CLAY: Some news, by the way, out there that is a little bit crazy and continues to get more and more absurd. If you are a Texas A&M fan, Texas A&M has had to cancel their bowl game, their Gator Bowl against Wake Forest because of covid issues.

During one of the commercial breaks here I was on the phone talking with some people in the world of sports, and they were saying: Look. Omicron is leading so many of our vaccinated players to test positive now that it’s gonna be really difficult to have college and pro seasons as we currently do based on the sheer number of positive cases that are emerging even for people who are double vaccinated and even for people who have boosters. And the discussion that I had was we just have to get back to normalcy.

This is not going to go away. And most of these people are either asymptomatic or very minimal symptoms at most. And if you actually look at what’s going on right now, this is going to continue to be a larger and larger issue going forward.

In fact, the good question that we got from one of our VIPs, John, he said, “Given the expansion of vax mandates, passports, masking, etc., what do you think happens to the Super Bowl in California? Bless Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for ensuring the 2021 Super Bowl was played” — remember it was played in Tampa — “with as few obstacles as possible. But how could Governor Hairdo — aka Newsom — screw up the game in February of 2022?” I think it’s a fantastic question.

I think there’s a very real chance if you look at the data and you look at the continued mandates and restrictions that L.A.’s Super Bowl — ’cause that’s where it’s gonna take place in theory in the new stadium that the Rams and the Chargers play in L.A., in Inglewood. That L.A. Super Bowl is going to be in significant doubt. In terms of being able to have a crowd, in terms of being able to have the parties and the normal existence that surrounds the Super Bowl, which is why I started arguing last week, I believe it was, the NFL needs to move the Super Bowl out of L.A., and they need to put it either in Florida, Texas, or maybe flip the Super Bowl in Arizona, if you feel good about the Phoenix area being able to have a normal Super Bowl. ‘Cause next year’s Super Bowl is in Glendale in the Phoenix area.

They could theoretically flip-flop those, give the Super Bowl to Glendale, allow the Phoenix area to have a full crowd and not have to worry about Governor Newsom, Garcetti, all of the imbeciles who are creating covid obstacle after covid obstacle in the state of California from continuing to influence in a negative way so many of the issues that are going on right now. That’s the solution that makes sense as you move it out. I think they’re gonna create a huge mess.

You know if this was in Florida, Ron DeSantis would ensure whether they’re playing in Tampa, Jacksonville, or Miami, that game would take place. And there’d be full crowds and bars and restaurants would be hopping, hotels. Same thing, I believe, with Greg Abbott, if that game were taking placing in Jerryworld in Dallas, if they were playing in Houston, you know it’s gonna happen, you know it’s gonna happen with zero issues attached to it at all.

But in L.A., I just don’t know. I’m scheduled to be out there ’cause I do a sports gambling show, Fox Bet Live — I love to gamble on sports. We do a show for that entire week from the L.A. lot and I’m scheduled to be out there, I’m gonna be doing the radio show from there, too, but I’m not that confident that any sort of normal Super Bowl environment is gonna be taking place out there.

And when you consider that places like New York, Chicago, Boston, L.A., D.C., San Francisco, all those places now have vaccine mandates in order to get into a bar or restaurant, you’re supposed to be wearing a mask now if you go to Rams or Chargers games, supposed to have a vaccinate mandate or a negative test taken within 24 hours, this is gonna be a real mess. I think it’s a smart question that’s being asked. That’s why I said last week that if the NFL were being proactive as opposed to reactive, they would go ahead and move that thing. I don’t think there’s any doubt at all.