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years of covering sports we have never seen that. i certainly wouldn't accuse fans in america or across the globe of wanting to see somebody nearly die because there was somebody named chuck use that died in 1971 and that was the only death that ever occurred on a national football league field, he collapsed right in front of dick but kiss, so we understand that but as it pertains to the violence you talk about the days of the roman gladiator for crying out loud where sports involved life and death, that is not literally the case for the most part we recognize that but this boxing, this ufc and the national football league and we talk about these collusion's, car accident going over 40 miles per hour, it's incredibly violent but that is where the nfl sells it's not violence per se but it is a lot of skill and talent that goes with it but violence comes with it, the players sign up for it, they know what they are risking and the fans love it and they are
media mogul first state and current host of the new podcast no mercy. stephen a smith, i'm so glad you're here. >> pleasure to meet you. >> i want to start with the more hamlin it is extraordinary his recovery, but when you saw that hit you said violence is never going away in sports, we watch it, we love it do we just need to accept this is what we want to see on the field, or start to question what is it that we're demanding? >> first of all you never want to see that, because in all my years of covering sports we have never seen that. i certainly wouldn't accuse fans in america or across the globe of wanting to see somebody nearly die because there was somebody named chuck use that died in 1971 and that was the only death that ever occurred on a national football league field, he collapsed right in front of dick but kiss, so we understand that but as it pertains to the violence you talk about the days of the roman gladiator for crying out loud where sports involved life and death, that is not literally the case for the most part we recognize that but this boxing, this ufc and the national football league and we talk about these collusion's,
the field, in the nfl. chuck use, 1971. the game went on. i looked this up the game went on. they kept playing that game, and the to tiger stadium in some silence. thankfully, of course, we don't know yet about the mars condition. we certainly hope he will be okay. thankfully, this game was stopped. and thankfully, we have learned some lessons. even as we do, laura, this incredibly violent and difficult tough game. >> bob want to bring you in here to talk the way of seeing. and i hate to just be talking around this person. because he is somebody son, is a human being, is more than a player. he is somebody we are focusing on tonight. based on what is happened to him. i don't want to just conceptually talk about football, this is somebody who grew up in the keys rocks pennsylvania, but the pittsburgh for college, was named a class for a defensive player of the year. he's been in the league for two