One in five college football matches has been canceled this season due to coronavirus concerns
A new study has revealed that student-athletes who had COVID-19 were more likely to have heart damage after battling the deadly virus.
Jackal 2 reported, Ohio State University researchers shared data influencing the effects coronavirus has on students’ long-term health. According to the data, more than two dozen athletes who previously tested positive for COVID-19 were included in the study. Some of the athletes have more than 30% cellular heart damage. 15% of the athletes surveyed showed signs of myocarditis caused by myocarditis.
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The 26 Ohio athletes included were monitored and the results were obtained using a process known as cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR).
“Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging has the potential to identify a high-risk group for adverse outcomes and may, more importantly, risk-stratify athletes for safe participation,” write authors according to Jackal 2. “Recent studies have raised concerns about myocardial inflammation after recovery from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), even in asymptomatic or slightly symptomatic patients.”
The Big Ten Conference, the athletics division in which OSU plays, has sought to cancel the 2020-2021 football season due to the coronavirus pandemic. While some agreed, many student-athletes, parents and school officials insisted on running the season. theGrio reported the Buckeye’s starting quarterback Justin Fields helped lead the football cancellation charge with a petition.
“We, the football players of the Big Ten, together with the supporters and supporters of university football, request that the Big Ten Conference immediately re-establish the 2020 football season,” reads the petition. The players finally get a season on October 24, a few weeks after the intended start date.
According to USA Today, places with college football teams have seen an increase in coronavirus cases since the season began in different divisions. The news release reported in mid-November that ‘provinces in which Power Five schools are located had an even greater increase in COVID-19 cases than the national average, with communities in the Big Ten and Big 12 experiencing the most dramatic increase in their seven-day averages of daily new cases per 100,000 inhabitants. ”
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The New York Times reports that one in five college football matches has been canceled so far this season due to concerns about the coronavirus, according to NCAA data. However, the rapid spread of coronavirus does not prevent the organization from transitioning to a basketball season. According to the diversion, the NCAA recommends athletes and staff to be tested for COVID-19 at least three times a week and athletes are welcome to end the season in exchange for an extra year of study.
The Ivy League was the first Division 1 conference to cancel winter sports. According to a news release, the Ivy League Council of Presidents made the decision.
“The unanimous decisions of the Ivy League board of presidents follow extensive consideration of options and strategies to mitigate the transmission of the COVID-19 virus, an analysis of the current increasing rates of COVID-19 – local, regional and nationally – and the consequent need to continue the campus policy regarding travel, group size and visitors to the campus that protects the campus and community, ”reads the statement.
For some student-athletes, however, it may be too late. theGrio reports Florida Gators basketball player Keyontae Johnson collapsed during a match and subsequently received a diagnosis of myocarditis. Johnson tested positive for coronavirus earlier this summer, as well as additional members of his team.
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The report in Ohio State study found that athletes with COVID-19 show signs of heart damage first appearing on TheGrio.