The Rush: Hope for MLB return fades while Premier League announces its return
The Premier League announced plans to resume games on June 17, MLB players will refuse owners’ request to give up additional salary beyond the prorated cuts they already agreed to, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are reportedly working on a contract extension reported to be “unlike any other”, and Ice Trae, Kooz, Juju and others blow off some steam while quarantined in today’s installment of The Rona Diaries. PLUS: Bad news if you love Gardner Minshew’s mustache, Ray Finkle may finally kick in Hard Rock Stadium, and how can you sign an invisible contract?
Video Transcript
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JARED QUAY: The good news is we get football back next month. The bad news is, is this guy-- damn.
- Soccer?
JARED QUAY: The Premier League is restarting its season on June 17, exactly 100 days after it shut down. Look, American football is my jam, but I'm happy to hear about any league returning. I need my sports, especially when America's pastime just can't get its [BLEEP] together.
- Here's to baseball.
JARED QUAY: The MLB Players Union is not planning to give up any more salary to start the season, like the owners asked. And everybody has got feelings about it. Agent Scott Boras urged players to not bail the owners out, while Trevor Bauer urged Scott Boras to mind his own damn business. Meanwhile, Max Scherzer is going full Robin Hood, asking to see what's in the owner's wallet.
Listen, baseball. You never recovered from the '94 strike. And if you can't work this out, either--
- You in danger, girl.
JARED QUAY: Meanwhile, it's business as usual for the NFL. Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs are working on a deal that's, quote, "unlike any other." Who knows? Maybe they're going to put it on invisible paper.
- Abracadabra.
JARED QUAY: Gardner Minshew's facial hair is trending. Yo, where's the stache, bro? That's your brand. You can't lose that. That's like James Harden cutting his beard. Keep the stache. And the Miami Dolphins are turning their stadium into a drive-in movie theater. Now you can watch Ray Finkle miss wide left on the field it actually happened on.
- Einhorn is Finkle. Finkle is Einhorn!
JARED QUAY: Basketball and hockey may be back in June--
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--football in September--
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--and baseball might not ever come back.
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And how are the athletes getting ready to return? We got the answer on The Rona Diaries.
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