By all accounts, Jordan McNair had a bright future ahead of him. A redshirt freshman who was a kinesiology major at the University of Maryland and an offensive lineman for the football team, he was described as a "humble and genuine human being" who "always had a smile on his face." But his life was tragically cut short after he collapsed of heatstroke during a team workout.
At a news conference Tuesday, Maryland President Wallace Loh and Athletic Director Damon Evans acknowledged that the athletic staff failed to properly diagnose and treat McNair and formally apologized to his family. The university deserves credit for accepting "legal and moral responsibility" for the mistakes before the official investigation into McNair's death has been concluded.
Editorial on 08/17/2018