mr. goodell -- alckey commissioner, mr. goodell, have cheering for them scott walker, the union-busting governor of wisconsin, and paul ryan, the union-busting vice presidential nominee -- he has become a labor activist spirit what a great country. >> strong note to follow, charles. >> you can always leave it to mark to find a partisan and will to anything. it was a lousy call it is just football. who cares? >> you watch this, and the amazing national interest in this, but lurking in the background is this existential threat to football, these head injuries. a blionollathing as t evidence mounts an ounce announced that football is bad for your brain. when is the day of reckoning coming? >> that is why need to freeze. >> that is exactly what you need referees. but they cannot do it all. there is a gladiator feel to it, when you look at how hard the hits are. it is really at the cost of these individuals' futures. >> it keeps us from hitting each other on the head. see you next week. are you totally unprepared? just about all

mr. goodell, tear down that wall! (speaking german) look, america finally learned what it would take to quickly set al labor dispute, a blown off interference call and an interception that not only cost the green bay packers a victory it cost one unnamed american who had taken the packers while giving the point $200 in one week for one week wearing only a seattle seahawks jersey and a thong. (cheers and applause) by the way, that is clearly someone else's body. (laughter) i don't know what that-- (laughter) if that was-- honestly, if that was a picture of me it was look like a gibbon wearing a jersey. (laughter) i don't know what-- i don't know who he got as a stand-in but-- (laughter). i have-- do you know-- i have so much hair on my ass that blur never would have in any way-- (laughter). (cheers and applause) only one side. the other side is relatively losing hair. what i do is i comb it over. (laughter) but while most americans rightfully tie this missed call and green bay loss directly to the n.f.l. labor dispute,

mr. goodell, you heard from san francisco, keep that in mind. >> how does the weather look for the game? cooler than what the temperatures suggest, you need sunscreen and sunglasses as we go for the -- what do we go for? the sweep of the rockies. five is the magic number four if we whip today. looking down -- if we win today. looking down, late push to right side left of morning clouds like yesterday having a hard time getting in. doppler dry now looks like it will be a dry commute through 9:00. mid 40s north bay, santa rosa, napa, a little fog not as thick as it was yesterday yet. the rest of us 50s monterey bay 49 watsonville. today the big story how much temperatures are below average few degrees in livermore asterisk next to oakland, 75 is as warm as your average high gets all year this is supposed to be your summer 67, eight degrees cooler than average san francisco 60 three also eight napa 73 nine, redwood city and san jose, 10 and 11° cooler than average. san jose 71 with cupertino. mid 60s to near 70 most of the peninsula, 62 millbrae. low to mid 60s downtown and south san franci

mr. goodell, have cheering for them scott walker, the union-busting governor of wisconsin, and paul ryan, the union-busting vice- presidential nominee -- he has become a labor activist. what a great country this is. >> strong note to follow, charles. >> you can always leave it to mark to find a partisan ankle to anything. it was a lousy call by guys who do not know the game. that is not political to me. anyway, it is just football. we are in the middle of the pennant races now. who cares? [laughter] >> you watch the amazing national interest in this, but lurking in the background is this existential threat to football, these head injuries. the evidence mounts and mounts that football is really bad for your brain. these owners may be sitting on a gold mine now, but you just wonder, when is the day of reckoning coming? >> that is why unique practice referees. -- you need practiced referees. >> it even the referees can add to that of citiwatch to these games, and there is a gladiator feel to it, how hard the hits are. that is the purpose of the game, it makes us all cheer, but it is at the c

mr. goodell said that he thought a deal would have been made this week regardless of what happened on monday night with the disputed call. jon, do you believe that? >> no. i would have hoped for that. because as we've already said, the numbers were just so staggering, tyler, on the side of the officials. there's only 121 officials. and the amount of money we're talking about is minuscule compared to that multibillion-dollar industry. so we had all hoped this would have been settled long ago. but instead, it was dragging out and it seemed like they were damned and determined to break, if you will, that union. instead, they did not. and i think the players and the fans are very grateful that they're going to get the real refs on the field tonight. >> brian, who wins here? >> listen, i think the fans and the league definitely wins. i mean, people have to understand, ratings for sunday night's game and monday night's game were through the roof. now, would that have continued if we had some other football-related -- what if somebody got hurt or they had another bad call? maybe sponsors or maybe f

mr. goodell, tear down that wall.ke to quickly set a labor dispute. a blown offensive interference call and interception call that cost the green bay packers a victory but caused one unnamed american who had taken the packers loss while giving the poi points, and one man walking around the office wearing a seattle seahawks jersey and a thong. >> easy target, right? >>> "early start" continues right now. >>> good-bye replacements. a good-bye, replacements. a deal with the nfl means the real referees will be on the field tonight in baltimore. >>> scout's dishonor. the boy scouts of america taking heat for releasing a survey in response to a sex abuse scandal. >>> a new lead that could solve one of america's great mysteries. the search for jimmy hoffa begins outside a suburban detroit home. >>> good morning, everybody. welcome to "early start." we're so glad you're with us on a thursday. it's 6:00 in the east. i'm alina cho. >> and i'm zoraida sambolin. he's hosting "starting point." the agony is finally over for you. st

among them, nfl commissioner, roger goodell and dozens of ravens players, including ray lewis who delivered the eulogy. >> there's no baltimore ravens if there's not a mr. model. so the question that he leaves us today is, if you did nothing else in life, what will you fight for? what legacy will you leave? model passed away last thursday, he was 87 years old. >> football fans in these parts, we are still raving about robert griffin, iii, on his no interception performance. however, james brown host of nfl today on cbs is cautiously apt mystic. recently i sat down with j.b. who is a former 9 sports an anchor to get his on going thoughts on the season. >> of course the hometown team, washington redskins, we have our own. how worked up we aught to be. >> i like the latter. cautious. cautious optimism, if you will. look, rg3 brings a tremendous amount of talent to the table. i met the young man after he won the heisman. he came on the nfl today, we had a chance to chat. he has all of the talent and he has the assets that you would want in a leader. solid young man, good faith foundation, team oriented, remarkable on the field. he's still a rookie. playing

mr. president, that is a bipartisan plea. roger goodell, the nfl commission sir trying. now from contracts with the once beloved men in stripes. players yearn for their return too, although not many are willing to put their money where their mouths are. >> what would you give of your own salary to get the real refs back? >> i'm not going to get into that. you know, let the league take care of that. so i try not to worry about that, just worry about the things i can control. >> reporter: what's a fan to do? espn is pushing ten ways to make your outrage known. among them, swear off watching games four games a week. use negative hash tags about the nfl and roger goodell and boo the games you do attend. fan wes tas we talked to were receptive. >> watch something else. >> i'm not watching the thursday night game. tell you that. >> reporter: the sad part, just about everyone agrees the whole replacement ref controversy is getting in the way of our love for the game -- except for maybe a few seattle fans. >> got a w. that's all has matters. >> keep the replacement officials goi