Comments on: Lawmaker guts bill mandating icy pools at sporting events http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2009/03/02/lawmaker-guts-bill-mandating-icy-pools-at-sporting-events/ Covering Kentucky politics and government Fri, 18 May 2012 22:12:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: abe http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2009/03/02/lawmaker-guts-bill-mandating-icy-pools-at-sporting-events/comment-page-1/#comment-26137 abe Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:45:17 +0000 http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/?p=5093#comment-26137 Looks like the real problem is the lack of athletic trainers who can make the decision to use the pool. Athletic trainers are not available due to financial issues for the school districts. So, what we choose to do is provide inadequate funding for the health of our young athletes and allow them to die from a wholly preventable cause. To stop these preventable deaths we could provide funds (locally or at the state level) for athletic trainers, thereby allowing the proper use of pools and saving young lives. The other way to prevent these deaths is to eliminate the sport. Looks like the real problem is the lack of athletic trainers who can make the decision to use the pool. Athletic trainers are not available due to financial issues for the school districts.

So, what we choose to do is provide inadequate funding for the health of our young athletes and allow them to die from a wholly preventable cause.

To stop these preventable deaths we could provide funds (locally or at the state level) for athletic trainers, thereby allowing the proper use of pools and saving young lives. The other way to prevent these deaths is to eliminate the sport.

]]> By: daniel http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/2009/03/02/lawmaker-guts-bill-mandating-icy-pools-at-sporting-events/comment-page-1/#comment-26131 daniel Mon, 02 Mar 2009 19:12:05 +0000 http://bluegrasspolitics.bloginky.com/?p=5093#comment-26131 I would not want to be in her shoes when the next child dies. I would not want to be in her shoes when the next child dies.

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