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Butts? >> i think they did what they had to do for themselves. >> rich, i know you are an nfl fan. phil simmons got fired for speculating he was a liar. she said roger goodell lied. >> the notes seem to back her up. this seemed bizarre that you would punish him twice for the same offense. the first time too lightly, the second time too severely. the process has been a mess its a big threat to the future of roger goodell. in the long-term, i believe the biggest threat to the nfl is the concussion...

But simply bying a knowled ackn these things, i think i serve a purpose that for whatever reason, most of my colleagues, as good as they are, dont seem willing to do. during the entire coverage of the ncaa basketball tournament, youll hear every imaginable statistic. youll never hear graduation rates or the relationship between academics an athletics. if i was doing that, id work it in somewhere. would i work it in with the game on the line with ten seconds to go? of course not. i enjoy the dram...

Source of pride and theyre not changing the teams name. >> how much of this do you think -- on the part of the nfl and the football teams, is that they dont want congress to get involved? theyve had run-ins with congress on other issues. the concussion issue. you know, performance-enhancing drugs. all of that. and this is a marker for them, that they not give in on this issue. do you think thats part of it? >> well, i dont think that they want congress being involved in their business period. so...

This is a badge of honor and a source of pride and theyre not changing the teams name. >> how much of this do you think -- on the part of the nfl and the football teams, is that they dont want congress to get involved? theyve had run-ins with congress on other issues. the concussion issue. you know, performance-enhancing drugs. all of that. and this is a marker for them, that they not give in on this issue. do you think thats part of it? >> well, i dont think that they want congress being involv...

Outside his own little circle, and live 25 different lives. he has to be involved with everybody on the team at a deep level and he has to be able to forget about his own problems and help other people. >> we like to think about you as that guy back then and the leader and the player on the ice, and people dont think you have had a post player here and you started something called the messier project dedicated to helping the concussion issue in hockey. >> everybody that came in 1979 and 80 had t...

Helping the concussion issue in hockey. >> everybody that came in 1979 and 80 had to wear a helmet, so i think you see the evolution of the game over years and to the point where visors are going to be mandatory, and its all designed to make the game better and safer. >> once again, mark messier taking a leadership role. no surprise there. thank you so much. >> thank you. >> always fun to visit with mess. hard to believe its been a decade since he retired. coming up next, we will head to rio t...

You back to the washington team and its name being a racial slur. the league says it has a rule against it, that they are willing to look at the players, which by the way, 30% white, 66% african-american, fewer than 1% representing latino, asian, and what they refer to as other. >> no african-american owners, as well, creating the prospect that we talked about yesterday of 99% white ownership, one owner of color in jacksonville, and an overwhelmingly white referees policing speech between africa...

Affect different groups of people. he described that an as ov overarching concern, and senator rand paul has made this something hes focused on as well. he focused on the disparities and problems with the criminal justice system. >> president obama also big sports fan, not a secret. he enjoys watching football. he also addressed the concussion issue in football as well. what did he have to say about that the. >> the author of the piece described sitting on air force one and watching a football g...

Constantly improving the policy. for example, this year, to avoid scalping and other forms of abuse of tickets, many fans will have to pick up their tickets at the game so that they cant be resold. the nfl has actually lowered the price of 40% of the tickets available to fans this year so that they are under the $1,000 mark which hasnt always been the case. the highest tickets are at the highest price the super bowl has ever sold them at, $2,600. but thats not where the arch fan is getting their...

Have been examining this concussion issue. >> i want to note here that we did reach out to the chiefs for comments on both of these cases. the team did not respond. they have responded with no comment on these cases in the past to other media. but i did want to make sure i put that out there. we know that javon belchers body was exhumed last month so that his brain could be examined. what are you hoping to find? how will that affect your case? >> well, its part of the picture. if hes got the dis...