The ACC has studied COVID-19 related heart complications among a small group of athletes, but Florida State President John Thrasher says league leaders still feel confident in their safety protocols and are planning to play college football in the fall.
Power 5 conference commissioners met during the weekend to discuss whether to postpone the 2020 football season and reviewed a report from an NCAA doctor about a potential correlation between healthy athletes who were infected with COVID-19 and later developed myocarditis, which is inflammation of the heart muscle.
Concerns about potential heart complications among athletes reportedly have helped convince many Big Ten and Pac-12 presidents to favor postponing the 2020 football.