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Seasons going? >> reporter: theres a chance of that, but a very small one. if anything, it would be something that would -- if it went on for a couple of weeks maybe you could help the academies with one game, particularly air force, but for the most part the academies are on their own. they dont get financial help, then their season is probably over. >> mike freeman, thank you so much. >> still ahead on "the lead," the uk had ian fleming and james bond, the u.s. had tom clancy and jack ryan. cl...

That important compared to life or death issues and health issues. >> reporter: right. >> why is it so important to these young men and i guess women as well in terms of people supporting the teams? >> reporter: well, one is financial. theres mms of dollars at stake with some of these games. thats not a lot of -- thats a lot of money to a lot of these guys. and so the financial part of it. but years ago i talked to roger staubach, whos a very famous football player, played for the dallas cowboys...

Writer mike freeman. thanks for being here. what kind of reaction are you hearing from the teams and their coaches about the games possibly being cancelled? >> in general, this is great disappointment, almost sadness. to a lot of these guys this is one of the more important things they do while theyre at the academies. they love football. football means a lot to them. it really helps them become in a lot of ways better men just as going to these academies help them become better men. football he...

You combine those two. thats how you put youth around the world back to work. youve got do it on a large scale. do network acamis that help people install equipment. start it with a small scale. today we have 1.25 million students around the world in these academies. theyre much more likely to get higher paying jobs or go on with their education. >> let me ask chelsea a question. these multinational global companies, in particular someone like apple who had the most extraordinary few days over t...

You combine those two. thats how you put youth around the world back to work. youve got do it on a large scale. do network academies that help people install equipment. start it with a small scale. today we have 1.25 million students around the world in these academies. theyre much more likely to get higher paying jobs or go on with their education. >> let me ask chelsea a question. these multinational global companies, in particular someone like apple who had the most extraordinary few days ove...

The other panelists who said you have to have the tools, which is the internet and broadband. and then youve got to have the training. you combine those two. thats how you put youth around the world back to work. we do network academies which train young people to install equipment, et cetera. start with a small scale. today we have 1.25 million students in these academies. they are much more likely to get jobs that are higher paying or go on to higher education. >> companies like these, multina...

Brian cranston memorial award and they decided not to give it to him. >> a lot of times the academies go after a few years for the contrarian award. sometimes the right thing to do is to keep giving it to this guy. michael jordan was the mvp all these years and then they decided to give it to karl malone. its unfortunate of course. the beatles didnt win in 1964. john lennon didnt get until after he died. that tells you about these award shows. >> you have been shutout of peoples choice awards. >...

>> brian cranston is an absolutely rockable forunbreaka "breaking bad." >> i lot of times these academies go after for a few years the contrarian award when the best thing to do is give it to the guy. michael jordan was the mvp for so many years, lets give it to carl malone. >> beatles didnt win a grammy. john lennon didnt get one after he died. that tells you about these award shows. >> is that true? >> you got shut out of the

In baseball academies in latin america in countries where performance enhancing drugs are legal and available over the counter. some say its case of major league baseball trying to have their anabolic case and eat it too. >> reporter: eight those suspended comes from that caribbean nation. this is not a coincidence. >> the testing procedures are still incredibly flawed. major league baseball does nothing to make sure that the academies are setting up are clean. theres a lot more work that major ...

None of these players turned up a positive steroid test. everything is happening because some local reporters in south florida did the kind of shoe leather journalism that cracked the case about this one particular anti-aging clinic. the testing procedures are still flawed. major league baseball does nothing to make sure that the academies they are setting up in latin america are clean. theres a lot more work major league baseball has to do going forward. contracts are not abridged by coming up ...