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Question now. a statement says commentary this morning about the commissioner's position on the anthem is not accurate. there will be a discussion of these issues at the owners meeting next week. i want to bring in bill rode and mike lupka. two sports titans this afternoon. i'm excited. bill let me start with you. this decision, if it does happen next week, if the commissioner decides there's going to be a new rule in the league that requires the players to stand during the anthem. what's the likely response from players and fans? >> first of all, i don't think that's going to happen. he's not...

Kaepernick? and seemed like in the '90s, nba owners were afraid to sign abdul -- >> i think they definitely have a labor issue. if they're being blackballed, they have to bring it up with the players association and go about it that way, and use the means they have to -- to get a fair hearing. that's all anybody wants is a fair hearing. >> what is it about this generation of athletes that it feels as if, you know, it's interesting -- it feels as if your generation, and i put you, muhammad ali, jim brown, the stars of the '60s and '70s, you spoke out, and you may have been punished financially ...

At manufacturing plants, the issue is more of, they can't find applicants who can pass a drug test. that's why i think the president's task force on opioid addiction is really important because, if you want to help replenish the labor pool in this country, that may be the right thing, is to try to get people off drugs so when they apply for these jobs, they can get and hold them. i think that's the principle labor issue we're facing right now. >> -- take these agricultural jobs that are desperately needed? >> i have a friend who runs a dairy farm in south central kentucky. he'll tell you findi...

Crew in position for their flight the next day to kentucky. it would be interesting to see if he would have won. they obviously would have blown any case they would have had. jesse: arthur, respond to that point kathleen just made. if there is language that says if you have got to get your guys to louisville for work, you can eject a passenger. how do you respond to that? >> there is no such slang tbhaijt contract. the section the lady is referring to talks about strikes. that's the only labor issue. there was an american airlines flight from chicago to louisville leaving one hour later. they ...

Crew in position for their flight the next day to kentucky. it would be interesting to see if he would have won. they obviously would have blown any case they would have had. jesse: arthur, respond to that point kathleen just made. if there is language that says if you have got to get your guys to louisville for work, you can eject a passenger. how do you respond to that? >> there is no such slang tbhaijt contract. the section the lady is referring to talks about strikes. that's the only labor issue. there was an american airlines flight from chicago to louisville leaving one hour later. they ...