Bad Tackles, Stray Balls, and Hot Weather: Managing Risk in College Athletics

Bad Tackles, Stray Balls, and Hot Weather: Managing Risk in College Athletics 1

Randall Enos for The Chronicle

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Randall Enos for The Chronicle

As we near the end of fall, athletics programs on many campuses are focused on one primary statistic: football rankings. Yet, behind the scenes, other athletics statistics are playing out. In a recent five-year evaluation of claims, we at United Educators, which insures more than 1,200 educational institutions across the country, learned that 14 percent of our student-injury claims are a result of athletics.

The risks of such injuries, as well as other potentially harmful or unsafe

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