Op-ed: Football doesn't belong in our public schools

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Commentary: Popular or not, football and its destructive effects don’t belong in our public schools

Members of the Northwestern University football team hug after placing the casket for teammate Rashidi Wheeler into a hearse following a memorial service in 2001.

In one of the shames of national life, a colliding game meant for self-selected gladiators somehow became a platform for young male aspiration. The output can be deadly.At any given time, a fatal, purportedly “nonfootball-related” case of asthma may strike — such as in the case of Northwestern University football player Rashidi Wheeler, who died after collapsing during conditioning drills in 2001.

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