Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis – an avid sports fan and former Yale baseball captain – is trying to persuade athletic conferences to continue college football despite the Covid-19 outbreak
The Republican governor, an avid sports fan and former Yale baseball captain, held a briefing at Florida State University’s practice facility to send the message that Florida is carrying on with Division I football. An abbreviated season would better than nothing, DeSantis said, leaving open the possibility of restructuring schedules for teams willing to compete with Florida schools.
DeSantis pitched Florida to professional teams back in May, after sports were given "essential services” status. Throughout the pandemic, he has been adamant about life carrying on in Florida, a position that helped the state secure the revamped NBA season at Walt Disney World outside of Orlando.Florida on Tuesday reported 5,831 new Covid-19 cases and 276 deaths, the highest one-day total of the outbreak thus far, according to. The positivity rate for new cases was 10.
With FSU’s first football game scheduled a month from Wednesday, Thrasher said he wanted to ensure that NCAA conferences knew the university has every intention of carrying out the season.
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