Child athlete abuse syndrome; a new disease- Forensic definition

International Conference on Sports Medicine and Fitness

March 23-25, 2015 Chicago, USA

Micheal B Minix

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Sports Med Doping Stud

Abstract :

The 2008 Reunion of the 1961-1962 University of Kentucky Football Class was our first Reunion since our story published in the book �??The Thin Thirty�?� by Shannon Ragland. It is an historical book about 1962 University of Kentucky Football abuse and brutality tragedy, untold and hushed until this book�??s publication in 2007. As we organized our reunion, we began gathering information with questionnaires mailed to our teammates. We found our teammates suffered morbidity and mortality from the reports submitted. That resulted in our survey report: �??A Longitudinal and Retrospective Study of The Impact of Coaching Behaviors on the 1961-1962 University of Kentucky Football Wildcats�?�, Kay Collier McLaughlin, PhD, Micheal B Minix Sr. MD, Twila Minix, RN, Jim Overman, Scott Brogdon. We found 100% of our team mates who responded to the survey sustained physical, verbal and psychological (emotional) abuse and varying degrees of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (Reaction) from coaching staff abnormal behaviors. 21% were struck by a coach�??s fist, or punched one or more times, 26% forearmed by coaches one or more times in the face, 9% kicked by the coaches one or more times and 4% had teeth broken by the coaches fists. Other abuses were recorded. Forty-six years following the football tragedy, the percentage of our deceased freshmen teammates, who stayed and played with the abusive coaches in the 1962 season, was near double our deceased teammates, who �??pulled-out�?� from the team and did not continue with the team. Subsequently, this author researched and defined Child Athlete Abuse Syndrome, �??A New Disease.�?�