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Liberty University Football Player Tajh Boyd Dies at 19
New York Post ^

Posted on 08/07/2023 10:54:48 AM PDT by nickcarraway

The Liberty University football program was mourning the loss of one of their own on Sunday, announcing the death of freshman offensive lineman Tajh Boyd. Details on Boyd’s death were not released. He would have celebrated his 20th birthday on Aug. 20.

“It is with heavy hearts that we share the news of the loss of one of our student-athletes, Tajh Boyd,” head coach Jamey Chadwell and athletic director Ian McCaw said in a joint statement.

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He had planned on being a computer science engineer after graduating from Liberty and called his mother his inspiration.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News; Sports
KEYWORDS: athlete; diedsuddenly; libertyuniv; suddendeath; suddenly

1 posted on 08/07/2023 10:54:48 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Another Died Suddenly?


2 posted on 08/07/2023 10:56:13 AM PDT by cyclotic
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To: nickcarraway

Is it just me or are we having a lot more young athletes dying ‘suddenly’ that we used to or is it they are just more noticed?..................


3 posted on 08/07/2023 10:58:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: nickcarraway

Offensive lineman. Weight a factor? Hot and humid conditions can wreak havoc on bodies just back from vacation.


4 posted on 08/07/2023 10:59:23 AM PDT by DPMD (ua)
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To: Red Badger

If it weren’t a 320lb kid being pushed in August heat I’d say it was the jab but every August for years college and high school football players die of heat stroke, exhaustion, dehydration…may the Lord have mercy on his soul.


5 posted on 08/07/2023 11:05:48 AM PDT by KierkegaardMAN (I never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.)
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To: cyclotic

Whatever it was, it wasn’t that experimental, heart-damaging, government mandated shot they forced on him and all society.


6 posted on 08/07/2023 11:07:00 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: KierkegaardMAN

Yes, every year we heard of a HS football player dropping dead on the field during practice. Usually from overconsuming water ................


7 posted on 08/07/2023 11:08:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: KierkegaardMAN

I played football, I was a lineman. I don’t remember any of what you are talking about.


8 posted on 08/07/2023 11:11:55 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: DPMD

Yes, I agree with you. It was probably climate change that killed him....or maybe institutional racism.

Definitely not experimental gene therapy though.


9 posted on 08/07/2023 11:14:33 AM PDT by nitzy (I wonder if the telescreens in 1984 were first called "free Obamascreens")
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To: DPMD

They’ll blame it on the boiling earth.


10 posted on 08/07/2023 11:17:33 AM PDT by bgill
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To: Red Badger

High was 89 in Lynchburg yesterday


11 posted on 08/07/2023 11:19:53 AM PDT by AppyPappy (Biden told Al Roker "America is back". Unfortunately, he meant back to the 1970's)
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To: nickcarraway

Climate change.


12 posted on 08/07/2023 11:22:45 AM PDT by Dandy (Drain the swamp baby!!!)
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To: Red Badger
I had some pretty sadistic PE coaches in high school. They were amused by running everyone hard around the track. My pulse rate hit 220 BPM. I survived, but another student died. The incident was investigated. The coach was merely fired for causing the death of a student. It wasn't over consumption of water...none was offered.

A generic Google search for "student collapses dies in PE class" will yield hits all over the country. There are few records to find in the year I graduated (1973), but plenty of occurrences on a regular basis.

13 posted on 08/07/2023 11:23:35 AM PDT by Myrddin
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To: nickcarraway
I played football, I was a lineman. I don’t remember any of what you are talking about.

If it wasn't for the internet, you never would have heard of this guy either.

14 posted on 08/07/2023 11:25:01 AM PDT by Hot Tabasco
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You must have had my coaches. A bunch of sadistic fat asses.......................


15 posted on 08/07/2023 11:28:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: AppyPappy

Here it was low 90’s, Florida Panhandle under Alabama, but with the humidity, the Temperature Index was 108°+..................


16 posted on 08/07/2023 11:29:59 AM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: nickcarraway

https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/average-12-school-football-players-die-year-study-article-1.1309671

38 over thirty years that were heat related.

Maybe your high school newspaper didn’t have an obituary column?


17 posted on 08/07/2023 12:15:25 PM PDT by KierkegaardMAN (I never engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man.)
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To: nickcarraway

Probably forced to get the jab to be eligible to play.


18 posted on 08/07/2023 12:25:34 PM PDT by Tommy Revolts
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To: Red Badger

Ours liked diddling the cheerleaders to.


19 posted on 08/07/2023 1:56:14 PM PDT by GranTorino (Bloody Lips Save Ships.)
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To: KierkegaardMAN

They have hydration protocols, and heat protocols. They know what dehydration and high temperature muscles can do.
But guys and gals at young age (good athletes) are dying way more than I can remember (that’s a long time).
Of course, there are other factors, but these are healthy kids..they are usually screened for other health problems before they are recruited....(I got screened in high school for cryin’ out loud)..a long time ago)


20 posted on 08/07/2023 2:15:25 PM PDT by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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