STORMY AND HOT IN THE AFTERNOON
NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
REALLY NO CHANGE EXCEPT FOR
INCREASING RAIN CHANCES BY
SUNDAY.
BACK TO YOU.
ALL NEW AT 5 P.M., SLOWLY
BUT SURELY SPORTS ARE MAKING A
COMEBACK.
THEY WILL ALL THE VERY
DIFFERENT.
BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC.
TODAY HIS OF SOUTH FLORIDA
TEAMS CAME TOGETHER TO DISCUSS
THEIR RETURN.
IN THE RECENT SPIKE IN CASES.
JIM BERRY IN THE NEWSROOM WILL
WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY.
THE HEAT, THE MARLINS AND
THE OTHERS ARE ALL ABOUT THE
WALK ON A SLIPPERY SLOPE.
NO ONE KNOWS IF THE EXPERIMENT
WOULD GET TOO FAR.
BUT ALL THREE TEENS ARE ABOUT
TO GIVE IT A SHOT.
AMIDST THE CLOUD OF PINK DUST
AND UNBRIDLED ENTHUSIASM,
PLAYERS GET A ROUSING SENDOFF
FROM FT.
LAUDERDALE.
AFTER THREE MOTIONS NOW,
EXPENSE AND MLS TEAM IS READY
TO KICKSTART ITS INAUGURAL
SEASON AGAIN AT A WORLD CUP
STYLE SOCCER TOURNAMENT IN
ORLANDO.
WE ARE EXCITED TO GET INTO
ORLANDO AND TO COMPETE AGAIN.
PAUL McDONOUGH SAYS THE TEAM
FEELS THE BUBBLE ENVIRONMENT
WILL BE SAFE.
Reporter: NEVERTHELESS HE
SAYS THE TEAM WILL MAINTAIN
STRICT SAFETY BOAT PROTOCOL
THAT'S BEEN ON SINCE RESUMING
WORKOUTS THREE WEEKS AGO.
ANYTHING THAT LOOKS FUNNY,
WE WOULD SET A GUY DOWN.
THE GUYS, WHEN THEY ARRIVE
TONIGHT, GO INTO ISOLATION.
THEY WILL BE TESTED AND HAVE TO
STAY IN ISOLATION UNTIL WE GET
THE RESULTS BACK.
AND THEN THEY WILL BE
FREQUENTLY TESTED.
Reporter: MEANWHILE THE
MARLINS WILL BE BACK ON THE
DIAMOND FRIDAY.
GEARING UP FOR BASEBALL'S
ABBREVIATED 60 GAME SEASON THAT
IS DUE TO BEGIN IN ABOUT A MONTH
.
OUR WORKOUTS WILL BE
STAGGERED SO WE WILL HAVE
SMALLER GROUPS.
BUT THE MAIN THING WE WILL BE
DOING IS TRYING TO GET THEM IN
GAME MODE RIGHT AWAY.
Reporter: UNLIKE OTHER
SPORTS, MAJORLY PARTIES WILL
NOT BE CONFINED TO A BUBBLE AND
WAS STILL TRAVEL TO TEAMS IN
OTHER CITIES.
THAT COULD MAKE STICKING TO THE
RULES MUCH TOUGHER.
IS GOING TO FEEL LIKE A
BUBBLE.
EVERYTHING IS GOING TO BE THERE.
IT IS WHEN YOU GET AWAY FROM
THAT AND YOU GET, YOU KNOW
YOU'RE GOING A LITTLE STIR
CRAZY, THOSE ARE THE TIMES THAT
WE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO BE
DISCIPLINED FOR THE GOOD OF
EVERYONE.
MLB CAN'T REALLY SEE WHAT
YOU ARE DOING OUTSIDE THE
BALLPARK.
Reporter: THE HEAT WILL
STILL BE IN THEIR OWN PRECARIOUS
MOBILE IN ORLANDO.
COVID-19 DOES NOT DERAIL THE
MBA EFFORT AT RESUMING THE
SEASON THAT SHUT DOWN IN MARCH.
THERE IS NO EXPERIENCE IS
THAT WE CAN LOOK BACK ON AND SAY
THIS IS THE PLAN.
IT IS TRULY COMPLEX.
WE NEED TO ADJUST.
EVERYBODY NEEDS TO ADJUST.
IT'S ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT
YOU HAVE TO DO.
Reporter: ALL THREE TEENS
KNOW THEY WILL BE PLAYING FRONT
OF NO FANS.
STILL HAVING SOMETHING TO WATCH
FROM AFAR WILL BE THERAPEUTIC.
IT WILL BE GOOD FOR OUR
COUNTRY AND OUR TEAMS ITSELF
ORDER.
Reporter: WHO KNOWS, IN A
SHORT SEASON THE MARLINS COULD
GET HOT.
IN THE HEAT MIGHT FIND AN
ADVANTAGE.
WE CAN'T WAIT.
IT'S THE FIRST GAME THAT'S
GONNA BE AGAINST OUR MAIN RIVAL.
THOSE COMPETITIVE JUICES
ALREADY FLOWING AMONGST THE
FANS.
SOME OTHER FANS AND OTHER
CITIES HAVE OPTED OUT OF
RETURNING TO ACTION.
BUT SO NO LOCAL TEAMS HAVE MADE
THAT CHOICE.
THEY KNOW IT WON'T BE THE SAME
BEFORE THE TIME BEING THEY
DECIDED IT IS WORTH IT.
CBS FOR SPORTS.
NOW FOR SOME FOOTBALL NEWS.
WE HAVE THIS JUST IN.
THE NFL HAS JUST ANNOUNCED IT
IS SHORTENING THE 2020
PRESEASON SCHEDULE DUE TO THE
CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC.
LEE HAS REPORTEDLY CANCELED
WEEKS ONE AND FOUR OF ITS
ORIGINAL PLAN.
MOST PLAYERS WILL NOT START
REPORTING TO TRAINING CAMP ON