Jordan McNair: University of Maryland reaches $ 3.5 million settlement with footballer’s family

The details of the settlement became known Friday as part of the meeting agenda for the Maryland Board of Public Works, which is expected to approve the agreement on Jan. 27.

“It was a long and painful battle, but we will try to find closure, even though it is a wound that will never heal,” Jordan’s parents, Marty McNair and Tonya Wilson, told ESPN in a joint statement. statement said. .

In an independent medical report, several problems were found with his treatment, including the failure to assess his vital signs, not the necessary refrigeration devices and he could not quickly realize that he had heat illnesses. More than an hour passed before a football coach called 911 after McNair first had symptoms of heat.

“We are committed to honoring Jordan’s legacy so that his death was not in vain. This includes protecting student athletes from all levels of competition, raising awareness, educating and preventing all illnesses, empowering student athletes and more. “Introducing legislation nationwide so that no parent has to wait so long for closure where their child has been treated unfairly or unfairly,” the parents’ statement to ESPN added.

On May 29, 2018, McNair was taken out of the field at 17:22, where the air temperature was 81 degrees. That was 34 minutes after he said he had cramps and was bending in the middle, according to the report.

About 28 minutes after being taken off the field, McNair’s mood deteriorated dramatically – a sign of heat stroke – and a coach called the team doctor, who advised calling 911, the report said.

In August 2018, athletic director Damon Evans and then-president Wallace D. Loh apologized to the McNair family during 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 training day.

“The university owes you an apology. You entrusted Jordan to us, and he will never return home,” he added.

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

Since McNair’s death, the university has added cooling stations, started testing players’ hydration in practice, made the breaks longer, put more coaches and doctors at events. Staff also received more training.