Phil Ratliff, former All American lineman for Marshall had a horrible accident and has lost his life. The family is close to me. They will struggle heavily with this. Please have them in your thoughts as they push through this.
Story said it was a "cardiac event," not an accident. Still terrible.
It was an accident. The cardiac event wasn't what ultimately led to this. He was on a boat on a lake and fell over in to the water. If he'd been on dry land, things would have been different. A lot of the stuff being reported isn't accurate yet. Like I said, I work with and am very close friends with his sister and coach with her husband. I've been getting updated every day.
I had no idea you was close to them JJ, I do remember him coaching at your high school but that was many years ago before he got into college ball. I think he also coached at Spring Valley. From everything I've always heard about him, he was a man of high character.
PS. Congrats on your baseball team making the Kentucky State Tournament again.