Pitt forges new path

[Ricochet]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2014-04-09/pitts-new-path?utm_medium=RSS

QUIT playing AFL football, or risk your life. That was the career crossroads facing Jayden Pitt last year when the ex-Fremantle youngster was diagnosed with a serious heart condition. And while Pitt was forced to prematurely end his promising playing career, the 21-year-old isn't finished with football just yet.

Pitt, the 20th pick in the 2010 draft, was forced to retire at the end of last season after being diagnosed with cardiomyopathy, a serious condition which can lead to heart failure, in March 2013.

A routine electrocardiogram picked up an abnormality with Pitt's heart, and further tests showed the muscle was enlarged.

Speaking for the first time since he retired, Pitt said he was told by specialists that his life was in danger if he continued to play football.