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Did school have to allow student with new liver to play?
Author(s) -
Gelpi Aileen
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
college athletics and the law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1943-7579
pISSN - 1552-8774
DOI - 10.1002/catl.30362
Subject(s) - clearance , football , medical education , rehabilitation , engineering , psychology , medicine , physical therapy , political science , law , urology
Gavin Class collapsed while practicing with the Towson University football team in August 2013. After a liver transplant and intense rehabilitation, his doctors — who specialized in liver transplants — cleared him to again play football. An expert from the Korey Stringer Institute — a nationally recognized center for the study of heat stroke — also cleared him to play.