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2023-07-26 05:31:16 UTC - NOT_MISLEADING

Note suggesting death among athletes with a mean age of 16 was 0.0068% doesn't cite a source for the 15.3 million HS students figure. Also assumes all 15.3M students are "athletes". The # of athletes is closer to 8M, for deaths of 544, not 1,040 Further, NNN, asks a question. https://ncaa.org/sports/2015/3/2/estimated-probability-of-competing-in-college-athletics.aspx

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• Note suggesting death among athletes with a mean age of 16 was 0.0068% doesn't cite a source for the 15.3 million HS students figure. Also assumes all 15.3M students are "athletes". The # of athletes is closer to 8M, for deaths of 544, not 1,040 Further, NNN, asks a question. https://ncaa.org/sports/2015/3/2/estimated-probability-of-competing-in-college-athletics.aspx