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With summer get hotter, Georgia leads the football playbook for heat prevention

Starting practice at the hottest time of year, Georgia used to be one of the worst states for football player heat-related deaths. But high school heat rules turned the state into a national model.

WABE’s Molly Samuel reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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