“If you do not understand the difference in activity levels in players of soccer as compared to baseball and football where they are sitting or standing around 90% of the time... it illustrates only your extreme willful ignorance.”
You just answered your own question. It has nothing to do with covid itself but the game.
Explain why soccer players have been dying of heart attacks for the last 50 years. I’m fairly certain covid was not around then.
There has been an increase of over 200% in a year. Some sources say much higher than that.