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Nfls genuineness here. >> i think we have come a long way. there was not mandatory baseline testing when i retired in 2005. there is now. there wasnt an independent neurologist on the feel when i played. there is now. in 2011 they negotiated a new cba and got less hitting in practice. a lot of my concussion, rachel, i got in practice. so theyre not hitting nearly as much, not putting the pads on nearly as much and for that reason i think theyre going to cut down on a lot of the concussions. >> a...

The youth athletes and the president really played that role yesterday. >> and, ted, i saw you shaking your head when asked about the nfls genuineness here. >> i think we have come a long way. there was not mandatory baseline testing when i retired in 2005. there is now. there wasnt an independent neurologist on the feel when i played. there is now. in 2011 they negotiated a new cba and got less hitting in practice. a lot of my concussion, rachel, i got in practice. so theyre not hitting nearly ...

Would have been that much different. the only negative here is that ballmer -- sterling will walk away with a tremendous profit assuming the deal gets done. i think the fact that youre seeing other bids, $1.6 billion from oprah and david geffen. >> the oprah bid was a product of the situation. we dont know oprah to be interested in buying a lot of other sports teams and then this weird bidding auction effect. >> i think to a degree. but the nba -- it is a tough question to answer. i would say to...

We thought this would be a good time for a checkup. we have a different breakdown. were nerds, money in and money out. we look at three different numbers here because this ultimately decides whether this thing sink0s or swims. the nut new enrollees, not those shifting from existing coverage to some other coverage. those who had no coverage and now have coverage. the net new enrollees, how many are paying -- thats important. you dont buy it until its out of your cart and you purchase it. then how...

Look what they did to get him in a no-positive test. >> most lawyers that i talk to say you have a big uphill battle dealing with a federal court on this. but i think with all the benefits that were given to bosch, and i think the fact that information was obtained potentially illegally, you may have a better case than people think. >> you darn right we do. there are times when federal courts will intervene, and when you have situation where you have to facts. you have a fundamental fairness arg...

Ticketses to the member clubs and they are responsible for the sales of an allocation of those tickets to those player who are entitled to those tickets under the cba, to their local business relationships and to their local fans. the nfl is only responsible for 25% of the tickets allocated by the super bowl. some of those tickets go to the host committee, for example, the new jersey/new york coast committee sponsoring the super bowl. tickets even go to the new jersey department of health who is...

To have a precedent to kick him out of baseball. >> wasnt there a scenario -- and maybe you know this, david. wasnt there a see nay owe that he had been warned about this, that his role in this whole biogenetic stuff is that he had a financial interest in the company? >> theres allegations to that effect and theres allegations that he interfered with the investigation in major league baseball. tried to buy back documents. perhaps tried to interfere with witnesses and so theres a possibility that...

Out of baseball. >> wasnt there a scenario -- and maybe you know this, david. wasnt there a see nay owe that he had been warned about this, that his role in this whole biogenetic stuff is that he had a financial interest in the company? >> theres allegations to that effect and theres allegations that he interfered with the investigation in major league baseball. tried to buy back documents. perhaps tried to interfere with witnesses and so theres a possibility that bud selig could try to invoke t...

Who would you like to see take his place? >> absolutely. finally members of congress are stepping up. duncan hunter, 45 other bipartisan members of congress sent a letter to the president last week saying we want action. c.b.a. is proud to be working to fight for something to be fixed. >>steve: it is a disgrace our veterans would have to wait that long for something they earned and deserve. lets see if anything happens. peter, thank you for joining us today. what do you think about that? e-mail ...

Dangers of concussions. among the 4,000 people suing are families of dave duerson and junior seau. their brains showed signs of concussions and both took their own lives. we are following in this morning. >> reporter: good morning, carol. and i am right in front of the courthouse. ive got to tell you, this will be quite a showdown there is a long line at the courthouse this morning. they started lining up at least half an hour ago. the hearing isnt until 10:00. and whats at issue here is not nec...