giving them a high % some serious health risk-both short and long-term. God help us.

I am refusing to watch ANY college football this year. They (the coaches and college presidents) are putting lives at stake for dollars.

Apparently playing HS football is more important than classes.

the school boards are caving into them

So the players mean nothing. The only thing important is the fans. The players are there for their pleasure. There will always be more players. If some drop out there are others waiting. Have to keep the fans happy. How fun.

... previously infected athletes who had mild or no clear symptoms.

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/college-athletes-experienced-heart-damage-after-covid-19-study-67929

When they imaged the hearts of more than two dozen of Ohio State University players using cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR), they found evidence of myocarditis in 15 percent, while a further 30 percent had cellular damage or swelling that could not be linked definitively to the condition.

While myocarditis is a rare condition—affecting roughly 22 out of every 100,000 people each year—it is nevertheless a recognized cause of death among professional athletes, even in the absence of previous heart trouble. A 2015 study found that among NCAA athletes who died of a sudden cardiac event, 10 percent experienced myocarditis, and a Myocarditis Foundation report found that the condition causes 75 deaths per year in athletes between the ages of 13 and 25.