The Beat of Sports

Stetson's Head Coach Roger Hughes joins the show and shares his thoughts about name, image and likeness laws popping up and how his players-non-scholarship might feel about college sports and why they play.

Josh Robbins of The Athletic joins the show and talks about the start of Magic camp and is interview with Magic President Jeff Weltman.

Patrick Cohn of @PeakSports joins the show and shares thoughts on Percy Harvin stating he smoked marijuana for every game he played and how he deals with anxiety.

Although Markelle Fultz has gotten all of the attention throughout training camp leading up to the the start of preseason action for the Magic that isn't the player that Marc is focused on. He wants to see who the continued development of Jonathan Issac will be because he believes that he has the best potential of anyone on the Magic roster to reach an all-star level.

Mark Soskin the economics professor at UCF who has worked with pro leagues and cities on the financial impact of sports will discuss what is unique about college sports vs the rest of the world. Plus he and Marc discuss why the model doesn't work and how the NCAA has survived all these years.

This week the state of California passed a bill that would allow college athletes to make money on their likeness, but it doesn't go into effect until 2023. Marc runs through how some states including Florida are working on similar legislation that could that could take effect as quickly as next summer, with many other states following closely behind.

The Milwaukee Brewers were barreling toward a NLDS showdown with the Dodgers. Then after reliever Josh Hader loaded the bases, Nationals outfielder Juan Soto hit a single to right field that skipped past Trent Grisham. Marc talks about how this is an incident where the young man had to talk with the media after the loss and try to put on a brave face.

Kevin Armstrong of the New York Times joins the show to talk about the beautiful world and the science behind breaking in a new baseball glove.

David Ridpath has worked in college athletics for years and has served as a compliance director will address the new California bill and how the NCAA may respond and what the future of college sports may look like.

Tom Block of the Florida State broadcast teams joins us to talk FSU and if the Seminoles have turned the corner with back-to-back wins and who may start in the game against Clemson.