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America. >> greg: its baseball, jesse! >> jesse: baseball is boring. no one watches baseball. >> greg: baseball is an art form and football is a bunch of men at grunting. >> jesse: im good have a bunch of football players show up at your door. the nfl has taken a lot of precautions recently to make sure that concussion protocols are followed so people dont get sent back out there after they get that. >> marie: and so is middle school and high school. anyway, "one more thing" is up next. ♪ its ...

>> jesse: baseball is boring. no one watches baseball. >> greg: baseball is an art form and football is a bunch of men grunting. >> jesse: im going to see if a bunch of football players show up at your door. >> greg: im used to that. >> jesse: the nfl has taken a lot of precautions recently to make sure that concussion protocols are followed so people dont get sent back out there after they get that. >> marie: and so have middle schools and high schools. anyway, "one more thing" is up next. ♪ ...

America. >> greg: its baseball, jesse! >> jesse: baseball is boring. no one watches baseball. >> greg: baseball is an art form and football is a bunch of men at grunting. >> jesse: im good have a bunch of football players show up at your door. the nfl has taken a lot of precautions recently to make sure that concussion protocols are followed so people dont get sent back out there after they get that. >> marie: and so is middle school and high school. anyway, "one more thing" is up next. ♪

Especially for youth, you know, young players out there who are getting concussions and theres a lot of parents are worried about this. >> you know, the kids are more susceptible obviously because their brain is younger and easily to get injured. when you look at the statistics, you know, in games, concussions is much higher in youth football than in high school and college and the pros. so, you want to protect them as theyre going forward. so the movie is going to bring a lot more awareness to ...

>> played for my team, miami dolphins. i want your sense of all this. the nfl did put a statement out but they didnt address the film specifically. the nfl said, the nfl has made numerous changes to the game to enhance the health and safety of players at all levels of football. these include nearly 40 rule changes in the last decade, strict concussion protocols and better training and sideline medical care. are things better? >> no, not really because the problem with football is you cant pad th...

Suffering from the disease. this was yet another high profile death linked to cte. it comes after case keenum stumbled in the game and was not removed. after all the league has done to protect players from situations like this, the question was why? how could this happen? the rams got it wrong. the concussion protocols failed. now the nfl is considerings discipline for future failures. and it is thanksgiving day. traditional games. 12:30 p.m. eastern with the lions and eagles. the game that ma...

Recently happened with the rams quarterback case keenum. the rams mishandling of that situation when that quarterback got his head smashed into the turf, then seemingly struggled just to get to his feet and he was not removed from the rams game on sunday. not even for a play. we know they had conference calls with all 32 teams last night and with all the head trainers to reiterate the details of their concussion protocols. we look at the life of someone like frank gifford and were yet again remi...

Funding it now for looking into the possibility of improved equipment for improving concussion protocols, the case keenum case notwithstanding. they have tried to make the game safer. diagnosed concussions are down over the last couple of years within nfl games. you could acknowledge all that and then realize all you can do is make it somewhat safer. you cannot make it close to safe. in theory, for example, you could play hockey without fights. they do in college, the olympics and playoffs by an...

Is reviewing concussion protocols after a controversial decision on the field sunday. st. louis rams quarterback slammed his head into the turf sunday. he was allowed to play despite struggling to stand up on his own. he stayed in the game and was only diagnosed with a concussion after the game. neither of the rams coaching staff nor designate the nfl injury spotter at the game intervened. finally, dozens of sharks swimming very close to shore in panama city, florida sunday. the whole thing ca...

Short of not playing the game, it doesnt seem like any amount of padding or whatever is going to -- i mean, certainly players are more aware than before. >> the attempt right now is to change the way guys hit each other. you cant lead with your head anymore when you go after a player. they are changing the target zone, which is what they call it but other players say hey, that makes us more susceptible to knee injuries and players reporting damage. brett favre said many times, i cant tell you ho...