i spoke with nfl commissioner roger goodell and verizon ceo hans vestberg. take a listen. >> it is all about innovation and making the experience for our fans better. so speed and quality of the data and information that comes out of our stadium is a critical component to that. and so it not only makes the experience for our fans better in the stadium, but also at home, and on the go, and, of course, it makes our game better because all those analytics are used by our teams. >> this is not a platform for innovation as roger said, a plat for innovation, for fans in the stadium and when you're at home. and that is also a platform for innovation for the venue operation. it is a platform for coaches, and for the players and for referees, so the time to see that -- all the data, the right time, with the right speed, so it is just playing out exactly as we thought, being extremely good in dense areas or dense urban areas where there is a lot of people at the same time so this is a great way for us to continue to be the leading technology partner and the official 5

cowardice from roger goodell, the commissioner of the nfl, one of his top assistants, troy benson, theseint george floyd, they have swallowed all of that b.s., and so now we have two separate national anthems being played at nfl games. the players that stood for that black national anthem, it is a fine song, it's appropriate at churches. but they don't know the lyrics to this song. they don't know the history to this song. it's a song that was made and constructed and in celebration of abraham lincoln in 1900. and it's not -- it has become the so-called "black national anthem." but even having a black national anthem violates every tenant that football and sports are supposed to be about. and it's about unity and coming together under one umbrella, under one goal, under one mission. >> sean: we have the most unifying event of people celebrating a sharedd passion, sports fans are passionate.in they are passionate about the sport, their home team, and it unifies everybody, and i am looking at this than i am saying, you know something, we are the united states of america, and being together

in all seriousie roger goodell said it was not his focus, the main focus is to create engagement and brought of fan base, but it sounds like the nfl is key for your business, it sounds like it's building a fan base for him. what is the relationship like between draftkings and the nfl >> we have a great relationship. we're their exclusive official daily fantasy partner. we do a lot of collaborating with them. they've been very clear in all the discussions we've had. obviously they want to make money. that's their job, but their primary focus is how do we do this the right way how do we increase engagement? they understand this really takes fans that maybe weren't interested, and makes them interested in every game it takes games well out of reach in the fourth quarter, because the spread or your fantasy lineup is still in play. people are still watching the whole way through. you can make profits up to the last until the last play of the game i think they get that drives an incredible level of engagement it takes the casual fan. i know myself, before i started playing fantasy, i reall

well, i used to want to be the commissioner of the nfl, but i told roger goodell, i said, when i was struggling with the iranians and russians every day your job looked pretty good. but, actually, from northern california, it doesn't look so good anymore. and these days -- and i have to say it -- these days being a university professor at stanford university, where the stanford cardinal are having quite a special season, you know -- come on, you know what those special seasons are like. you've had plenty of them. let us have one. that's really the greatest job in the world. >> thank you madam secretary. >> thank you. >> that was fun. >> it was great. [ applause ] ♪♪ >>> next on history bookshelf, jeffrey engel examines foreign policy initiatives of george w. h. bush at the start of the post cold war era in his book "when the world seemed new". presidential library co-hosted this event. >> good evening my name is tom knock i'm a member of the clemsons department of history and i served couple semesters ago as director at center of presidential his

that starts up i think next year and roger goodell was just on cnbc a few days ago saying that they were technology partner not just to distribute their stuff but to help them build new product. i asked jassy are you interested in that. he didn't say he wasn't interested but these new tvs, eventually shopping and commerce will happen on them amazon has this big and growing advertising business you can see a lot of these technologies coming together because alexa will work on these tvs too. >> this will be a tough act to follow. >> yeah. >> can you give us a preview of anyone else? >> i've got some great folks you know, we'll see who shows up in our little calendar here and what's on the menu. >> can we have food? isn't that part of the deal? >> thank you, jon. >>> we've got another new iphone on the way and apple has secured its place as a staple product here in the u.s. so should investors trade it as a defensive name rather than a growth tech stock? our "trading nation" team will debate it next (vo) at t-mobile for business, unconventional thinking means we see things differently, so y

i will give credit to roger goodell and the folks in the league office.st in getting the entire season in even though there's one more week and one more game i still think you have the same approach from the league office >> final quick question, one of the off-season things that has been very -- attracted a lot of attention what will happen with deshaun watson of the houston texans >> tyler, it's an interesting case a lot of legal charges are out there. it has not gone to being fully adjudicated in the legal system. it doesn't look like he will play for houston that's one of the stories i'm sure that will play out as the legal process plays out in houston and beyond >> mike, have a great broadcast tonight. we'll be watching. >> we will look forward to it. >> fantastic always great to have you with us be sure to tune in for the nfl opener as the tampa bay bucs, the defending champs, host -- well, the team that they call america's team but i don't coverage begins at 7:00 p.m. eastern on nbc and on peacock >>> now the airlines hitting major turbulence, unio

. >> you said that and i pictured roger goodell walking on the field with a vaccine and saying whereeam whether to welcome unvaccinated fans into stadiums. 54% of people that go to at least one nfl game a year would be more likely to go if they had to show proof of vaccination. how do you think this patch work system will work out? >> look, much like the united states where you got every state doing their own thing around the country, you've got every team doing their own thing, and i'm kind of surprised that the league is sort of let it go that way. you have three teams, the raiders included in that and saints included saying look, you have to be vaccinated to get in our stadiums and by the way, expect long lines throughout the season. i still think the sports fan is largely a mirror of what we see around everyday society in terms of some people being for the vaccine, some people still having an issue taking the vaccine. what is more interesting to me to watch this year is how many guys get infected. you know, because we obviously know what the delta variant -- i know myself i got i

we were just talking with roger goodell few days ago on "techcheck" about the nfl and sunday ticket beingable and talking to a broad array of companies and also they want a tech partnership on really maximizing what they do. so when you look at amazon, all of it across e-commerce, aws, whole foods for snacks during movies, and games, just all of it, where does media fit in strategically? what is the importance of it and are you interested in sunday ticket >> well, you know, i would say, first of all, with respect to the nfl we have a very important partnership with them. and we have on the aws side for many years as you know we do the next gen stats with the nfl and also player health and safety efforts where they're trying to analyze hundreds of hours, thousands of hours of video to understand when you have head injuries or lower extremity injuries and trying to change rules and equipment to address that and, of course, we took a further step in our relationship with the nfl with thursday night football and we're very, very excited about that starting in '22 and we're going to try and be

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