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A Doctor's Look at the Heart Condition Linked to COVID-19 That Has Impacted the Decision to Cancel Fall Sports

Big Ten football is canceled for the fall, and public enemy No. 1 seems to be an unlikely underdog: myocarditis.

Within days of reports surfacing to mainstream media about the risk of potential heart damage after COVID-19 infections, the college football world has been turned on its head. But, has this all been blown way out of proportion?

Was myocarditis just the last straw for a decision that was already largely made? Or is athlete safety suddenly more in jeopardy than it was a week ago?

“The bottom line is, we knew about this. We were ready for it.