Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction.
-NW

It's early in the college football season and the sports newscasters are hyping a highly anticipated matchup between two intersectional rivals. The late summer daytime temperature is in the mid-90s, and on the playing field it's a good 10 degrees hotter.

Fans have eagerly filled the stadium after being denied entry over the past year. During the first half, the two teams display their athletic skills to the hilt, taking advantage of their respective scoring opportunities and their opposing team's mistakes. They leave for the halftime locker room with the score tied at 21-21. The crowd settles in to enjoy the halftime show and order their food and refreshments from the vendors.

The second half opens with the receiving team returning the kickoff to their 30 yard line. The air temperature has risen several degrees since the start of the contest and the players are perspiring freely. It's third down and the quarterback calls for a pass play to his star running back who runs a delayed pattern out of the backfield. His teammate eludes tacklers at the line of scrimmage and starts to scamper along the sidelines. One lone defensive back stands between him and the end zone. The defender dives and falls to the turf in a vain effort to tackle the running back who scores a touchdown. The crowd roars their approval.

Before the team that scored the touchdown was allowed to kick the extra point, several referees wave their arms frantically and call for a timeout, as they noticed that the defensive back lay motionless on the ground. They call for emergency assistance from the sidelines. However, before they can transfer the injured lad onto a stretcher and into an ambulance, they realize that the football player had died on the spot.

Stunned silence overtakes the crowd, as they are told what had happened. The refs attempt to continue the game, but players on both sides of the scrimmage line don't have the heart to continue playing. They shake nervously, knowing that they may wind up in the same state as the deceased, as each of them had been jabbed with the same injection. The game is suspended at that particular point.

What happened on that fateful day was not limited to a single football contest but to several across America. Star quarterbacks, running backs, and flankers suddenly succumbed after being tackled by lineman and defensive ends. While the sports reporters attempted to downplay these football-related deaths as coincidental, the viewing public was jolted into observing and realizing that something was dreadfully wrong with the vaccine narrative.