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Let's get this party started. You're listening to Fox Sports Radio. We've talked a lot about all the challenges certainly that COVID has brought on the world of sports and there's no doubt that sports I believe have done an incredible job finding out a way to play and we talked about high school football all other high school sports as well.

But high school football college football in the NFL have managed to play without a single serious hospitalization or death related to COVID both players and coaches.

It's an incredible accomplishment. The NFL on Sunday finished off their entire schedule on time zero issues from a health perspective in the entire league.

Same thing happened with college football back in January last month and for those of you who were able to play high school sports this fall which I think should have been everybody.

Everybody should be back in school sports should be a big part of that data and science are straightforward in their clear every public school in America should be open period and what's frustrating to me as someone who has a big platform in fact the biggest platform to talk to people in the entire nation.

In sports talk radio in the morning nobody is being listened to more than we are one of the reasons why our platform has grown so much is because of all of you out there being like thank you finally somebody sharing actual facts.

And I know there's this argument about science and everything else science is clear every public school in America should be open period every kid should be able to play sports period.

It's frustrating to me as a kid who went K through 12 public school in this country that there are a lot of you out there listening to me right now who either you're high school kid yourself or you were not able to have your kids or your grandkids play high school sports because your leaders failed you.

They didn't look at the data they didn't make rational decisions there are massive number of kids we can pick random states California New York Virginia out there Michigan where kids have missed the ability to play sports because of disastrous decisions Illinois being made by different local politicians in those states that's a fact.

And anybody out there who is looking at the data it should be transparent and clear as the CDC director just said for Joe Biden's administration and also as.

The pediatricians have said kids should be in school they should be in school everywhere that's what the science says okay that is straightforward that is transparent there is no controversy whatsoever alright so.

As we break down this in a larger context I think we need to consider a couple of different aspects here in the world of sports that are fascinating I got a theory for you everybody starting to pivot now this is when it happens your attention to college basketball so far in the ranks of major college sports and in pro sports Tampa Bay lightning one in the NHL they're the best team.

The Tampa Bay Buckeneers and the Kansas City chiefs met in the Super Bowl the box have Tom Brady who's maybe the best leader at the quarterback position ever and they have Patrick my homes with the chiefs the chiefs are the best team the two best teams arguably in the NFL with the best leaders at the quarterback position ended up meeting and playing for the championship and Tom Brady's team one.

In the in basketball best leader on any team I believe in basketball right now LeBron James the Lakers they won their title in a covid era.

In college football best leader in all of college football is Nick Sainton and it's no great surprise that Alabama not only one but was absolutely dominant throughout the course of the entire season they weren't really ever challenged.

Save maybe a first half against against Georgia and maybe a first half against Ole Miss otherwise Alabama just absolutely dominated all season long okay I raised that as an issue just think about it Tampa Bay the lightning I should mention the Dodgers as well the best team in major league baseball one.

We thought when the season began in this covid era hey there may be some whacking us that happens we may have champions that we never anticipated that rise up and win titles instead by and large we have had almost all of the favorites of the best teams of the teams with the best leaders.

The favorites have dominated on a level we never have really seen in sports before the team that everybody expects to win the championship has ended up winning the championship almost across the board why is that.

I think it is because discipline matters more and leadership matters more in a covid era than it ever has before and the teams that are the most disciplined and have the best leadership.

Have ended up dominating and winning championships interesting the teams that are traditionally dominant in college basketball however that has not necessarily been the case.

And so this is worth thinking about why would that be the case let's use Kentucky basketball as an example john caliperi has consistently won at an incredibly high level with Kentucky basketball.

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