ESPN report details potential NCAA medical care rules violations at Texas A&M, Tennessee,...

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While the NCAA has ramped up efforts to keep school's sports medicine staff separate from their programs' and coaches' influence, a new ESPN report raises concerns that several schools are still violating NCAA policy — putting athletes' medical care at risk. The “Outside the Lines” report on Tuesday highlighted potential issues at Texas A&M and Tennessee, among others. NCAA rules, implemented in 2016, required sports medicine staff at universities to have “unchallengeable authority” over medical treatment of student-athletes and the decision of when they are cleared to play.

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