Jordan McNair: University of Maryland closes $ 3.5 million settlement with soccer player’s family

Details of the settlement were known on Friday as part of the agenda for the meeting of the Maryland Board of Public Works, which is expected to approve the deal on January 27.

“It has been a long and painful struggle, but we will try to find a solution even if it is an injury that will never, ever heal completely,” said Jordan’s parents, Marty McNair and Tonya Wilson, in a joint statement, according to ESPN.

An independent medical report found several issues with his treatment, including failing to assess his vital signs, not having proper cooling devices and not quickly recognizing that he was suffering from the heat. More than an hour passed before a football coach called 911 after McNair first showed symptoms of heat stroke.

“We strive to honor Jordan’s legacy so that his death is not in vain. This includes protecting student athletes at all levels of competition, raising awareness, educating and preventing all heat-related illnesses, empowering student athletes, and passing legislation across the board. national. so that no parent should have to wait that long for closure when their child has been treated unfairly or unfairly, ”the parents’ statement added to ESPN.

On May 29, 2018, McNair was taken from the field, where the air temperature was 81 degrees, at 5:22 p.m. It was 34 minutes after he said he had cramps and was bending over at the waist, according to the report.

About 28 minutes after leaving the field, McNair’s mood worsened dramatically – a sign of heatstroke – and a coach called the team’s doctor, who advised him to call 911, according to The report.

In August 2018, athletic director Damon Evans and University President Wallace D. Loh apologized to McNair’s family at a meeting in Baltimore. Loh said he told the family that “the university accepts legal and moral responsibility for the mistakes our training staff made on that fateful day of training.”

“The university owes you an apology. You put Jordan in our care and he never comes home,” he added.

“It’s not at all a reflection of my opinion of Coach Durkin as a person. However, a departure is in the best interest of the university,” Loh said.

Since McNair’s death, the university has added cooling stations, started testing player hydration in training, increased break times, put more coaches and medics at events. Staff have also received more training.