Football High (full documentary) | FRONTLINE

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Corporate sponsorships, nationally televised games, minute-by-minute coverage online — for players, parents and coaches, high school football in the 21st century had become a national phenomenon. But was enough being done to ensure players' safety as the intensity of the sport ratcheted up? (Aired 2011) This journalism is made possible by viewers like you. Support your local PBS station here: http://www.pbs.org/donate​. As high school players grew bigger, faster and stronger, concerns were increasing about the health and safety of these young players — with rising rates of concussions, career-ending injuries, even death. FRONTLINE centered its investigation in Arkansas, where two players collapsed from heatstroke while practicing during one of the hottest summers on record. The players were placed in the same intensive care unit in Little Rock, both having suffered extensive damage to their internal organs. Explore additional reporting on "Football High" on our website: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/documentary/football-high/ #Documentary #Football Subscribe on YouTube: http://bit.ly/1BycsJW​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frontlinepbs​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/frontlinepbs​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/frontline FRONTLINE is produced at GBH in Boston and is broadcast nationwide on PBS. Funding for FRONTLINE is provided through the support of PBS viewers and by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Additional funding is provided by the Abrams F

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