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August 23, 2010
19 Oregon Football Players Hospitalized After Camp: School officials, parents and players remained puzzled Sunday over what caused 19 members of a high school football team in northwest Oregon to suffer muscle damage - three of whom required surgery - following a fall camp.
I hope the new coach wasn't encouraging excessive creatine use. If he is somehow implicated in this, he could be in trouble.
posted by BikeNut at 05:23 PM on August 23, 2010
Coach, I see lawsuits in your future.
posted by graymatters at 06:28 PM on August 23, 2010
Make sure we're following this one as the story unfolds. There's definitely more to this story ...
posted by Spitztengle at 07:41 PM on August 23, 2010
Maybe somebody on the team pee'd off a voodoo priest?
posted by billsaysthis at 11:53 AM on August 24, 2010
McMinnville Police Capt. Dennis Marks said his force hasn't begun an investigation.
posted by BoKnows at 01:49 PM on August 24, 2010
Uh oh. That's far too unusual too be coincidental. My immediate reaction is that they were ingesting creatine incorrectly. Or worse, they were unknowingly ingesting large amounts of creatine.
"Coach, my Gatorage just jumped out of my cup and punched me in the face."