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Those are the things we're pushing for. >> that's one of the big issues, the health risk. you're talking about football, a sport where there's mounting evidence of head injuries. a lot of risks. every pro player has experienced injuries of one kind or another. what do you say to that side of the issue? >> exactly because 98% of the college athletes don't make it to the nfl and get the big lofty contracts, you do have a lot of kids that come out of college at 21, 22 years old with debilitating injuries. we have another crop of freshmen coming in. something does need to be solved as far as healt...

Should rethink about how we think about football players and whether or not they're defined under simple use of the workers compensation act. but i think it's a little early to get to that point just yet. >> to talk about expansion of this case, there are other cases, there are other issues that the ncaa has to worry about. you have stories about fake classes being formed for athletes. what other things are hanging out there? >> fake classes, fake majors. there's the student athlete majors. there's always this perception to certain schools where student athletes just gravitate to a specific ma...

Workman's comp. you get 1099ed as an employee. a scholarship is 40,000, 50,000 a year to go to northwestern. there's a lot of intricacies. this is going to go to litigation for a long time, but i think the ncaa does have to start to standardize or change some of the rules in which an ncaa scholarship athlete is perceived. >> and i want to read something from taylor branch, who wrote an e-book. he said, the term is meant to conjure the nobility of amateurism and the precedence of scholarship over athletic endeavor. but the origins of student athlete lie not in the disinterested ideal but in a s...

Siamese twins joined at the chest. not only were they successful, they were farmers. they got married, they had a family and remained stuck together. people today, they hurt their little pinky and they want workman's comp. we have to get away from the excuse mentality and think about what we can do, not what we can't do and who is preventing us. no one can prevent you. if you have the right mind set. he needs to develop the right mindset. >> i agree with that. dr. carson, do you feel that the country is more divided since president obama has been in office? >> of course it's more divided, but ...

Siamese twins joined at the chest. not only were they successful, they were farmers. they got married, they had a family and remained stuck together. people today, they hurt their little pinky and they want workman's comp. we have to get away from the excuse mentality and think about what we can do, not what we can't do and who is preventing us. no one can prevent you. if you have the right mind set. he needs to develop the right mindset. >> i agree with that. dr. carson, do you feel that the country is more divided since president obama has been in office? >> of course it's more divided, but ...