Listen: College Football Needs to Follow Science, Not Money
At last week’s presidential debate, Donald Trump claimed he “brought back Big Ten football.” The college conference reversed course earlier this month and voted to send football players back on the field this fall—a decision that came only days after researchers at Ohio State University published a study of athletes who had contracted mild COVID-19 cases, but showed signs of myocarditis, a potentially serious and long-lasting heart condition.
Staff writer James Hamblin and executive producer Katherine Wells ask cardiologist Amy Kontorovich what we know about COVID-19‘s impact on the heart. And Hamblin calls staff writer Adam Harris to ask why schools are putting student athletes at risk—and whether the controversial decision could change college athletics.
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