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Classic symptoms of that. >> incredible to play 328 games consecutive. >> the most remarkable thing about brett favre was the ironman streak, that attitude of whatever is wrong put a band-aid on it, go back out on the field and play. teammates loved that attitude about him. he was praised for that over and over. and the fact that that could be one of the things that leads to him having problems later in life is one of the big paradoxes of the nfl these days. >> sanjay, he was obviously quarterba...

Me. >> yeah. >> for the first time in 44 years, that kind of put a little fear in me. >> i can understand why hes scared. anyone would be. but for a pro football player like favre theres also this. memory lapses can be a sign of a devastating disease thats been found in the brains of many athletes who suffered repeated hits to the head. theres no cure and its not just professional athletes at risk. cnn chief medical correspondent dr. sanjay gupta neurosurgeon has more. >> dr. ann mckie runs the ...

Another player. theyre changing the target zone which is what they call it. but other players argue, hey, that makes us more susceptible to knee injuries. the other issue here, too, is players reporting damage. brett favre has said many times, i cant even tell you how many concussions i had. he didnt want to tell anybody if he was feeling woozy because he didnt want to come out of the game. last year we saw in sfraen the quarterback alex smith said he had a concussion because all the new concuss...

And alzheimers like symptoms. these symptoms are usually found in people in their 80s, not 40s. >> what were seeing here, is this definitely caused by blows to the head? >> its never been seen in any reported case except in a case of repeated blows to the head. >> under the microscope? >> thats really obvious, dr. mckie. >> we sawtel tail signs of tao protein. >> did this surprise you? >> it definitely did. it can start very early. >> thats amazing. 17 years old. >> 17-year-old. as the scientifi...

Multimillionaire football players and others. >> making 100-million-dollar 150-million-dollar contracts over three years or something incredibly lucrative contracts part of the reason this is big money, advertisers pay up big money to watch these games, that is why earlier you said, the average nfl player earns 2.1 million dollars, the average nfl team worth 2.34 billion dollars, and nfl alone has to pull in almost five billion dollars, from television fees. from cbs, walt disney espn fox direct...

>> i would probably say leave it, it is not worth your time but talking about donald trump everybody should know this in the event of figured it out donald trump is not a person who likes to exercise great restraint when it comes to opinion especially like this we expect it, almost like this maria. when the nfl play you know somebody is going to get hit really hard when someone goes after donald trump somebody is going to get hit really hard i dont have any -- surprise about it, i frankly think ...

Stay away because they love our country, should back u.s. former a san franciscan quarterback kaepernick started this last season saying he was protesting police brutality, and social injustice more nfl players followed suit including at he ravens jaguars game in london fresh pictures scene taking place 30 minutes ago, take a look at this, where they once again negaiagai neil in u.s. on feet in uk former arkansas governor huckabee good to talk to you about this your take? >> well, it is amazing ...

>>. >> you got to wonder who told thus 8 year olds they are somehow disadvantaged are mar enginelived playing football at 8 terrible to spotlight children in this for me i am frustrated that nfl owners dont have courage to say to players look, you are paid well, you are at work, we stand for the national anthem if you want to protest a much in streets on your time, do whatever you want to do you are an american you can do that i respect that. i just dont respect it during the institution of the ...