Major sports leagues will be permitted to resume play in Arizona, effective this Saturday, Governor Doug Ducey announced (Twitter link via Anne Ryman of the Arizona Republic). In the short-term, this may bode well for baseball in 2020. If all goes well in Arizona, the NFL could lean heavily on the state as it gears up for its own 2020 season. 
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“We have had discussions with leaders of some of these leagues and they all know they are welcome to operate, play and perform in the state of Arizona,” Ducey declared (via 98.7FM).
Earlier today, we learned that several NFL teams are exploring out-of-state options for training camp. The Rams, Chargers, 49ers, and Cowboys all have their camps in California; they’re probably all mulling new plans after Los Angeles County announced that stay-at-home orders will extend for at least another three months.
As our own Sam Robinson noted earlier today, clubs have more players on hand than ever during training camp. With 90-man rosters to go along with dozens of coaches, execs, and other personnel, teams in hotspot states may have a tough time moving ahead as planned in August. Meanwhile, “Arizona has hospital capacity, and Arizona is prepared” to deal with the impact of a gradual re-opening, Ducey says (Twitter link).
a chance for the CFL!
Great time to invest in coffin manufacturing in Arizona.
the virus can’t live where is hot bro.
That’s just…not true. we’ve known that to be wrong for months now.
It was 90 degrees for about a week in DFW and it’s still prevalent.
The light has to be inside the body….bend over & spread ‘em!
Go ask Brazil about heat and corona.
It’s ignorant comments like this that scare the hell out of me.
I live in Florida, we have had 24 days of 90+ temps since this started yet we have had 42,000 cases, 9th in the country.
That’s a blatant lie and you know it.
Good time for you to invest some time in reading scientific data: link to medrxiv.org
Coffin investments are best in states still locked down: Check out this article from USA TODAY:
‘Deaths of despair’: Coronavirus pandemic could push suicide, drug deaths as high as 150k, study says
link to usatoday.com
I seriously doubt that 1 professional athlete ever dies from this virus.
God Bless Arizona!!!!
yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
“Arizona has hospital capacity, and Arizona is prepared”
And if we aren’t as prepared as we thought, we also have some lovely cemeteries.
And all asphalt driveways double as crematoriums! Extremely cheap and accessible! Rather public though…
Sure, training camps during the summer in Arizona. What’s a little heat?
Everyone will just sit around in air conditioned rooms watching 3:10 to Yuma.
Original or remake?
Original. Russell Crowe can suck it!!
Original had Frankie Laine singing the title track so it won the competition right there.