mr. birdsaw. pete is expected to join us in just a moment.eff, i got to ask you, how many concussions did you have during your football career? >> i only had two documented. all jokes aside, this is a pertinent topic and i'm happy to see that they are addressing this. athletes are getting bigger and stronger and the collisions are getting much more severe. >> there are critics who say, jeff, that in trying to make the game safer, commissioner goodell is at risk of making the game more boring. do you agree with that? >> well, that is the conversation out there. but from a former athlete perspective, i disagree. i think there is still an electric pizazz to football. i don't think you're going to lose that game with a safer helmet. they will look the same, maybe shinier. but the fans will get that delivered to them in the proper manner. >> jeff, one of the issues is compliance. i think it's fantastic what ge and the nfl are doing but it's a brutal sport. even if you have different technologies at work and different equipment, you still have to h