5 College Basketball Players Hospitalised After Rigorous Practice, Coach Suspended!

The Chicago Tribune reports that five players of the Concordia University Chicago men’s basketball team were sent to the hospital on December 31 following a strenuous practise.

According to Pete Gnan, the school’s sports director, the strenuous activity was largely regarded as a punishment for team members who had broken the curfew while travelling to California.

The players were apparently given the strenuous workout because they had broke curfew during that road trip.

Concordia University postponed two men's basketball games after a rigorous workout sent five players to a hospital.

The university also temporarily removed coach Steve Kollar, the Chicago Tribune reported. https://t.co/RIdjfCC8Ye

— ESPN (@espn) January 7, 2023

“It has been alleged by some that the intensity and difficulty of Saturday’s practice was a direct consequence of players breaking curfew while in California,” Gnan wrote in a letter to the basketball players’ parents.

The team’s coach Steve Kollar, has been temporarily removed.

According to The Tribune, players were instructed to visit the emergency department if they displayed signs of rhabdomyolysis, a condition in which the body leaks broken-down muscle fibres. It can be brought on by physical effort and develop into a life-threatening condition, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Concordia University Chicago’s basketball coach has been temporarily removed after five players were hospitalized following an intense practice that some allege was punishment for curfew violations.https://t.co/SLejRsyG4c

— Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) January 7, 2023

This week, the Division III institution cancelled two games.

It is really bizarre that FIVE different players need hospitalisation.

The coaching position of that coach needs to change from “temporarily removed” to “immediately gone” from the programme because of what he did, which was a travesty.

According to ESPN, it’s yet unknown how seriously any of the players’ injuries were hurt or if any of them are still in hospitals.

Five basketball players at Concordia University Chicago were hospitalized this week after a grueling practice that was apparently punishment for players breaking curfew. Two games were postponed & CUC's coach was temporarily removed. For @chicagotribune:https://t.co/OC3EGzcHSw

— Jake Sheridan (@JakeSheridan_) January 7, 2023

According to CBS, the NACC, also known as the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference, is “informed of the matter” and “waiting on the findings of an internal investigation.” The NCAA, meanwhile, made no formal remarks.

Concordia is 8-2 on the season. It postponed its game on Jan. 3 and did the same for its previously-scheduled game on Jan. 7. The team’s next game is scheduled for Tuesday night at home against Dominican University.