Hydrate at Home: Another Court Refuses to Recognize Athlete’s Right to Hydration During Play

By Patrick Smith, J.D. Candidate and Kacie Kergides, Esq., of Montgomery McCracken   In August 2015, fifteen-year old freshman “M.T.” attended the freshman football team’s first “heat acclimation training” session of the year at Penn Hills High School.   It was M.T.’s first ever organized football practice, and it would involve a three-hour conditioning session in the summer heat of August. Despite Penn Hills’ knowledge of M.T. testing positive for the sickle-cell trait,