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Changes to deal with this and trying to get away with home plate collisions because the concussion issue is becoming so ers in baseball tas well. >> is the u.s. getting involvd in the chaos in ukraine? we are live. a deadly confession relieved. a newlywed wife admitting she pushed her husband off a cliff when we come back. chevy year end event is a great time to buy an all-new silverado. this interior is incredible! the nav is perfect for my long trips up north this time of year. how far up no...

Going to win, whos going to emerge as the next great star. thats what makes nfl football exciting. everybody has that hope, that dream of winning. thats what fans love about nfl football. >> reporter: still, the concussion issue continues to linger. when pressed on whether $765 million was generous enough for a league with revenues around $10 billion, goodell noted that, "people start with an assumption that we make $10 million. thats $10 billion in revenue. theres a difference between making an...

We just have more information now. >> but do you think medication is necessary? >> sometimes yes, sometimes no. >> but zisnt it possible that were seeing all of these kids and just medicating them. >> you keep saying they. my point is there are more options now and parents need to have the responsibility whether kids do or dont need medication. >> i think were too quick to medicate. i agree with you that we have more information nowadays. so were diagnosing. similar to the concussion issue in th...

S what parents do with it, its up to them. >> you just said youre adhd. youre clearly not adhd. >> no, i had the coping skills to be able to navigate around it, some kids dont. by the way, my parents would have made a decision. if i was diagnosed with it, do i nd medication or not. we just have more information now. >> but do you think medication is necessary? >> sometimes yes, sometimes no. >> but isnt it possible that were seeing all of these kids with this behavior and were just medicating th...

Overmedicating our children. we have more information out there. what parents do with it, its up to them. >> you just said youre adhd. >> no, i had the coping skills to be able to navigate around it. some kids dont. by the way, my parents would have made a decision. do i need medication or not. we just have more information now. >> but do you think medication is necessary? >> sometimes yes, sometimes no. >> but isnt it possible that were seeing all of these kids and just medicating them. >> you ...

>> yet, mike, there are some broader issues raised by what we do know about this. we have the text messages, the references to owning seven or eight guns. there is, a broader issue this raises at gun ownership in the nfl. tony dungy talked ant talking to his team and finding out 75% of them own guns. startled by that. can you talk a little bit about what we know about gun ownership in the nfl, why its prevalent. >> i will. context is important and conclusions are important. as much as we talk gu...

Son play football. was taken aback. i got a 5-year-old. it crossed my mind. i played football as a kid. i thought i wanted my son to play football. everything were hearing in the nfl, everything were learning about the concussion issue, how concerned are you about the safety of kids playing pop warner football? >> were finding out so many things about the brain and how when you have a concussion you have to take care of it and be careful. thats why when we hear leach locked him in a shed in the ...

The stands swinging on people. i think thats the key. >> yeah. look. and obviously, you dont have to be oscar wild to make meta world peace jokes. people are having a field day with. this all kinds of wits. you might remember in 1992 when charles barkley famously dunked in the olympics and hit a player from angola in the chest with an elbow. it is something that he did out of adrenaline and afterwards it was treated like a big joke, look at charles doing that. i do believe that if that was kevin...

I talk to athletes and they all say the same thing. the players are getting faster, theyre hitting harder, theyre getting bigger, and these hits can be lethal. jim miklaszewski who was at a texas radio station 25 years ago said he went out and talked to tom landry on the sidelines and landry said 25 years ago i dont like where this is going. these players are getting bigger and faster and people are going to start getting killed. i mean you start talking about an 18-game season, thats insane. >>...

Tort law, as the nfl has experienced with the concussion issue, state tort law always exists as a way to ensure or help ensure safety in things like the seaworld show. >> thank you. a question, if i may, about independent agencies. congress has established several independent agencies. we believe theyre essential to enforcing our laws and safeguarding consumers. congress requires the president to have good cause to remove the heads of these agencies to insulate them from political interference. ...