Hydration is easy, breaks are easy, if this kid overheated and died he didn't have enough fluids in his body to cool himself through the sweating process.
Once your at practice you are at the mercy of the coaches and when they say you can have a water break.
I couldn't rule out the fact that maybe Max didn't have enough water in him before practice, so some blame could lie with the player for not properly hydrating himself to sweat and cool his body effectively but I still place blame on the coaches if players were thirsty and denied water.
A water break isn't going to ruin a coach entire practice and dicipline plan but it can lead to a players death.
No excuse.
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