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The apparent suicide of nfl superstar junior seau is focusing attention on retired football players paying the ultimate price for the hard hits the game dishes out. seau is the third to commit suicide in the last year. his fans in southern california are stunned, his heart broken mother inconsolable. >> i pray to god, please, take me, take me. leave my son, but it is too late. >> i can't believe he's gone. >> i was devastated. i couldn't believe he was dead. >> i'm joined by dr. bales, chairman of the department at nor shore hospital system, he's on the committee of brain injuries and hall of ...

Town hall at the indiana repertoire theater. we've talked about safety in the nfl. we'll move on to other topic in the nfl. we're joined by jerry jones, tone incompetent gonzalez, one of the great tied ends, jeff saturday and philip rivers remain on the panel. we're going to pick up where we left off prior to the break. i mentioned that harry carson shall the tremendous linebacker on great new york giant team of the past is in the audience. [ applause ] as the hall of famer stands up, you listened to the discussion. you suffered concussions yourself. you have been very open publicly about memo...

This is a dangerous job. yet, we're letting four million kids do the same thing. >> quickly, what can be done or is the game -- it can be cleaned up at the edges but is the game at the highest level so fundamentally dangerous that that's just the way it is? >> you need some real radical changes to make football safe and not have people walk away with this brain damage. we also have to realize all of these protections we put in place for nfl players aren't in place for kids. that's probably where a lot of this is happening. >> when we come back, harry carson is in the audience, we'll finish thi...

it is gone! >> done it again. it is caught for a touchdown! back-to-back world championships. >> the new england patriots in their long and storied history with going to their seventh super bowl. >> in the end zone with 35 seconds to go and the giants regain the lead. >> the patriots will not be -- the giants are the most improbable win of super bowl bowl xlii. this is costas tonight, live at the super bowl. presented by chevy. here's bob costas. and at the indiana repertoire theater, site of this live nfl town hall meeting. over the next two hour, a live array of panelists, coac...

>> the vince lombardi trophy. it is gone! >> done it again. it is caught for a touchdown! back-to-back world championships. >> the new england patriots in their long and storied history with going to their seventh super bowl. >> in the end zone with 35 seconds to go and the giants regain the lead. >> the patriots will not be -- the giants are the most improbable win of super bowl bowl xlii. this is costas tonight, live at the super bowl. presented by chevy. here's bob costas. and at the indiana repertoire theater, site of this live nfl town hall meeting. over the next two hour, a l...