Coronavirus: Everything MLB, NFL, NBA, and NCAA March Madness (3/12)

Nothing Personal with David Samson

David Samson

Sports, Business, Baseball

4.7 • 3.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2020

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Today's show is a special one - we've got you covered on everything coronavirus. Let's start from the beginning, where Rudy Gobert testing positive forced the NBA to suspend the season (0:12). Gary Parrish joins the show to talk all things NCAA (Duke, March Madness, Big East BS) (10:33). Dennis Dodd joins the show for his thoughts on what will happen with the NCAA tournament (17:02). Will Middlebrooks joins the show on the player perspective of the MLB and Spring Training (24:30). I have some thoughts about Mark Cuban and the economic impact of what's to come (34:50). Jamie Eisenberg joins the show to talk NFL and what will happen to Tom Brady now (44:40). --------------------------- 'Nothing Personal with David Samson' is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, Castbox, Bullhorn and wherever else you listen to podcasts. Follow David on Twitter: @DavidPSamson To watch David on CBS Sports HQ visit https://www.cbssports.com/live/ To hear more from the CBS Sports Podcast Network, visit https://www.cbssports.com/podcasts/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm coming to you from the studios of CBS Sports HQ in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where
0:17.6	every minute of every hour of today has been different breaking news.
0:22.6	This is where the intersection of sports and life happens in a way that none of us wants.
0:28.4	We want normalcy.
0:29.7	We prayed for normalcy.
0:31.6	We hope that the day would not come when all sports ceased and today has been that day.
0:38.7	It all started last night.
0:41.3	Everything was going perfectly normally and at approximately 9.37 pm Eastern time, word
0:47.8	came out that a player in the NBA named Rudy Gobert had tested positively for COVID-19,
0:56.1	the coronavirus.
0:58.3	That is what we had talked about here at HQ and on Nothing Personal.
1:02.0	Day after day, we said, listen, everything's going to be fine, but the minute one player
1:08.0	gets it, that is when all games will have to stop.
1:12.9	It took the NBA four minutes, unprecedented.
1:17.5	In four minutes, the NBA said we are suspending the league now immediately.
1:25.3	Remember the NBA had said previously, we may play games with no fans.
1:30.4	We knew that in Golden State, the Warriors were going to play with no fans.
1:34.4	We knew the Washington Wizards were told to play with no fans, but said no, we're going
1:38.9	to play in front of fans.
1:40.7	It was fractured.
1:42.2	Owners didn't know what to do.
1:44.0	Players were uncomfortable to speak up.
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