{"id":98044,"date":"2021-11-25T12:19:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-25T16:19:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=98044"},"modified":"2021-11-25T12:19:56","modified_gmt":"2021-11-25T16:19:56","slug":"former-pro-calls-for-investigation-after-another-soccer-player-suddenly-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=98044","title":{"rendered":"Former Pro Calls For &#8220;Investigation&#8221; After Another Soccer Player Suddenly Collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->By Paul Joseph Watson<br \/>\nSummit News<\/p>\n<p><strong>A former professional Premier League footballer has called for an investigation after yet another player suddenly collapsed in the middle of a match last night.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/241121fleck1.jpg?itok=l7ZA7WQu\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/241121fleck1.jpg?itok=l7ZA7WQu\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/241121fleck1.jpg?itok=l7ZA7WQu\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"263\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"4c79057c-168e-4d83-9d1a-1d7c95699917\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sheffield United midfielder John Fleck fell to the ground during his team\u2019s game at Reading and had to be taken off on a stretcher after receiving lengthy treatment and being given an oxygen mask.<\/p>\n<p>The 30-year-old Scottish international \u201cwent down unchallenged before team-mates quickly waved medics on,\u201d reports\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/59395982\">BBC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Fleck was taken to hospital where he is said to be in good condition.<\/p>\n<p>The player becomes yet another unfortunate addition to a lengthy list of footballers and other top athletes who have suddenly collapsed on the field of play in recent months.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1463270918063538185&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmedical%2Fformer-pro-calls-investigation-after-another-soccer-player-suddenly-collapses&amp;sessionId=efee254395ef2866d2d9dec1a2401b170e7c64da&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=f001879%3A1634581029404&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1463270918063538185\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As we previously\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/11\/09\/german-newspaper-highlights-unusually-large-number-of-soccer-players-who-have-collapsed-recently\/\">highlighted<\/a>, major German newspaper Berliner Zeitung recently published a report seeking to answer why an \u201cunusually large number of professional and amateur soccer players have collapsed recently.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The article listed a large number of recent cases of footballers who have had heart problems or collapsed on the field, in some cases leading to death.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/list%20%281%29.jpg?itok=6yfO0kTG\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/list%20%281%29.jpg?itok=6yfO0kTG\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/list%20%281%29.jpg?itok=6yfO0kTG\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"712\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"816ddd01-0005-4e3f-b4ac-e0d235d396f0\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>That list includes Barcelona\u2019s Sergio Aguero, who suffered breathing difficulties during Barca\u2019s LaLiga clash with Alaves last month. Although the club have denied rumors Aguero is set to retire, he will definitely be out of action for months.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other professional athletes have also recently suffered similar health problems, including 24-year-old Slovak hockey player Boris S\u00e1deck\u00fd, who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/11\/04\/24-year-old-hockey-player-dies-after-suffering-cardiac-arrest-during-game\/\">tragically died<\/a>\u00a0after collapsing on the ice during a match last month.<\/p>\n<p>Former England and Southampton player Matt Le Tissier responded to the news of Fleck\u2019s collapse by calling for a proper investigation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1463293327030247426&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmedical%2Fformer-pro-calls-investigation-after-another-soccer-player-suddenly-collapses&amp;sessionId=efee254395ef2866d2d9dec1a2401b170e7c64da&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=f001879%3A1634581029404&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1463293327030247426\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHow many more more sports people need to collapse on the pitch before an investigation takes place,\u201d tweeted the ex-Premier League star.<\/p>\n<p>It is not known whether John Fleck had taken the COVID-19 vaccine.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, according to a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stephenc.substack.com\/p\/5-fold-increase-in-sudden-cardiac\">report<\/a>\u00a0by Dr. Yaffa Shir-Raz,<strong>\u00a0there has been a \u201c5-fold increase in sudden cardiac deaths of FIFA players in 2021.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cSo what is causing this sudden epidemic?\u201d asks Shir-Raz.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The mind boggles.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/11\/24\/former-pro-calls-for-investigation-after-another-football-player-suddenly-collapses\/\">https:\/\/summit.news\/2021\/11\/24\/former-pro-calls-for-investigation-after-another-football-player-suddenly-collapses\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98044","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98044","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=98044"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98044\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=98044"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=98044"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=98044"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}