When the Pac-12 conference announced on Tuesday that it was postponing its football season, it was difficult for some of the league’s coaches not to think about the Zoom call they had the night before with athletic directors , Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott and the conference’s medical experts.
A Powerpoint presentation by one of the doctors left many of them speechless. It had addressed the issue of heart-related concerns stemming from COVID-19, one of the coaches told The Athletic. The presentation cited the case of 27-year-old Red Sox pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez, who has been sidelined for the rest of this season due to a heart attack. It focused on a new Indiana offensive lineman, Brady Feeney, who presumably had to be taken to the ER and whose mother expressed her concerns about long-term heart problems from COVID-19 infection; 27-year-old former Florida State basketball player Michael Ojo, who was recovered from COVID-19 but died earlier this month …
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