 Hi everybody great to have you with us on yes we're here once again Bob Lorenz and Ian Joy with you and Ian one thing we love to do when we do these sometimes we start with breaking news we've got some great news about some leagues starting up again more sports coming about MLS and its players have agreed to a deal to come back on the pitch give us some of the juicy details about that yeah first and foremost it's great to see you Bob I love that smile first thing for me is always a positive thing yeah breaking news out of Major League Soccer the players association just announcing that there has been a deal for the collective bargaining agreement over the next five years and has been extended for a year so it will run to 2026 and it now looks like all the players will be getting back on to the field and it looks like they'll be getting back onto the field quickly within the next three weeks you will see all of the teams traveling to Florida for a miniature tournament so sort of a preseason fitness tournament I think it will all be shown live on television it looks like it's going to take place at the Disney the world of sports I think it's a great idea so happy to hear this getting together with Major League Soccer the players finally having that agreement Bob it just shows us it gives us all hope and the players recognize that Major League Soccer recognizes it the sports needs to come back it's here with just regard to MLS isn't it kind of cool to think of what they're gonna do this tournament it kind of feels like a shootout right a fight to the finish that's exciting for fans I think they will take anything right now the fans they will watch any type of sport whatever they love they want it back so if it is soccer fans out there I think it's a great opportunity for them to see their teams and whatever their players playing an unusual tournament that wasn't quite expected right all of the teams traveled down to Florida put them all up into hotels put them out onto the field for a minute your tournament it's really cool in a way it'll be interesting to see how it plays off with families and what type of situation the players are going to be put into yeah now interesting kind of symmetry the NBA appears on the verge with its players to resuming its season and they're gonna do that at the wide world of sports complex as well in Orlando so you could have two things going on there at once and you wonder first and foremost how that impacts the players if we believe that at least heat can temper some of the coronavirus is going to a place like Orlando Florida where it's gonna be hot and humid will that help them sort of avoid it and stay on the pitch and play these games even though it's been very frustrating for all of us who are connected to sports I'm really impressed that these I guess federations these organizations have taken their time to come up with an idea so this is a well thought out plan I mean they're not just going to Florida for no reason they're going there for multiple reasons they have rule books which the players will have to follow which families will have to follow as you just mentioned there which officials who are officiating the game will have to follow as well I mean awesome to see the NBA talking about this potential having a vote about whether or not it will actually happen is it looks like it's gonna happen in the next 24 hours I think it's really interesting but I'm always intrigued for the players point of view because I was a former player for me I'm thinking about my family first and foremost now I'm starting to get the feeling that we're having this safety net we're okay to come back we can get back training again that's step number one now there's a sign we can get back competing again step number two then we can get back into a regular season hopefully that we have some playoffs as well so the hope is certainly out there Bob and what's interesting about both the MLS and the NBA they would be down there for a period of let's say six to eight weeks that seems from a a quarantine perspective doable for athletes who need to be away from their families and if it's Orlando they'd still be quarantined from their families maybe the families go down there and enjoy a little time at Disney World in the surrounding area well I know me and you would like a little trip down to Florida at some point huh why not I mean Florida seems like the place to be right now yeah I think it's pretty good Bob I mean the families obviously recognize this is in an unknown territory for their players their husbands or or obviously wives because obviously we hope that the the women's games come back as well soon and for me personally I think again I go back to it having a pre-season camp a spring training camp whatever it is a fitness camp you're always three or four five six seven weeks away from your family anyway you don't get to see your family for such a long period of time so I recognize that that might be the case again for so many athletes out there and I think they would be totally fine with that but what I will say is there will be a lot of rules and regulations that these players are going to have to stick by and that includes being close to their families I mean what are their families allowed to do if families are going to be near them in Florida Bob they're going to have to stick by these regulations as well but you talk about the rules and regulations you know one of the safeguards I think that's going to be built into a lot of this for every league is if a player has to break away and be with his family they're going to build those sorts of things in and I think that's important to say that well there's no way you're seeing your family for x number of days or months they're going to be respectful of that as well I can guarantee you that most athletes people who work in the media like myself and you our wives are fed up with us they want us out of there for like two or three months they'll be happy to get rid of us for two or three months I mean I think there's going to be obviously an an interesting idea from the media as well how are we going to cover these events that's what intrigues me but I'm just so happy that the rumors are there we're still waiting for all to be official of course but the rumors are out there the feeling is starting to come back into our bones that sports is coming back and it's coming back in a big way and we've talked about this too all of these leagues that are starting or about to restart they all can learn from each other and I think what's interesting is what might happen with major league baseball if and when they restart they're going to be having to play in a certain area and be quarantined for a longer period of time potentially so maybe that's part of the challenge for major league baseball and again rotating players in and out is they're not down in Orlando for six or eight weeks they're going to be playing probably for five months that's a big difference to me but I'm sure major league baseball and the players association is taking a good look at that well there's no doubt that they're taking a big look at that as well not only can they learn from what will happen when athletes do come back from soccer or if it is basketball I think they will be learning from their training regimes the protocols put into place for games as well but also for how these organizations have dealt with salaries and and trying to get an agreement in place so that the sport does come back because there's a lot of give and take right now between sports I mean to make this deal happen for major league soccer it took so much it took a long time for the owners to get together and agree and for the players association to accept I mean for both of them to have that agreements in place it takes a lot of power it takes a lot of thinking and I think overall the big picture is so important right now people need sports Bob me and you we're fans first before we work in the media we need our sports we want to sports buy all right well let's keep riding this wave of good vibrations beach boys feel free to listen to it bring it up on your your Spotify or something anyway the good vibrations in the wave ride over to Europe and we've got La Liga in Spain starting up June 11th we've got the Premier League back June 17th we've got Italy series a coming back as well so all of these teams have done the things to get in place and again this tidal wave of of good feelings really carries over to soccer in Europe and that's going to satisfy a lot of fans oh so much I mean they have also learned from what the German League did do I mean the German League being the first big European soccer league to come back and they've already been back in action for three weeks Bob and it's been very very impressive the idea they put in place the protocols the regulations were all followed the discipline that was followed tremendous respect for everyone involved and I think you're starting to see the leagues you just mentioned there in Italy and Spain and in England all learning from the good and the bad that what happened in Germany and now they're putting their own idea into place and we are starting to see it come back I mean of course the European soccer season's coming to an end right now so they they have the advantage they only have maybe two months left to play here in USA we want our sports to be going for the rest of this year and we're going to be absolutely romped with sports between now and the end of this year I can't wait Bob I'm so excited yeah and the great thing too about what's happening over there is again these leagues the Premier League at the end the League it is going to be more of a shootout and that will be exciting for fans and even in Italy with all the coronavirus problems they've had they're considering and I'm not saying they're doing it having at least some fans in the stands so that would be sort of another step to see hey does that work for stadiums yeah and Italy as you just mentioned there they're starting to ease off with the regulations about visitors coming into the country no longer having to go through a 14 day quarantine to just enter the country so that's huge as well because it's not just about Italians watching their own soccer it's about the outside public wanting to travel into Italy for vacation for business for whatever it may be so I think we're starting to get that positive feeling that life is getting slowly back to normal still a long way to go but when you see sports coming back it's very hopeful for everybody everyone can't wait I think we're all excited to get back into it and I think now we're starting to see the light is really there at the end of the tunnel all right let's keep riding this wave of good feelings and good vibrations Ian good to see you buddy see you next time always a pleasure