The sudden death of San Francisco 49er Thomas Herrion in August 2005, and the heat-induced death of Minnesota Viking Korey Stringer four years ago, have prompted NFL management to review training safety precautions.
Three NFL teams are using the CorTemp body temperature monitoring system from HQ Inc. of Palmetto, Fla., to track players while they train. CorTemp was devised in the 1980s by the Johns Hopkins University in collaboration with NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to monitor astronauts.
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