The Rush: Is Trump’s call for the NFL to start on time just fantasy?
When is sports returning to America? Donald Trump appointed a commission of sports commissioners to figure it out, Mike Pence attempted to quell the fears of the College Football Playoff Committee as they stand to lose upwards of $4 billion if the football season is canceled, Los Angeles mayor Eric Garcetti said “it would be difficult to imagine” sporting events in his city until next year and Dr. Anthony Fauci thinks that even if sports were to come back, it would be without fans in attendance. PLUS, Odell Beckham Jr. invents a new sport in quarantine while trade rumors swirl around him and Bill Belichick celebrates a birthday.
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- We'll show you Baker's new jersey a little later. But first, we've got to ask, is he even going to be able to wear that in 2020. Turns out there's a lot of different answers to that question. Depends on who you talk to. I mean, if you ask the president, sports are coming back, and coming back soon.
- We have to get our sports back. I'm tired of watching baseball games that are 14 years old.
- He appointed a commission of commissioners, which is kind of like the Avengers, but all them old white men.
- Avengers assemble.
- In total, the NFL should start on time. Then there's Mike Pence, the current vice president, who got on a call with the college football playoff committee yesterday. And even though colleges could stand to lose up to $4 billion if the football season is canceled, he offered them no promises. And that's an even more optimistic answer than the one L.A. mayor, Eric Garcetti gave.
- Your office said this pandemic could stop large gatherings, like concerts and sporting events, until 2021. Is that, in fact, the case?
- It's difficult to imagine us getting together in the thousands anytime soon.
- That means no sports, no concerts, not even popping barbecues. Nothing until next year. And according to doctor Fauci, even if they do come back before then, it ain't going to be the same.
ANTHONY FAUCI: Nobody comes to the stadium. Put them in big hotels, keep them very well surveilled. Have them tested like every week.
- In other words, going to an NFL game could look pretty different next year. And no, I'm not talking about the new uniforms the Brown unveiled yesterday. Definitely not. I mean, is that the same jersey? But I am talking about Cleveland. Yesterday morning, Twitter was convinced OBJ was traded and headed to the Vikings.
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- Talk about stank.
- It wasn't true, but a lot of teams are convinced he's on the trading block. But none of it's getting to OBJ. If he's getting traded anywhere, it might be to a new sport. That is crazy. What is that, footsketball?
I know a team that could use a receiver and a quarterback. And today, that team's head coach just turned 68.
- What are you talking about?
- None other than Patriots' head coach Bill Belichick. And if he's 68, that hoodie got to be at least 40. I mean, I bet that might be the oldest hoodie in America. Hoodies weren't even invented until like, '77. I mean, well, let me see. There were starters jackets, and then they got hoodies.
But he did the sleeve off hoodie, which is kind of like a vest hoodie. And I mean, I don't know. Patriots ain't even been around that long. You know what? Y'all go to credits. We're gonna figure this out. I got to Google when hoodies were invented because Bill Belichick got a old hoodie.
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