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(KLTV) - On Monday, players, coaches, family and friends of Alto football player Cam’ron Mathews had to return to their normal lives, under not so normal circumstances.
Cam'ron collapsed on the football field on Friday night during the game against Carlisle.
“It was tough, as far as just a whole school in general. All the kids knew Cam’ron, so it was tough for all those kids to come up here and go back to school,” said Coach Gould, Alto Head Coach.
To make matters more complicated, the UIL was forced to remind both alto head coach Paul Gould and Carlisle head coach Rocky Baker, that if the game was going to be made up it had to be done by tonight.
“Officially you would have to try to play game tonight, but we both said there is no way. There is no way you can play a football game after something like this, and so soon. We’re going to turn it over to what we call our district executives committee, which is made up of our 6 superintendents in the district,” said Gould.
The D.E.C. will make a decision on whether or not the game will count for or against either team.
As for the teams, they are focused on making sure that Cam’ron will not be forgotten.
“As a 16-, 17-year-old kid you’re wanting to play football, but when that happens, life comes into perspective real quick. Football no longer matters. This is higher up than football. For everybody to come together like they are, I’ve heard stories, I’ve talked to some coaches that are wanting to do the helmet decals you put on the back of your helmet. Maybe have Cam’ron’s initials, or maybe have Cam’ron’s number. I spoke with Coach Baker, at Carlisle, they’re going to give out black and gold ribbons at their game,” said Gould.
The Yellowjacket loss is bringing life into perspective for East Texas athletes, and bringing player safety back to the forefront.
Whether it was or wasn’t football that lead to Matthews passing, he is still the sixth football player nationwide to die since September.
“A lot of it comes down to the kids, but we have to change this policy of 'suck it up, man up, no pain no gain.' Because there are times when pain is a very bad thing, and it’s our only indicator that a problem is going on that needs further testing,” said Cathy Fieseler, MD, Trinity Clinic Sports Medicine
As of early Monday morning, Cam’ron’s cause of death was labeled an aneurysm that doctors could not confirm is football related. The warning signs of aneurysms are so vague that they could easily be mistaken for a concussion or similar conditions.
“The exertion may be one of the things that triggers the problem. But, what if they were carrying the trash out to the curb? Same thing with an aneurysm, you might sneeze and it ruptures. It depends on where the problem is, as to what may trigger it,” said Fleseler.
But how it happened is not the focus in Alto today. The focus is what happens next.
“You know, it’s going to be tough; obviously kids remember things like that. I’ll say this: we were able to go out today during our period, and we talked to the kids and told them what to expect this week what we’re gonna do. Then we went out during the period, gave them some footballs, and we just let them go out and be kids on the football field. It was awesome. Kids running around laughing having a good time, and for about 45 minutes those kids got to be kids again,” said Gould.
Kids who will remember Cam’ron today, tomorrow, and every Friday night.
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