A CDC advisement about myocarditis and pericarditis appears to be at the heart of a "more precautionary" approach to student-athlete sports physicals being taken by a practice in Lake Hopatcong.
Citing COVID-19 disruptions, a bill moving through the Legislature would let students compete in fall sports before getting physicals and cardiac screenings.
The idea has been knocked down before, more than once, but New Jersey lawmakers are at it again - attempting to make all high school athletes eligible for random steroid testing.