A new week is once again upon us with concerns over the reopening of sports growing by the day.
Currently, Major League Baseball is conducting its “summer camp” in hopes of getting in a 60-game schedule over the next few months, though that process has gone anything but smoothly so far. Long story short, some players are opting out and teams have suspended their practices until the results of Friday’s testing come in — which were delayed due to the holiday weekend. So far overall, MLB’s testing regime has been incomplete and certainly has a ways to go before it reached mid-season form.
In other sports news, Louisville Courier-Journal published an opinion piece this morning explaining the virtues of pushing the college football season back into the spring of 2021. Given the sharp rebound of the virus after the accelerated re-opening, this is very good advice.
Here is the rest of the news from the weekend.
Around the Swamp
- There is no better time than now to expand the College Football Playoff: The fact is, many fans perceive college football to have an egalitarianism problem. And that’s because, largely, it does have an egalitarianism problem.
- Kaiir Elam among ESPN’s second-year college football players to make an impact in 2020: With the departure of C.J. Henderson to the professional ranks, Elam will have an opportunity to shine in his second season with the Gators.
- 2021 four-star running back Byron Cardwell gets an offer from Florida: On Thursday, the staff took a step toward strengthening this group further by offering San Diego, California four-star running back Byron Cardwell.
- All-Time Gators Men’s Basketball Bio: Neal Walk: During his time in Gainesville from 1966-69, Walk set multitudes of team records that still stand, including career rebounds (1,181), points per game (20.8), and rebounds in a single game (31), while also leaving school as the all-time leading scorer.
- All-Time Gators Men’s Basketball Bio: Tony Miller: Miller’s tenure at Florida came just after legendary Neal Walk had left Gainesville in 1969 and the guard from Indiana filled those massive shoes admirably, leading the Gators in scoring all three years he played.
It’s great to be a Florida Gator!
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— Florida Gators (@FloridaGators) July 4, 2020
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