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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 it's 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 it's been a decade since he retired. coming up next, we will head to rio to check in on the world cup. ♪

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 african-american players, not dissimilar from the concussion issue, where the nfl has levied steep penalti...

Affect different groups of people. he described that an as ov overarching concern, and senator rand paul has made this something he's 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 game with president obama, andoma says, quote, i would not let my son play pro football, but these 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 can't 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 hasn't always been the case. the highest tickets are at the highest price the super bowl has ever sold them at, $2,600. but that's not where the arch fan is getting their tickets. >> let's switch to the concussion issue. this was not something that you were affiliate...

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 belcher's 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, it's part of the picture. if he's got the disease cte that will make a clear correlation. >> cte by the way? >> chronic encephalopathy. 19 out...