The Beat of Sports

As the summer continues universities around the country are bringing back football players in preparation for the upcoming season, but have colleges chosen money over health in racing to bring college football back?

Last night the NBA unveiled their return to play health guidelines and sports Twitter took to mocking certain aspects of them including an anonymous tip line for rules violation and no doubles teams for ping pong. But as Marc talks about it, even though some parts are comical they are necessary for our sports to return to play.

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said Monday that he is "not confident" that there will be a 2020 season "as long as there's no dialogue" with the MLB Players Association. Eric Fisher joins the show to talk about what happens next for baseball, and if anything can be saved.

Sports Twitter was focused on the story of Chubba Hubbard at Oklahoma State took issue with a shirt worn by head coach Mike Gundy because of the political ideology it represented. Marc talks about a decision like this for Gundy has ramifications but with those issues dialogue was open with his players which is how problems get solved.

30,000 tickets for sale for the NASCAR All-Star Race on July 15 at Bristol Motor Speedway but the sport is requiring fans to fill out a waiver in order to purchase tickets. Marc talks about how these will become common to attend sporting events but are different than what universities are asking their players to fill out.

With more and more college football players speaking up around the control and calling for change, Texas athletes have made a statement to their university asking for things to change. Stephen Wagner joins the show to talk about what the players are asking for and how coaches at the school have voiced their support.

With millionaires vs billionaires battle continuing between baseball owners and players, Marc talks about how MLB commissioner Rob Manfred could use the "best interest in baseball" clause to help get the sport restarted.

Six weeks ago when it was first announced the NBA would be restarting the season in Orlando, but a few weeks later amid social issues becoming a bigger story in the country many players are questioning if games should be played.

With more and more college football players speaking out on social issues, Andrea Adelson joins the show to talk about how college football players may have more power than ever, specifically talking about Trevor Lawrence and Marvin Wilson.

Would the NCAA really ever investigate Duke? Mike O'Donnell joins the show to discuss that as well as the role fo the sneaker company when it comes to top talent ending up with top players. Then he discusses why an NBA wouldn't do well in The Basketball Tournament.