Temperature Pill for football players?

[VolinArizona]

i work outside sales in that region; visit there quite often and I fell that compared to Memphis that it is a much more suppresive heat than in the upper midwest.

BTW - for those that need a geography lesson...while Knoxille is in the south east it does not make up the entire south east.

Just stop when you feel like it.

Topeka, KS - 93 degrees
Atlanta, GA - 89 degrees
Kansas City, MO - 93 degrees
Charleston, SC - 86 degrees

I can do this all day.

 

[therealUT]

i work outside sales in that region; visit there quite often and I fell that compared to Memphis that it is a much more suppresive heat than in the upper midwest.

BTW - for those that need a geography lesson...while Knoxille is in the south east it does not make up the entire south east.

Memphis is hotter. That does not make Lincoln, NE cool during the summer though. Which is what you implied in your original statement.

 

[volmanjr]

My God we need football season to start...like yesterday!

 

[emainvol]

The Cardinals, Anheuser-Busch, Miles Davis, and the second largest Mardi Gras celebration in the Nation...worthless.

I'm a Reds fan, I don't really drink Anheuser-Busch products, okay I'll give you Miles Davis, but I would rather celebrate Mardi Gras in NO for sure

 

[VOLracerx]

Memphis is hotter. That does not make Lincoln, NE cool during the summer though. Which is what you implied in your original statement.

I hear ya.:thumbsup:


Now that we are on the same page...why doesn't UT use this yet??? or do we?

 

[therealUT]

I hear ya.:thumbsup:


Now that we are on the same page...why doesn't UT use this yet??? or do we?

That's a good question...hopefully Fulmer believes in the value of pushing your body further than your mind believes it can go. How many players have died from heat stroke in the past 25 years? I would be willing to state that it is probably less than .5% of all D1 players. As heartless as it might sound, that is a number I can live with. Character is built by pushing your body past certain limits.

 

[VOLracerx]

I agree with what you are saying , but being in that kind of heat can lead to more injuries outside of a heat stroke. Nothing promotes injuries like lazy play....

EDIT: I am not saying that they should use it to pull kids out of practice but it would be a good indicator to help prevent injury to a player that might become delirious from the heat.

 

[emainvol]

That's a good question...hopefully Fulmer believes in the value of pushing your body further than your mind believes it can go. How many players have died from heat stroke in the past 25 years? I would be willing to state that it is probably less than .5% of all D1 players. As heartless as it might sound, that is a number I can live with. Character is built by pushing your body past certain limits.

It's probably even less than .5%, and I am sure these kids are well aware of the danger, they just need to be smart and keep hydrated. Lack of hydration is what kills, not the heat.