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what's interesting too is the american psychological association media psychology division actually advises the visuals of reporters to stop making the connection between video games and real life acts of violence they said quote journalists and policymakers do their constituencies a disservice in cases where they link acts of real world violence with the perpetrators exposure to violent video games or other violent media there's a. a little scientific evidence to support the commercial and it may distract those redressing those issues that we know contribute to real world violence which is usually poverty depression exasperate should you know of feeling that they cannot get ahead million diverse racism. it's not about it's not about the game or about what you play. on november twelfth eighteen forty professor john anthony gardner davis was shot and killed by a student on the grounds of the university of virginia kind of the first school shooting and since that nineteenth century school shooting we've had many more but whether it's virginie attacked newtown or parklane they all have one thing in common the data surrounding the events isn't telling the whole story

interesting too is the american psychological association and media psychology division actually advise the visuals of reporters to stop making the connection between video games and real life acts of violence they said quote journalists and policy makers do their constituencies a disservice in cases where they link acts of real world violence with the perpetrators exposure to violent video games or other violent media there's little scientific evidence to support the connection and it may distract this redressing those issues that we know contribute to real world violence which is usually poverty depression exasperate should you know of feeling that they cannot get ahead you know millions of birds racism brain different things it's not about it's not about the game about what you play. on november twelfth eighteen forty professor john anthony gardner davis was shot and killed by a student on the grounds of the university of virginia kind of the first school shooting and since that nineteenth century a school shooting we've had many more but whether it's virginie attacked newtown or park when they all have one thing in common the data surrounding the events is

american medical association. it was identified in 110 out of 111 nfl players and now the question to both of you, and let me ask you, brett, how does one make the game and are the ways that the nfl has responded sufficient? >> well, i think first of all, how do you make the game safer? you don't play, you know, i mean, is that going to happen? no, i think the nfl is here to stay, obviously, and that being said, i think we have started the ball rolling, if you will, in the right direction by instituting a concussion protocol. there's, i think there's a neurologist who is at every game and if he even thinks that you have a concussion you're supposed to be removed from the game. that's better than it was years ago. i think we need to look at treatment rather than prevention because we're not going to prevent them. if you have two 300-pound guys running at full speed and they collide and the whiplash effect, one in five concussions are when your head hits the turf, there's only so much that helmets can do. so look at it from a treatment standpoint and the only other option is not to play. >> you speak even now about helmets as sort of being a helpful de

the gaming association has made $150 billion in turnover available in the gray market bet by americanson or $8 billion in revenue to the casinos. what the supreme court did was they gave the state option to create this marketplace. five states have legislation in place to allow sports betting. >> it happened very quickly. >> there's another 11 states coming through the pipeline with legislation in place, but what the supreme court didn't do, they didn't flick a magic switch and open up $7 billion of revenue that is addressable today. it's going to take time for the markets to evolve. what we know is we're not creating demand. demand exists. how do we service that in a regulated license framework and that's the step that takes time. >> what have you come to what's your decision on that question that you just asked what do you think the best way of doing this is >> the market's spoken. no one controls the consumer any more and right now they're voting to spend $150 billion through gray markets and so we think the license regulator framework that enables operators like caesar's, it's the

interesting too is the american psychological association and media psychology division actually advise the officials of reporters to stop making the connection between video games and real life acts of violence they said quote journalists and policy makers do their constituencies a disservice in cases where they link acts of real world violence with the perpetrators exposure to violent video games or other violent media there is little scientific evidence to support the connection and it may distract us from addressing those issues that we know contribute to real world violence which is usually poverty depression exasperate should you know of feeling that they cannot get ahead no million diverted racism brain different things of yeah it's not about it's not about the game about what you play. on november twelfth eighteen forty professor john anthony gardner davis was shot and killed by a student on the grounds of the university of virginia kind of the first school shooting and since that nineteenth century a school shooting we've had many more but whether it's virginie attack newtown or parklane they all have one thing in common the data surrounding the events