WBGT Guidelines

[Matthew328]

2 hours ago, 1970 said:

Define "freaking out".  Personally I think it's an interesting discussion.  I'm just curious how to make it cut-and-dry.  Like the lightning detector, when the alarm goes off, then players leave the field, etc.  Perhaps there will be a "WBT-detector" with an alarm available on the market soon, or already is.  An entrepreneur could possibly make some money here.  

But seriously, I would have thought there were already rules in place regarding frequency of mandatory water breaks, and providing areas of shade, like canopies perhaps, for outdoor practice areas, and things like that.  I attended fire school at Texas A&M during some hot months for ~15 years, and there were mandatory breaks, covered rest areas, jars of pickles, ice water and sometimes fruit of some sort provided, to protect everyone from heat exhaustion.  There are ways. But like I said earlier, the UIL or whoever is just trying to regulate common sense, IMO.   

You have to regulate common sense and put guidelines in place because someone is going to line step....and the minute they do you better have your ducks in a row to prevent a lawsuit as a organization..now if something happens and the school wasnt following the guidelines its the school butt on the line and not yours....

[1970]

39 minutes ago, Matthew328 said:

You have to regulate common sense and put guidelines in place because someone is going to line step....and the minute they do you better have your ducks in a row to prevent a lawsuit as a organization..now if something happens and the school wasnt following the guidelines its the school butt on the line and not yours....

That philosophy is endless, of course, but that's the way it is now.  The instructions for a new blender my wife and I bought last week says not to put your hands inside the blender while it's running.  Someone somewhere probably did that, or tried to, I suppose.