Iowa Football: 12 Hawkeyes Players Hospitalized While Ferentz Is Out Of Town

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Iowa Football is dealing with another issue one again, this time it has to do the health of a dozen of their football players.

According to a report by the Des Moines Register, 12 Hawkeyes players were hopitalized on Monday January 24 but no information has been released because the information is reportedly protected by the HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996).

A UI staff physician and football team physician told the Register that the players were responding well to treatment.

“The student-athletes were admitted throughout the course of Monday evening,”a UIHC staff physician said in a release. “All of the individuals are responding well to treatment as of Tuesday morning. All are in safe and stable condition. At this time we are not sure when any of the individuals will be discharged. Hospital discharge will be on a case by case basis.”

“Coach Kirk Ferentz is out of town recruiting, but he is aware of the situation and is being kept abreast of the progress being made,” Iowa athletics director Gary Barta told the Register. “Our No. 1 concern is the safety of our student-athletes, so we are pleased with the positive feedback. Our next step is to find out what happened so we can avoid this happening in the future.”

Whatever the reason for the widespread team illness, a hospital spokesman also said it was “no threat to the general public.”