It’s open season for professional sports in Florida. On Wednesday, Governor Ron DeSantis announced that teams “are welcome here for practicing and for playing” (via Daisy Ruth of WFLA).
“What I would tell commissioners of leagues is, ‘If you have a team in an area where they just won’t let them operate, we’ll find a place for ya in the state of Florida. Because we think it’s important and we know that it can be done safely,’” DeSantis said.
DeSantis’ announcement comes on the heels of a similar one from the state of Arizona. On Wednesday, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey gave major sports leagues the green light to play in his state, effective Saturday. In early May, the NFL asked teams to get plans in place for May 15th, which is this coming Friday. But, earlier today, they extended their virtual OTA protocols through the end of the month.
On June 1st, the Jaguars, Dolphins, and Buccaneers may be permitted to conduct practices, though they won’t be able to have fans in attendance. Teams in states with stay-at-home orders could also explore Florida as an option. But, for at least the next two weeks, they’ll be limited to Zoom chats.
looking forward to having some work to provide for my family
Amen brother!
Feel for you
Thank god we bailed out the billionaires, again.
Ron Desantis is an idiot and will get more people killed out of his sheer idiocy.
I’m afraid your right. Disgusted I voted for him. He’s opening the state for a 2nd wave of the virus and it will be worse this time around.
You are definitely the idiot here. There has been no scientific evidence to support quarantining although there is a ton of evidence that quarantining wrecks the immune system. Y’all are such good little sheep.
All the Scientists and the CDC say it’s dangerous, but DTD_ATL on profotballrumors says they’re all lying. I just don’t know who to believe!
If anyone thinks a couple of months in quarantine is going to ruin your immune system, then you are WEAK.
You have to just laugh at the morons, folks.
Forward thinking. I love it.
These states will leave the laggards in the economic dust, and everything will be done in a safe manner. Nothing more you can ask.
Or their cases and deaths will rise. It’ll be interesting to see how you can play football ‘in a safe manner’ especially when Dr. Fauci says that football offers ‘the perfect setup for spreading’.
The fact that you believe Fauci, the guy who has yet to be right about anything, shows just how blind you and others like you are.
Name 1 thing Fauci has been right about so far? Just because this guy is a rich government spokesman he gets a pass even when he is never right. He is the Cleveland Browns of infectious disease spokesmen
This is NOT what forward thinking is.
JFC.
48 left
48 is incorrect. Some states are governed intelligently.
U clowns who hate Gov Desantis are probably lib Dem socialist, if u look at what the socialist gov of New York , he got 5,000 seniors killed , why don’t u go hug a teddy bear or find u safe place for sissies , let’s play ball
Time to change ur tampon, for u guys , who probably sit down when u pee, that’s right panty wastes I’m a big time Trump Supporter, GOD BLESS AMERICA
MAGA!!
I hope you and your family do not get Covid-19, but maybe you deserve a little herpes.
MAGA. A President with a pair.
This guy supports a used car reality TV salesman. Thanks for sharing.
DeSantis is an absolute moron. Global warming will never sink Florida because this clown will burn it to the ground first.
How exactly will 106 players, plus coaches, etc… safely gather for a game? They can’t.
The same way people who have been working through all of this have survived. Less than 1% have died, many not even from the virus but from other issues. It’s highly contagious with a miniscule death rate. It’s also terrible for your immune system to be quarantined. Why can’t people understand this?
Why do we need all of these book learnin’, highly educated doctors when we could just ask you?
Anything the state of Florida accepts as a great idea is bound to be a disaster.
Listen if u have underlying issues STAY HOME!!! , I wanna go to my fav restaurant and have a nice dinner , cold beer and watch a sporting event. The places I go to are going take ur temp and use all proper procedures to make sure all is well, so if ur a pansy go to the bathroom and flush yourself, remember the Dem socialists want this to continue because they don’t like TRUMP. Best economy in 50 years and he loves his country as I do maybe you want early dementia Biden as your president let’s get back to normal and play ball
Hey cross eyed lemon u need to squeezed like lemon , ur an idiot, he’s taken care of the elderly better that any Governor
This is great news.
No one knows where the new infections go from here.
But most agree a depression is likely if we dont reopen.
We shut down for 2 months.
It’s time to try a cautious reopening.