5 Division III basketball gamers hospitalized, coach ‘quickly eliminated’ after intense apply

5 school basketball gamers had been hospitalized and their head coach was “temporarily removed” after Concordia College, a Division III college in Chicago, ran a grueling apply that allegedly served as punishment for the gamers breaking the staff’s curfew. The gamers had been hospitalized a while between Jan. 2 and Jan. 4, the college stated. One stays hospitalized.

“It has been alleged by some that the depth and issue of Saturday’s apply was a direct consequence of the damaged curfew earlier within the week,” Concordia’s athletic director Pete Gnan wrote in a letter to gamers and their mother and father. “Our athletics program has zero tolerance for harassment or retaliatory actions of any type, and reporting mechanisms are in place for college students, coaches and associated employees,” he added.

The varsity quickly sidelined coach Steve Kollar and elevated assistant coach Rashaan Surles into the position of performing head coach after the incident.

An individual accustomed to the incident advised CBS News that some gamers had been affected by situations just like lactic acidosis and rhabdomyolysis that led to hospitalization. Rhabdomyolysis, which could be attributable to excessive bodily exertion, could be deadly or end in everlasting incapacity in some circumstances.

Concordia is 8-2 on the season. It postponed its sport on Jan. 3 and did the identical for its previously-scheduled sport on Jan. 7. The staff’s subsequent sport is scheduled for Tuesday evening at house in opposition to Dominican College.