{"id":415582,"date":"2023-01-08T19:11:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T19:11:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=415582"},"modified":"2023-01-08T19:11:58","modified_gmt":"2023-01-08T19:11:58","slug":"5-college-basketball-players-hospitalised-after-rigorous-practice-coach-suspended","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/5-college-basketball-players-hospitalised-after-rigorous-practice-coach-suspended\/","title":{"rendered":"5 College Basketball Players Hospitalised After Rigorous Practice, Coach Suspended!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>5 College Basketball Players Hospitalised After Rigorous Practice, Coach Suspended!<\/h2>\n<p>The Chicago Tribune reports that five players of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cucougars.com\/sports\/mens-basketball\">Concordia University Chicago<\/a> men&#8217;s basketball team were sent to the hospital on December 31 following a strenuous practise.<\/p>\n<p>According to Pete Gnan, the school&#8217;s sports director, the strenuous activity was largely regarded as a punishment for team members who had broken the curfew while travelling to California.<\/p>\n<p>The players were apparently given the strenuous workout because they had broke curfew during that road trip.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Concordia University postponed two men&#39;s basketball games after a rigorous workout sent five players to a hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The university also temporarily removed coach Steve Kollar, the Chicago Tribune reported. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RIdjfCC8Ye\">https:\/\/t.co\/RIdjfCC8Ye<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ESPN (@espn) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/espn\/status\/1611832130551562240?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIt has been alleged by some that the intensity and difficulty of Saturday\u2019s practice was a direct consequence of players breaking curfew while in California,\u201d<\/em> Gnan wrote in a letter to the basketball players\u2019 parents.<\/p>\n<p>The team\u2019s coach Steve Kollar, has been temporarily removed.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Concordia University Chicago\u2019s basketball coach has been temporarily removed after five players were hospitalized following an intense practice that some allege was punishment for curfew violations.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SLejRsyG4c\">https:\/\/t.co\/SLejRsyG4c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagotribune\/status\/1611716793000673282?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>This week, the Division III institution cancelled two games.<\/p>\n<p>It is really bizarre that FIVE different players need hospitalisation.<\/p>\n<p>The coaching position of that coach needs to change from &#8220;temporarily removed&#8221; to &#8220;immediately gone&#8221; from the programme because of what he did, which was a travesty.<\/p>\n<p>According to ESPN, it&#8217;s yet unknown how seriously any of the players&#8217; injuries were hurt or if any of them are still in hospitals.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">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 &amp; CUC&#39;s coach was temporarily removed. For <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chicagotribune?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@chicagotribune<\/a>:<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OC3EGzcHSw\">https:\/\/t.co\/OC3EGzcHSw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jake Sheridan (@JakeSheridan_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JakeSheridan_\/status\/1611871670838480897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 7, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to CBS, the NACC, also known as the Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference, is &#8220;informed of the matter&#8221; and &#8220;waiting on the findings of an internal investigation.&#8221; The NCAA, meanwhile, made no formal remarks.<\/p>\n<p>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&#8217;s next game is scheduled for Tuesday night at home against Dominican University.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qVa-rIx59Ls\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nba\/\">NBA\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/nfl\/\">NFL\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/mlb\/\">MLB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>5 College Basketball Players Hospitalised After Rigorous Practice, Coach Suspended! The Chicago Tribune reports that five players of the Concordia University Chicago men&#8217;s basketball team were sent to the hospital on December 31 following a strenuous practise. According to Pete Gnan, the school&#8217;s sports director, the strenuous activity was largely regarded as a punishment for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":415584,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[254],"tags":[3888,4491,4492],"class_list":["post-415582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nccab","tag-college-basketball-news","tag-college-basketball-players-hospitalised","tag-concordia-university-chicago"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415582","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=415582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/415582\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/415584"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=415582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=415582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=415582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}