>> WELCOME BACK TO BETWEEN
BELLS SPORTS FANS WERE
DELIGHTED TO SEE FOOTBALL
RETURN TO THEIR
TV SCREEN AND AFTER MONTHS OF
UNCERTAINTY CAUSED BY THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC BUT
NOW COVID CONCERNS ARE ONCE
AGAIN THREATENING THE INTEGRITY
OF BOTH THE COLLEGE AND PRO
FOOTBALL SEASONS. JOINING US
NOW TO DISCUSS IS MARK HARMON,
HE'S A FAN SIDE STUDIO HOST
MARK AND GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH
US TODAY, SO WE DEVELOPMENTS
HERE BUT LET'S START WITH THE
END. WELL WE LEARNED JUST THIS
MORNING. THE ATLANTA FALCONS
SHUT DOWN THEIR PRACTICE
FACILITY F THEREFORE PEOPLE
TESTED POSITIVE. THIS COMES
AFTER OPERATES AFFECTING THE
TITANS AND THE PATRIOTS, THOSE
OFF FORCE SCHEDULE CHANGES.
DO YOU THINK THE NFL CAN
SURVIVE ALL OF THE SCHEDULING
CHAOS.
>> ALL THEY'RE GOING TO SURVIVE
NOR ONE WAY OR THE OTHER I
CAN'T IMAGINE THAT THE NFL
SEASON WILL EVER
BE CANCELED, BUT LOOK
IT'S THE WILD WEST RIGHT NOW
WHAT TEAM IS GOING TO TEST
POSITIVE THIS WEEK THIS WEEK IT
HAPPENS TO BE
THE FALCONS WITH A REPORTED 4
TESTS AND THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO
PLAY MINNESOTA. THIS WEEK DO
THEY PLAY THE GAME I WOULD
GUESS PROBABLY NOT SO YOU KNOW
WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE I MEAN
LOOK AT THIS IS A
TURNING INTO THE RALLYING FOR
SOME PLAYERS AROUND THE NFL
TENNESSEE WAS ALL EMBOLDENED
AFTER COMING BACK FINALLY TO
PLAY AFTER 20 TESTED POSITIVE
THERE AND THEN WINNING ON
TUESDAY NIGHT
AGAINST BUCK ALSO THIS THE
SEASON'S GOING TO KEEP GOING ON
WAY TOO MUCH MONEY AT STAKE
HERE AT SOME POINT WE
MAY HAVE SOME TEAMS NOT BEING
ABLE TO PLAY THE OF THEIR
ENTIRE SCHEDULE BE
MY GUESS.
>> YEAH MARK YOU SAID IT'S LIKE
THE WILD WEST WHICH I THINK IS
AN APT WAY TO DESCRIBE WHAT'S
GOING ON THE NFL HAS ALL
ALREADY ENACTED OR AT LEAST
ANNOUNCED A
LOT OF HARSH PUNISH PUNISHMENT
FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT
FOLLOWING COVID PROTOCOLS.
BUT DO YOU THINK EVEN HARSHER
PUNISHMENT AND ARE NECESSARY
EVEN PERHAPS CONSIDERING A
BUBBLE SYSTEM WHICH WE SAW WAS
SO EFFECTIVE THE NBA, WHAT CAN
THE NFL DO AT THIS POINT TO
CHANGE COURSE HERE.
>> WELL I DO THINK THAT THAT
SHOULD BE ON THE TABLE NORA AT
THE BARE BUBBLE FOR THE
PLAYOFFS THOSE WHO ACTUALLY
MAKE IT THAT FOR A LONG THE
PLAYOFFS WILL
TAKE PLACE IN X LOCATION OR
MAYBE X Y AND Z SIMILAR HOW
BASEBALL IS DOING IT AND THEN
MAYBE YOU HAVE
YOUR FINAL FOR THE SUPER BOWL
IN ONE LOCATION I'M NOT EXACTLY
SURE, BUT ALL THAT SHOULD BE ON
THE TABLE RIGHT NOW FOR THE NFL
BECAUSE IT'S ONE THING TO GET
THROUGH
THE SEASON BUT THEN IF YOU HAVE
A POSITIVE TEST COMING IN THE
PLAYOFFS AND WHAT DO YOU DO AT
THAT POINT THAT YOU REALLY HAVE
NO ROOM FOR ERROR THERE SO I
WOULD THINK
THE NFL WOULD BE INCREDIBLY
PROACTIVE IN FIGURING OUT WHAT
THIS IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE COME
PLAYOFF
TIME WHERE LET'S BE HONEST.
WE DON'T KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING
TO BE
SO THAT'S I THINK THEY HAVE TO
LOGICALLY BE THINKING ABOUT.
>> WELL MARK ESPECIALLY SINCE
WE DO HAVE EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE
OF THE SUCCESS OF A BUBBLE
SYSTEM WITH THE NBA RIGHT NOW
LIKE WE DO
THINK IT IS THAT THEY ACTUALLY
IMPLEMENT THIS THE NFL FOR THE
PLAYOFFS, HOW LIKELY IS IT DO
YOU THINK.
>> IT'S A GREAT QUESTION OR
BECAUSE
YOU ARE HAVING A BUNCH OF NFL
TEAMS WITH FANS IN THE STANDS.
SO THERE IS MONEY THERE THE
TEAMS
ARE RECOUPING AND THEY'RE GOING
TO TRY TO MAKE AS MUCH DOLLARS
AS IN 2020 LIKE THEY WOULD NICE
ANY YEARS SO I TO ME IT FEELS
LIKE A
5050 RIGHT NOW, MAYBE THEY JUST
ROLLED OR ROLL THE DICE ALL THE
WAY THROUGH. BUT.
I I
GUESS IF I HAD TO BET I WOULD
PROBABLY SAY THAT THEY WILL AT
SOME POINT CREATE THE QUOTE
UNQUOTE PLAYOFF BUBBLE, BUT IT
FEELS LIKE IT COULD GO EITHER
WHICH WAY.
>> SPEAKING OF BETTING, LET'S
TALK A LITTLE DRAFTKINGS THEY
INKED A DEAL WITH TURNER SPORTS
OF COURSE.
HIGHLIGHTING STATISTICS HAVING
THEIR BRANDING ACROSS DIFFERENT
SPORTS MAJOR LEAGUE BASE OTHER
SPORTS INCLUDED. WHAT DO YOU
THINK THIS MEANS FOR THE SPORTS
BETTING INDUSTRY OVERALL AND IS
THIS A GOOD MOVE FOR
DRAFTKINGS.
>> SO THERE'S OPPORTUNITY OUT
THERE SOMEBODY IS BEING REAL
SHREWDER NORA AND
I WOULD TRUST THE HOOP AND
DRAFTKINGS WHO HAVE BEEN
INCREDIBLY SUCCESSFUL TO THIS
DO THEIR BEST I DON'T THE WORD
IS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE
SITUATION BUT TO CREATE
SOMETHING THAT WILL KEEP
BETTORS INTERESTS HIGHLY
DURING WHAT AGAIN IS YOU ALWAYS
YOU KNOW GAMBLERS ARE ALWAYS
LOOKING FOR OPPORTUNITY AND I
WOULD THINK THAT WOULD CHANGE
IT ALL ESPECIALLY NOW AND MAYBE
THERE'S EVEN MORE OPPORTUNITY
RIGHT NOW, BUT CERTAINLY
EVERYBODY IS NOT THAT IT'S
SUPER DIFFERENT TO THE GAMBLER,
BUT THAT EVERYONE IS
KIND OF SUBMIT HOME AND LOOKING
FOR WAYS TO ENTERTAIN
THEMSELVES AND MAKING SOME
MONEY IS ALWAYS A GOOD BET
AND GET SOMEBODYS INTEREST IT
PEAKED AT ANY POINT IN TIME.
>> MARK BEFORE WE LET YOU GO I
DON'T ASK YOU ABOUT COLLEGE
SPORTS. WE LEARNED FROM THE NC
DOUBLE A THAT THEY'RE ADDING AN
EXTRA YEAR OF ELIGIBILITY FOR
WINTER SPORT ATHLETES BASICALLY
TO MAKE UP FOR LOST TIME DUE TO
THE PANDEMIC WHAT DO YOU MAKE
OF THIS DECISION BY THE NC
DOUBLE A AND WHAT DOES THIS
MEAN FOR STUDENT ATHLETES.
>> CLEARLY THE RIGHT THING TO
DO IN ORDER. YOU'VE GOT SOME
ATHLETES
WHO ARE CONSIDERING REDSHIRTING
BECAUSE THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT'S
GOING TO GO ON SO YOU WANT TO
GIVE SECURITY TO THEM, HEY YOU
DON'T NEED A RED SHIRT.
THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE
PANDEMIC YOU'LL KEEP
THAT ELIGIBILITY. NOW THERE ARE
SITUATIONS WHERE LET'S SAY
YOU'VE GOT SENIORS, RIGHT AND
COACHES ARE READY FOR
SOME OF THESE PLAYERS TO MOVE
ON TO LEAD THE
SCHOLARSHIPS OPEN. NOW MAYBE
PLAYERS ARE GOING TO COME BACK
AND PLAY AGAIN SO SOME COACHES
MIGHT I DON'T KNOW, I'VE GOT TO
KEEP THIS GUY OR OR THIS WOMAN
FOR
ANOTHER YEAR,
TO ME THAT'S REALLY NOT A BIG
DEAL BUT I'M SURE IT'S BEING
LOOKED AT ON ALL OF THIS STUFF
I DID SO IT WAS THE RIGHT THING
I
DO TOO. BUT THERE YOU KNOW HAS
A VARIABLE I THINK THAT A LOT
OF COACHES AND OF COURSE
STUDENTS HAVEN'T CONSIDERED BY
THE STUDENTS AND GREAT I GET TO
THE UH COLLEGE FOR ANOTHER YEAR
AND PLAY MORE SPORTS THUMBS UP
I'M IN THAT'S THE ONLY ONLY THE
RIGHT THING TO DO AND LOOK
I WAS A STUDENT I D I'