Thursday, January 1, 2009

NCAA has herpes guidelines. Seriously.

Pennsylvania
Harris and two other ex-wrestlers - Andrew Bradley, of Delaware, and Alex Binder, of Maryland - are suing York College of Pennsylvania, in York County, claiming that coaches knew that a teammate had contracted herpes simplex virus Type 1, yet allowed him to continue wrestling and infecting others during the fall of 2006.

Although the York wrestling team made each infected wrestler sit out for three days, NCAA guidelines dictate that athletes with active herpes outbreaks must not compete, even with
bandages, until a five-day anti-viral treatment is completed.
Harris, who recently graduated from York, said that at one point roughly 70 percent of the team - or about 25 wrestlers - had contracted herpes, which is treatable but not curable.





[still sticking with the wrestling excuse...okay...whatev]

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's my story and i'm sticking to it. Or rather it's gonna stick with them for the rest of their lives.

The Writer said...

luggage.