Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/List of American football players who died during their careers
The bundled nomination rationale is an , as opposed to performing  and verifying  is not met for each sport. Perhaps deletion was applicable for Gaelic footballers, but it can't be generalized without examining the sources.  For basketball, multiple players are mentioned in these:https://deadspin.com/do-you-remember-what-it-feels-like-to-have-a-player-die-1844684954https://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/purdue/2014/03/04/purdue-says-jay-simpson-has-career-ending-heart-condition/6046741/https://www.mercurynews.com/2020/01/26/kobe-bryants-shocking-death-reminds-of-past-sports-tragedies/. This meets LISTN:  {{tq|... it has been discussed as a group or set by independent reliable sources ... The entirety of the list does not need to be documented in sources for notability, only that the grouping or set in general has been.|q=yes}} If the concern is that the list should cover non-playing related deaths like murders, then it's a content issue that doesn't merit deletion
— User:Bagumba, 12:57, 15 November 2020 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:IDONTLIKEIT||WP:BEFORE||WP:LISTN (Wikipedia:Arguments to avoid in deletion discussions)