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Oregon players remain in hospital after workouts
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College football has never been more dangerous.
This is not a hot take. It remains a fact, a reminder. Since 2000, at least 21 players have died basically from overexertion -- not from a blow to the head or a hit that left anyone paralyzed.
They died basically because they were run/exercised to death in the offseason or in practice. Usually without pads or hitting. And not in games.
Overexertion remains the leading cause of football-related death this century among players.