college football at washington and jefferson. and also on the other side of the table, although i see he's gone now, is roommates with merril hoge for a year or so. i certainly empathize with both sides of this debate. although like some of my colleagues i'm not really sure what our role in congress should be in getting involved with the national football league. football is a very violent game. and certainly as one who played it and suffered concussions myself i can say that those that choose to play football, those who involve themselves with the sport fully understand that. i will take the liberty, briefly, to say and to question the statement that was made earlier that pro football teams don't care about their players beyond scoring touchdowns. i hope that's not true. i hope that that isn't what was meant. in fact i know that's not true.