Las Cruces School Board discussing policy for reporting sports injuries

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico - Las Cruces School Board members spoke out about potentially developing a policy of reporting sports injury.

The conversation around sports safety, especially for football players, have been thrust to the forefront following tragedy that hit the community earlier this year.

Abe Romero, an Organ Mountain High School Football player died early this year after collapsing during a football game versus Deming.

Romero's autopsy report shows that Organ Mountain football team caption died as a result of a blunt head trauma injury he received in the late August game.