In a world where we find so much entertainment, 365 days a year, stories like this make me continually realize this is just entertainment for us, the real world for families and players. **University of South Florida freshman running back Keeley Dorsey collapsed while lifting weights at the school's athletic facility Wednesday afternoon and died. Dorsey was 19 years old. USF police spokesman Mike Klingebiel confirmed at 1:45 p.m. today, responding to a medical emergency, Tampa Fire Rescue transported a student to University Community Hospital. Dorsey is a graduate of Tallahassee Lincoln High School. ''The entire USF community is very, very sad,'' USF president Judy Genshaft said this afternoon in a news conference held outside the administration office. ''I spoke to team this afternoon. This is hitting all of us very hard,'' USF athletic director Doug Woolard said. ''It will be a long night for all of us. Our entire athletic family is deeply saddened by this tragic loss.'' ''He was humble, respectful, and had great character,'' USF coach Jim Leavitt said. ''He was always, always happy. He was a leader.'' Mash here
That is horrible...my condolences. I hope USF wins the Big East next year...I don't think they will...but you never know...things happen.
Yeah, that is tragic and your heart has to go out not only to his family but his team mates. What I wonder, though, is why does it seem in the past few years that we've gotten more and more elite athletes who apparently have hidden serious health problems that only come to light when they die. I don't remember hearing about this back when I was in high school and college. And while I didn't play interscholastic sports in college, I did all through high school. During those four years, it was football in the late summer and fall, basketball in the fall and winter, track in the spring, spring football for a couple of weeks and basketball again in the early summer. During football summer two-a-days we practiced morning and evening, certainly not during the hottest parts of the day but still pretty warm. And coaches back then (early 80s) hadn't discovered the value of hydration so we all heard the yelling about losers wanting water during practice etc. But my whole rambling point is that NOBODY who went through this with me or who I even heard about died. And I don't think I would call us elite athletes, either. In fact, I can only think of 4 or 5 guys I played with who got rides to college Any thoughts?
A few. The guy Stringer who died in the Vikings camp, there was talk that he was taking performance enhancing substances. It may be that not everyone is as "normal" as they used to be. The other is just the power of the internet. It may have been happening, and we just didn't know it becasue communication was so much less efficient back in the day.
