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The Lead

Florida Throws Open Its Doors to Pro Sports

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3.72.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 May 2020

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

There’s a race going on to bring back pro sports, and the state of Florida is in the lead. The Sunshine State declared sports to be an essential service earlier this year, and is now recruiting leagues and teams far and wide. The Athletic’s Chris Perkins joins us from Miami to talk about who is pulling the strings behind the scenes in Florida, how people there feel about the possibility of pro sports returning to their cities, and the strange but special place that Florida holds in our national consciousness.

Read Chris Perkins's story about Florida's push to attract pro sports:

https://theathletic.com/1814085/2020/05/14/for-financial-and-other-reasons-florida-pushes-to-lead-americas-sports-restart/?source=theleadpodcast

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0:06.1

Hello, I'm Hannah.

0:08.1

And I'm Sirete.

0:09.1

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0:12.8

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0:16.3

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1:08.0

There's a race to bring back professional sports.

1:10.8

And one state is winning.

1:13.0

Florida, where Governor Rhonda Santis under fire for being so slow to act.

1:18.2

Florida is open to allowing pro sports to be played here and even teams from other...

1:23.3

The Sunshine State, which has declared sports to be an essential business,

1:26.8

has flung its doors wide open to leagues far and wide.

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