thank you for this it show that you can play football with a icd but it would not stop you having a heart attack as the icd is there to stop your heart going into VT or VF i have found out that a lot of icd are put into people how have never had a heart attack some like my who have ended up with Sinus Node Disease. i am sorry to see so many young people having these icd implanted my one has gone off a few times and yes it hurts but it has save my life and now i respect life more then i did it would be nice to find or get a sigh up where icd people could come a talk i live on dartmoor in england and no one to talk to for now be happy and fly a kite . . .