The Beat of Sports

With conference media days beginning all across the country the unofficial start to college football is here! Austin Lyon sitting in for Marc Daniels runs through his projections for the in state college teams and gives his thoughts on if UCF can continue their run of success.

When the Orlando Magic acquired Markelle Fultz it was widely assumed he'd be the point guard of the future. But then he sat out the rest of the season, then the team announced he would not be playing in the Summer League in Las Vegas. Well during a Summer League broadcast former NBA player Caron Butler talked about how Fultz is completely healthy and that the starting point guard job is his to lose.

The Atlantic League has begun to implement robot umpires when it comes to calling balls and strikes. Now a human umpire is still there in the event that things don't go right. Well during the first game Frank Viola was ejected, and joins the show to talk about that and his thoughts on whether or a robot umpire can succeed.

As part of a Friday afternoon news dump (those never seem to go well) reports came out that the NFL and NFLPA is exploring an expansion to 18 games, but only allowing players to play in 16 games. Mike Tuck talks about how this is a ridiculous idea that is focused solely on revenue for the owners and has nothing to do with players safety.

The biggest story going on at the NBA Summer League has been the play of former UCF Knight and now member of the Boston Celtics is Tacko Fall. Mike O'Donnell joins the show to talk about the play of Fall in Las Vegas and if he has a chance to make a roster. Then he and Marc discuss the Russell Westbrook-Chris Paul trade and what it means for the future of the Oklahoma City Thunder and if they are teetering on the abyss.

Wanting to ride the wave of publicity multiple members of Congress have released statements about getting to the bottom of the wage inequality within sports. Marc talks about how all of these politicians are just pandering because they don't understand the economics of sports and could cause more harm than good.

Equal Pay has been one of the biggest topics of the last few weeks when it comes to the US Women's National Team, and there will be upcoming mediation to avoid a lawsuit but what does any of this mean? Sports Legal Expert Richard Hale joins the show to talk about what the legal process is as the USWNT continues their fight for equal pay.

The victory tour for the US Women's National Team continues as they were honored with a parade in New York City and then jetsetted over to the ESPYs. The question remains of wether the team will go to the White House if they are invited. Marc brings up that if the team is invited they should take it as an opportunity to open dialogue with the Trump Administration.

The UCF Knights came into the season with the quarterback position wide open, Darriel Mack Jr was competing with Brandon Wimbush, Qadry Jones, and Dillon Gabriel but is now out indefinitely with a broken ankle. Gary Parris of the UCF broadcast time joins the show to talk about what this means for the Knights to start the season.

News broke yesterday that UCF QB Darriel Mack Jr suffered a broken ankle and is out indefinitely. Marc talks about how in addition to the quarterback depth being tested this means that other members of offense will need to step up, and although no there is no right time for an injury at least it gives the coaching staff time to plan for the season.