The Beat of Sports

After another disappointing season and now they are losing one of their coaches and best recruiters the Hurricanes are looking at another rebuild but what should fans think is realistic for the team going forward? Is a 9 win season going to be enough for them?

Yesterday an article in The Athletic talked about how there are now several prominent coaches and ADs who have voiced that the College Football Playoff should be expanded to 8 teams. Marc explains that all of this is going to rest on how much money ESPN wants to put up to to make this happen or else another network might need to get involved.

Over the last few years the Olympics has added golf and several X-Games related events like snowboarding but now there has been a push to add axe throwing. James Anderson one of the worlds most renowned axe throwers joins the show to discuss the popularity of the sport and more.

Buddy Collings who covers high school athletics for the Orlando Sentinel joins the show to discuss the transfer rule that is causing so much problems in the state. He and Marc discuss how the FHSAA was the biggest voice for this rule and that it will only get worse as more kids start going to other schools.

The Gary South Shore Railcats an the Independent League team had promotion where a fan would be signed by team to a contract, gets a uniform and throws the first pitch in a game. No, like the actual first pitch to the opposing batter.

Recently comments made by the Tampa Bay Rays ownership is that they want a new stadium built in downtown Tampa but they want the city to pay for everything. Oh and they want to retain all the money the stadium makes. Marc explains that teams love to hold cities hostage to get what they want and will continue to do it.

For a school like UCF the best way for them to get the most exposure joining a Power 5 conference is key. TCU got taken seriously when they joined the Big 12 a few years ago. Marc talks about how no matter if the College Football Playoff expands UCF won't be noticed until they join a bigger conference.

TMZ got footage of Leonard Fournette yelling at a fan in the stands during a recent game. Days later Fournette explains that the fan was shouting racial slurs at him, TJ Yeldon later said he heard the same thing. Marc explains that for this problem to get fixed everyone needs to be involved to get racism out of sports and not let the story go unreported for days.

American Athletic Conference commissioner Mike Aresco recently talked about the plan for a new television deal for the conference including talks about implementing grant of rights. Marc explains why this would be a horrible decision for the conference and how they need to be careful the networks they align with.

Josh Robbins from The Athletic joins the show for his weekly visit to talk about the Magic after they've had a disappointing few games. He and Marc discuss who has been the best defensive player for the team and what the key to success for the team is. They also talk about how the go-to player is for the team when they need a key basket.