after team workout. (2018) by Jonas Shaffer
- The inside story of a toxic culture at Maryland Football . (2018) by Multiple Contributors
- Experts say Maryland may not have acted quickly enough to save football player. (2018) by Jesse Dougherty
- University of Maryland Accepts Responsibility For Football Player's Death. (2018) by Vanessa Romo
- 'Junction Boys Syndrome': how college football fatalities became normalized. (2018) by Patrick Hruby
- Maryland tragedy puts focus on need for independent athletic trainers. (2018) by Ira Schoffel
Questions:
Q1. When reading through the articles above, what should be kept in mind about the information that is being reported-given the sources?
Q2. Piece together the important events that occurred and put them on a timeline.
Q3. Based on these reports, identify the main "stakeholders" in this case. That is, who are the main "players" directly or indirectly involved in this situation? What was their role? Was that role different than what it "should" have been?
Q4. List 3 facts (from evidence) from the articles that you found interesting. How could those facts serve to influence current policies and procedures?
Q5. Whose fault was it that Jordan McNair died from participating in a conditioning session? Support your response.
Q6. What are 3 key take-aways from this tragedy that could be used to ensure it doesn't happen again?