[Controversy. Screening for sports activity: con !].

Screening for sports activity: con! Far from the image of the high-level soccer player collapsing on the lawn in the middle of a match, undoubting an emotional impression covered regularly by the media and now part of our collective imagination, sudden death during sports has most commonly been observed among middle aged 'Sunday' athletes. The consistent media coverage on sudden cardiac death among young competitive athletes has provided the opportunity to draw public awareness of cardiac arrest in general, however, overall it is far from being a globally recognized public health issue eligible for an organized screening campaign.