The Beat of Sports

Yesterday Pat Williams announced the origins of his plans to bring a MLB franchise to Orlando. Marc talks about how that process is not one that happens overnight and that it could be 1-2 years before MLB makes an plans on expansion and for Orlando the entire process could take 5-6 years.

Neil De Mause talks about MLB's plan to eliminate some minor league teams, including Daytona, and how that might face legal challenges since taxpayers paid for many of these ballparks.

The big announcement was teased yesterday and today we will learn more details about Pat Williams and his plans to purse MLB for Orlando. Marc pumps the brakes just a bit and tries to put some context into the situation.

Nick Menta of Golf Channel has the story of the fan who yelled during the back swing of a caller and their new found connection.

Natalie Weiner of SB Nation shares her story of a look at the number of high school football players who are shot and killed and why it continues to happen.

Through the first few weeks of the NBA season the ratings have not been very good. Now this could be because of a number of star players are dealing with injuries but Marc thinks it could be much bigger. He thinks the league is dealing with being overexposed and that the NBA is probably wondering how to fix the problem.

Another Tuesday and another set of College Football Playoff Rankings are coming! Marc talks about what he thinks the rankings might look like. He thinks that Alabama will stay in the same spot as the committee isn't sure to handle them yet without Tua. Plus he talks about how LSU could have an easy path to the National Championship game.

Well the workout finally happened. Colin Kaepernick worked out in front of NFL teams this weekend, but there were a lot of news from it besides the workout. Marc gives his thoughts from the workout and wonders how much of this is about Kaepernick getting back into the NFL.

After it appears Bob Stoops is out of the running for the FSU job the Seminoles are back to square one. Marc talks about how he believes the search has hit a wall and the school is now waiting until the season is over before they'll be able to make a coaching hire.

With the Alabama Crimson Tide on the outside looking in they will need to start winning with some style points but they'll be doing it without their star quarterback. Marc makes the case for why Nick Saban and company should still be playoff bound when the season is over.