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Let's face it, everything we did is a balance of risk against gain.

Just sitting in front of your PC reading this post, you're assuming that the building you're in is structurally sound, that aircraft won't crash into your home, that your boiler won't explode, etc etc

Life without risk is impossible. Even if it was posible, let's face it, it'd be bloody boring.

So while I feel for the kid's family and friends, as already said there must have been underlying health problems. This shouldn't be an issue about whether sports are safe. It could be reasonably argued that sports are NOT safe. Thousand of people get injured and a few die doing sports every year. But those people are balancing the risk of doing something they love and enjoy.

This should be an issue about whether everyone should have a periodic full medical screening to detect any possible signs of developing or congenital illness or disease. I've long thought that an annual human MOT would be a great idea as prevention (and early treatment) is cheaper and better than curing something that has had time to grow into a full-blown illness.