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By NATHAN [email protected]
After two Georgia teens died from heat-related illnesses in 2011, the Georgia High School Association is implementing a new policy to make sure another death never happens again.
That means Columbus and Fort Benning coaches and players may see more indoor practice in the weeks leading up to the 2012 football season.
With the help of research teams from state colleges, including the University of Georgia, the GHSA formed the policy based on the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Index, a comprehensive measurement, not listed in degrees, of heat, humidity and solar radiation, according to the GHSA website.
“The trainers felt it was the best method to use,” said Dennis Payne, an associate director at GHSA. “It’s a more accurate account … you can get a clear idea of how the heat is affecting the body.”
Coaches or trainers for each team must take a Wet Bulb reading before each practice. If that reading is 92 or higher, practice must be canceled or moved indoors. According to the website, 92 feels like a 104-105 degree heat index.
Or, teams may have to change their practice times to later in the evening because the most dangerous temperatures of the day are between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., WRBL Channel 3 meteorologist Bob Jeswald said.
“If you’re talking about 90-92 (on the Wet Bulb) with a 68 dew point, you’re talking about dangerous conditions for the body to cool down,” he said.
“It could take a matter of 10 or 15 minutes for a heat illness to happen.”
Chattahoochee County head coach Russell Morgan said he will try the latter option and
reschedule afternoon practice to 6 p.m. The Panthers spent several days last year indoors just by following their county school board policy.
“I’d rather be outside on the field, I hate being in the gym, but if that’s what we got to do, that’s what we got to do,” Morgan said.
But if some teams can only practice immediately
By NATHAN [email protected]
The 3rd Infantry Division combatives team surprised people at the 2011 U.S. Army Combatives Championship, but with a third-place finish, it won’t be flying under anyone’s radar, head coach and trainer Monte Massey said.
“We want to build off last year’s momentum,” Massey said. “We seemed to gather a lot of interest from the chain of command … because of our success.”
The 2012 tournament will once again be at
Fort Hood, Texas, home of two-time defending champion III Corps. The 3rd ID and the Maneuver Center of Excellence look to potentially bring the tournament back to Georgia, where it was held from 2005-2010. The winning unit has the option of hosting the next championship, and with a majority of 3rd ID stationed at Fort Stewart, Ga., and the MCoE here, next year’s home-field advantage will be at stake.
“The current convention is that it’s the Army vs. III Corps,” Massey said. “I think we do (have what it takes). It just depends on who’s the best that day.
“If (3rd ID) is on their game that day and doing their best, they’re going to be tough to beat.”
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Report holds coaching staff, administration responsible for Sandusky
A report conducted by Louis Freeh, former director of the FBI, found that “the most powerful men at Penn State failed to take any steps for 14 years to protect the children who (Jerry) Sandusky victimized.”
This includes Joe Paterno and other top coaches and school officials, the final nail in the coffin to the once-heroic image Paterno had in the world of college football.
These officials kept quiet about allegations against Sandusky for fear of bad publicity, the report said.
Bad publicity would seem like a nice alternate consequence compared to the aftermath that the cover-up has now caused.
I think we’re looking at decades before Penn State recovers from the damage.
While Sandusky committed horrible acts, Paterno is equally responsible for the sexually abused victims because he was in position to put an end to it, but didn’t.
In all fairness, his statue at Penn State should be removed. Even Bobby Bowden, Paterno’s longtime contemporary, said that.
Paterno died of lung cancer in January and his side of the story will never be told.
The Paterno family instructed their lawyer to review the report. The family reportedly disagrees with much of it, claiming the allegations against Paterno were not based on fact.
Now the NCAA is considering whether to hand down heavy sanctions against Penn State.
“I’ve never seen anything as egregious as this in terms of just overall conduct and behavior inside a university and hope never to see it again,” NCAA president Mark Emmert said during an interview with PBS’ Tavis Smiley.
“What the appropriate penalties are, if there are determinations of violations, we’ll have to decide.”
Ultimately, Penn State itself is as responsible as Sandusky. There is debate whether the school deserves the so-called “death penalty.”
I think it’s almost a moot point. Imposing the “death penalty” would be like beating a corpse.
Reputation is what’s at stake here, and Penn State no longer has any of it left.
The school needs to wash away any trace of this scandal and then move on, and the NCAA should allow it to do that.
Army to drop NASCAR sponsorshipBy C. TODD LOPEZArmy News Service
After this year, the Army will no longer sponsor a NASCAR team as part of its national branding and accession efforts, but the service will continue other programs to attract new Soldiers and keep itself in the public eye.
“We do a wide array of traditional advertising, and we also do a whole bunch of digital outreach through Web platforms and social media,” said John Myers, director, marketing support element, Army Marketing and Research Group.
“We are in every state and every major market, with other marketing and advertising assets. Motors ports, particularly NASCAR, is only one tactic of our overall branding strategy to connect the Army with America.”
During fiscal year 2012, the Army committed about $8.4 million to NASCAR
Policy could limit outdoor workoutsnathan deen
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Andrew McLauchlan, right, practices with a teammate Wednesday at Matt Larsen’s Fitness Center. He will be one of 24 (16 champions and eight alternates) Soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division competing in the U.S. Army Combatives Championship.
Wet Bulb Globe Temperature guidelinesnormal activities — provide at least three separate rest breaks each hour at a minimum duration of three minutes during each workout.
maximum practice time is two hours. for football: players restricted to helmet, shoulder pads and shorts during practice. All protective equipment must be removed for conditioning activities. for all sports: provide at least four separate rest breaks each hour at a minimum of four minutes each.
Use discretion for intense or prolonged exercise; watch at-risk players carefully; provide at least three separate rest breaks each hour at a minimum of four minutes duration each.
maximum length of practice is one hour, no protective equipment may be worn during practice and there may be no conditioning activities. there must be 20 minutes of rest breaks provided during the hour of practice.
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Players from the Hardaway football team take a water break July 10 at the school’s practice field. Hardaway hosted a multi-team practice that also included Chattahoochee County and Shaw. The practice was held at 6 p.m. in order to be in compliance with the new Georgia High School Association heat policy. The policy does not allow teams to practice outdoors when the Wet Bulb Globe Temperature Index reading is 92 or higher.
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