Anchor Drop, October 7, 2020: The controversy of empty stands

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All right, so... let’s talk about the prospect of fans in the stands. Adam Sparks and Mike Organ discussed the subject on the latest edition of the Breaking Down the Dores podcast yesterday, and since as far as we know the stands for Saturday’s home game against South Carolina will be as empty as they were last weekend... well, let’s have that talk.

At a very basic level, probably no one should have fans in the stands at the moment. MLB hasn’t had fans in attendance all season, neither has the NBA, and only a handful of NFL teams do. As somebody who’s been watching MLB games with cardboard cutouts in the…