what did the nfl do? it came right here to this committee, the united states congress, and it said, we need your help. how can it be fair that the afl gets to pool its broadcast rights but we don't, that's not fair. and congress agreed. the sports broadcasting act of 1961 was expressly designed to overturn the 1953 eastern district of pennsylvania decision, while at the same time preserving that court's decision to allow local blackouts. that's how we got here. it was to overturn a case brought by the united states department of justice during the eisenhower administration. what does that mean for today's discussion? the court in 1953 and congress in 1961 both premised their decision on the importance of local ticket sales, the importance of maintaining the economics of the league. that was over a half century ago. it's perfectly legitimate for this committee to revisit the statute from 1961 and ask, do the same economic principles apply today? question at sports fans coalition think they don't. any time

the nfl doesn't want blackouts.senator lee and senator grassley made that point in their opening statements. no one likes blackouts and that includes the nfl. the examples you have shown our folks trying to respond in the league adjusted the policy to be more responsive. we think over the long-term it has served in the business judgment of the leak that is sergey. asked that shows, we take extraordinary action to avoid them. >> i will take this action with you in the other witnesses, but now turn to senator klobuchar. >> thank you very much, senator blumenthal. thank you two other witnesses. i thought i would start with you, mr. waldron. the blackout was put in place in 1861. a separate quite >> the sports broadcasting act was adopted in 1961. >> okay, good. most of the money made by sports tickets has been pointed out in the testimony at that time came from ticket sales. today nfl games are consistently a amount of most popular programs are in my state where we are proud of the vikings and with that comes a signifi

nfl's enforcement.ust a policy but do we really trust the nfl to end violence against women and children and nfl families and also to set an example for the rest of society about how men treat women in our culture. >> well, clearly, you believe that the baseline punishment doesn't go far enough in this sense. but are you getting an impression here that the league at least, you know, they're getting the message like, okay, maybe we messed up before. maybe we ought to try and tweak it this time around but do you think they're actually getting it as far as the protests they got -- >> yes, absolutely. >> for roger goodell to step down or does more need to be done here? >> this is a watershed moment in the history of ending domestic violence in our country. the nfl that stand of masculinity in our country that for so long completely ignored women's concerns, it's finally paying attention. but i would say the battle has really just begun because there are so many loopholes in the policy. there's a disturbing

what did the nfl do? it came right here to this committee, the united states congress, and it said, we need your help. how can it be fair that the afl gets to pool its broadcast rights but we don't, that's not fair. and congress agreed. the sports broadcasting act of 1961 was expressly designed to overturn the 1953 eastern district of pennsylvania decision, while at the same time preserving that court's decision to allow local blackouts. that's how we got here. it was to overturn a case brought by the united states department of justice during the eisenhower administration. what does that mean for today's discussion? the court in 1953 and congress in 1961 both premised their decision on the importance of local ticket sales, the importance of maintaining the economics of the league. that was over a half century ago. it's perfectly legitimate for this committee to revisit the statute from 1961 and ask, do the same economic principles apply today? question at sports fans coalition think they don't. any time

how much is the nfl going to commit to those organizations?> we have made substantial commitments, five years commitments to both the national domestic violence hotline and others. and $25 million per year. >> you've made a commitment to this? >> yes, sir. >> are going to make the comparable sides to other organizations. >> i just want to make sure as we try to get the rest of these numbers end. >> who can make this commitment? >> that something that we have discussed with our expert who are the leading organizations at the grassroots level that need the support to support the families and support the nfl personnel and for that, that is a collective decision that was made for us to support the national domestic violence hotline and resource. >> thank you to all of you. i'm sorry that my time has expired. >> thank you. i want to thank the ranking member for saying that we should revisit this after the new year when i assume you'll be the chairperson. because this issue of accountability keeps coming up. so we should revisit this and see the pro

with tv revenues now the nfl's main source of revenue approaching $6 billion this year, total nfl revenues reportedly exceeded $10 billion in 2013. second, the increased popularity of nfl games has brought fans to the stadiums in numbers that make blackouts exceedingly rare. in 1975 almost 60% of nfl games were blacked out because they failed to sell out. last year only two of 256 regular-season nfl games, less than 1%, were blacked out, and no games have been blacked out so far this year. moreover, in recent years, blackouts have affected only a few nfl markets such as buffalo, cincinnati, and san diego. finally, the commission determined that the impact on consumers of eliminating its sports blackout rules would be minimal. the nfl's existing contracts with the broadcast networks extend through 2022, keeping games on over the air stations through at least that time frame. beyond that, the commission found it is highly unlikely that the nfl would find it more profitable to move its games from over the air stations to pay tv in the absence of the sports blackout rules. in conclusion, i wou

it's not the nfl problem. it's our problem as well. i don't want our position on the jeff taylor matter in any way confuse our commitment to making sure that this thing goes away. my only final point i'd make is this -- >> no, i'm sorry, your time is over. >> then i guess i won't. >> senator blumenthal is next. i'm going to go vote.'e+6 senator cat cantwell is going to chair. i'll be back and let's just work it out. we have to keep it going. >> thank you, mr. chairman, and thank you for having this hearing. i want to join in expressing my admiration for your proceeding in spite of the obstacles that have been raised. thank you for all being here. we have some sports heroes here and we have some professional legal hero, and i'm grateful for each of you for coming to talk to us today. but i want to talk about the people who are not here, the owners. and in a certain sense, they are the bosses. they are going to be the ones who make the ultimate decision. let's just talk the realities here. and the financial reality is that words and prom

the nfl has a balance. they want to have popular games on television and they want to have a stadium that's full. you can imagine the scenario in which the other sports, they only play 162 games or 82 games, so every game is not a special event.iis not a special event. in the nfl, they work hard to make every game a special event, so they try to balance that maximizing the full stadium capacity with the engaging of the fans on television. it's a balance and they have, frankly, adjusted that balance. we think it encourages fan attendance and fan engagement over television. >> the fcc voted to repeal blackout rules which prevented cable and satellite operators from airing sports events blacked out on a local station. what prompted the fcc to change its stance? is there anything preventing the nfl and other sports leagues from negotiating blackout rules directly with cable and satellite operators now? >> what prompted the commission's action was the change in the sports industry since 1975 when we adopted our

because that's how the nfl got in trouble. you didn't see it, roger goodell didn't see it as his responsibility to ask the question, is there another tape and i need to see it before we do punishment. there was not a process in place. let me just give you one example. i think we should say for the record that major league baseball commissioner has never sanctioned an mlb player for domestic violence. never in 22 years. now teams have. i want to fwo through one example. francisco rodriguez. by the way, i found all this just googling around on my ipad last night preparing for this hearing. this wasn't prepared by my staff. anybody could do this that looked into rodriguez's record that is written in pribt. in 2005 based on sworn court testimony he put a young lady by the name of diane penya, he hit her so hard she was hospitalized in venezuela. he quince vinced her to move to the united states with him and he assaulted her father at the mets stadium pulling him out of the family lounge. at the time carlos belle tron said this is

be clear, neither our players nor the nfl p.a. condone in any form.ence we understand the significance of our position both for society at large and more importantly for the families and individuals involved. incident of domestic violence by any player is one too many but it does not and on thenot reflect overwhelming majority of the members who contribute to their ways.ities in countless this week for example you will see players out in the community with many of your constituents their children as part of the play 60 campaign. comprehensivet a system of education, prevention, intervention and counseling will help us find solutions to lowering the instances of domestic violence that present themselves each and every year. specifically related to our sport we believe that those tools combined with fair and appropriate discipline is the to achieve the goals of preventing incidents of domestic thosece and assisting involved. you will, we have seen repeated discipline under the personal conduct policy of the nfl implemented unilatera

we have seen on more than one occasion when matters were left to the nfl. it is mismanaged and will not stand outside the review in the bounty incidence. it was overturned, but also by a former nfl commissioner who was tasked with reviewing the actions. with ray rice, it was overturned after further review by a former federal judge appointed as the neutral arbitrator. this system run by the ffl does not work for the members and as we heard as well as i'm sure you have, that continued to express with the current discipline. we have been tasked by the membership to find solutions and bargain with the nfl for a better process. accordingly, in early october, we established a blue ribbon commission to advise us on matters of prevention, intervention and processes of discipline. i included the names of the commission in the testimony and their bios. we are also fortunate and pleased to see that a member of our commission is testifying at the hearing today. with the assistance of experts and community leaders, we started a dialogue with the membership to create me

the nfl doing that is everybody, even beyond the nfl and even beyond sports. the bad news is this is not going to stop. having covered the national football league since the late 1970s, i'm telling you something that this is inherent in a lot of these players to be knuckleheads. i'm not saying everybody. i'm saying a lot of them. i'll give you the classic example. red mcdonald, a star player for the san francisco 49ers, right before the season began, he was accused of domestic abuse to his fiancee, and then the 49ers looked the other way because they want to try to get to the super bowl, let him play. now once all this other stuff started blowing up, lo and behold a couple weeks ago he's being arrested again and accused of sexual assault and this time they drop him from the club. my point is you would think after all this stuff has happened between adrian peterson and ray rice and these other people, that he would have learned his lesson. but he never learned. >> guys, a lot more to discuss but we're out of time. have to get a quick break in. mel stick around,

who does the nfl think it is?senators and congressmen stood up. >> roger goodell has been lovely to my family, very nice, very friendly to many of us here at fox know him and i take his word over ray rice's word any day. i'm sorry. >> that's fine. that's what makes america great. but the reality is that i have a district court judge on my side. your turn. >> that's true. i've got the truth on my side. i just don't know that i need politicians getting involved at this point. >> politicians got involved. >> they have too much on their plate, lou. >> do you know how they got their anti-trust exemptions? 1960's as the merger of the afl and nfl came together, who was the commissioner? pete rosell got this thing tacked on to a bill for a tax exemption, anti-trust and the nfl was born. the politicians have been involved in nfl business for 50 years. >> and also there are already domestic violence laws on the books so are the senators saying those don't apply? they're having hearings for the sake of having hearings so the

>> i don't think the nfl is worried at all.s long as the sec is playing that's a pipeline right into the national football league. television, i think, will have increasing awareness if there is a worry out there. not because people will stop watching. i agree that people will continue to watch in great numbers but the increasing , sophistication of the technology in the slow-motion pictures of violent collisions on kickoffs, parents shudder . and they repeat it. look at this hit. the violence is an aphrodisiac for the telecast. they love it. they want more. they show more. it's scary. >> does the nfl have a pr or substance problem? >> i think it is a pr problem. i think the nfl's reaction to every scandal every step of the way has kind of been retroactively trying to discuss the marketing and the way they are being looked that. the power is totally concentrated at the top and we have the problems we've always had. >> the question i have for both of you is what happens when -- the thing i keep waiting for that i think is a mome

the nfl has been at this for 50 years. it actually wants to maximize the number of people in the stadiums. >> things have changed over that 50 years. >> i understand that, and they watch this every week. the nfl watches this every week. >> isn't the present policy in effect to the disadvantage of certain cities over others, certain fans over others. for example, the ralph wilson stadium in buffalo represents 28% of the population in this city, that stadium can hold 28% of the population compared to the capacity of soldier field in chicago which represents 2% of the population of that city, the stadiums in the new york area probably even a smaller percent which may be the reason that they are regularly filled. but the threat is there for all fans -- new york, connecticut. maybe it falls more heavily on buffalo, cincinnati, san diego, tampa bay, where economic recession, population trends may have made the markets less robust. isn't there a discriminatory aspect here and as as far as it frankly hits the elderly, disabled, an

. >>> new fallout from the ray rice ruling after being cleared to play in the nfl again. questions are now swirling about rice's possible return to the field. at the same time, his wife janay rice is speaking out denying claims her husband was vague when he told the nfl with the elevator incident that led to his suspension. kristen welker has the story. >> reporter: as the ravens took on the chargers, it was baltimore's former running back, ray rice, just reinstated into the nfl, who was the big topic of conversation off the field. >> everybody deserves a second chance in life. >> i think, yeah, it's right. let him come back. >> some team's going to pick him up, some team's going to want him for the playoff stretch. >> reporter: espn is reporting that multiple teams have expressed interest in rice, including the saints and colts. but no indication they'll pursue him. >> there are teams that have a definite need for a running back. they might be willing to take a chance. i think fans might be willing to f forgive. america loves people who make up for past wrongs. >> report

nfl players' numbers aren't in the book.y want to reach out to me, i'm glad to talk to them. >> jeff ruhr da, thank you for being with me. i appreciate it. >>> still to come in the newsroom, students are watching what's happening in ferguson like everyone else. but how do you teach the lessons of ferguson in a public classroom? who would what should teachers say? we'll talk about that next. not to be focusing, again, on my moderate my goal was to finally get in shape. to severe chronic plaque psoriasis. so i finally made a decision to talk to my dermatologist about humira. humira works inside my body to target and help block a specific source of inflammation that contributes to my symptoms. in clinical trials, most adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis saw 75% skin clearance on humira. and the majority of people were clear or almost clear in just 4 months. humira can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. serious, sometimes fatal infections and cancers, including lymphoma, have happened; as

the nfl doesn't just play for three hours on sunday. the nfl is a 24/7 endeavor that wants americans to admire the people they put on the field. the league has established a contract with one of the providers and want them to wear those. this is an ongoing endeavor. it wants young people to look up to these athletes, and they do. being involved in youth football, this is very sad, but it is true in some instances. some of the only positive male role models that many young americans today have happen to be the professional athletes they'd see on sundays or at nights on television. this is a sport that's not just played three hours at a time. it has deep impacts throughout society. there are millions of young americans who look up to these players and whatever happens or does not happen with them has a deep impact on them. buzz pa for many of them, it's the only male role model they have in their u lives in the case where is people go wrong. and that's why the ray rice case so interested me. because the situation with mr. rice involved so

. >>> also breaking, the nfl commissioner and the tough new rules tonight. pulling players the moment there are charges. plus, the nfl star, the truck accident, fracturing his back. will he play? >>> the big medical headline for women tonight. too much radiation? how much is enough? and what to ask your doctor. >>> and the hollywood e-mails hacked tonight. private words made public. about angelina jolie and others. could this cost millions? >>> good evening. >>> good evening. and as we come on the air in the west tonight, there are two major storms hitting both coasts. 46 million americans in the west bracing for the most powerful storm in five years. in space, you can see what a monster it is. some schools in california, already shut down tomorrow. bracing for blizzards and mudslides. we have the track coming up tonight. and in the east, the nor'easter isn't letting up. cars and trucks brought to a standstill on interstate 81 in upstate new york. part of 81 shut down for seven hours today. meteorologist ginger zee with the new models coming in for both stor

nfl could bethe doing to make the sport more safe? the nfl has done a lot in the last three or four years. sweeping changes. less, theit elimination of egregious or egregious head hits. there is a better system for player management systems. level, from the nfl there have been more changes than ever. >> reducing the risk of retired players, or is it too soon to say that? >> it is conjecture that it would and i believe it will. days, thek at the old style of play, the style of practice. understanding that in a minority of players, they can go on to have problems as they get older. like never before, the changes at every level have resulted in improvement. >> do you have a son? >> i have three. >> did they play football? >> one was a noncontact guy and play baseball but the other two played. i and their mother felt that they understood the risk and it was safe for them to play. >> you did not feel nervous about them playing american football? >> not at all. i played 10 years and i think it's america's greatest sport. what are they going

the whole ray rice issue was what's wrong with the nfl.y are completely disconnected from the consequences of this sport they are engaged in. they are socializing young men into a culture of violence. is it at all surprising that you see the kind of corollary social damage surrounding players that we see? not at all surprising. they are off on this 19th century trajectory. it is fundamentally out of touch with the rest of us. >> bill simmons called the commissioner of the nfl a liar. go back to the ray rice case. he ended up getting suspended for three weeks. >> it was totally the wrong decision. if a sports columnist in a podcast can't call -- can't exercise free speech. calling him a liar is not like it came out of nowhere. one reasonable conclusion from the whole ray rice saga is that the commissioner of the nfl knew about the existence of the videotape and was lying about it. i don't know if he did, but it's a reasonable conclusion. i thought sports columnists in expressing their opinions are allowed to draw conclusions. apparently not

. >>> new fallout from the ray rice ruling after being cleared to play in the nfl again. questions are now swirling about rice's possible return to the field. at the same time, his wife janay rice is speaking out denying claims her husband was vague when he told the nfl with the elevator incident that led to his suspension. kristen welker has the story. >> reporter: as the ravens took on the chargers, it was baltimore's former running back, ray rice, just reinstated into the nfl, who was the big topic of conversation off the field. >> everybody deserves a second chance in life. >> i think, yeah, it's right.

in july, nfl commissioner roger goodell suspended rice for two games. then in september, after graphic video surfaced of rice assaulting his fiancee and now rice he was suspended indefinitely saying he was ambiguous in the original meeting. janay rice in an exclusive interview with matt lauer. >> when the commissioner of the nfl roger goodell says ray was ambiguous and the nfl says it was starkly different sequence of events, is the commissioner lying? >> i can't say so. you know, i know for a fact he told -- that ray told the honest truth that he's been telling from february. >> and you think the league and the commissioner covered their butts? >> i think they did what they had to do for themselves. >> reporter: the nfl declined to comment on janay's account, but wrote in a memo this weekend the club owners no part of the arbitrator's decision questions the commissioner's honesty or integrity. nor his good faith consideration of the issue when he imposed the indefinite suspension on mr. rice. still, the ruling continues to generate criticism of goodell

he played in nfl.et his opportunity given the nature of the league. now as far as what i felt about her, i think what will be for people that hear her interview, it's a matter of we've been told a narrative of domestic violence. she is not willing -- in her mind she does not fit that narrative. i found her overall to be genuine, very thoughtful, had great perspective on a lot of things. i met her family. given her support system, you know, i just found her to be extremely genuine. obviously only the future will tell. you can say everything you want. actions tell the story. i walked away being impressed with her. >> thanks so much for sharing your reporting and perspective with us. great to to see you this morning. >> thank you. >>> we want to know what you think about this story. will any team pick up ray rice? should they? message us at facebook.com/new day. find us on twitter. >>> a congressional staffer is apologizing, sort of, after attacking the first daughters and their appearance. we'll tell you

nfl --a recording of it of an nfl officials saying that he would not be punished under new policies. those policies will be the topic of a senate committee hearing this afternoon. .arci gonzalez, abc 7 news >> brave actions that may have saved many lives. a highschooler saw another student with a gun and told a school resource officer. fremont high school was placed on lockdown and students were given strict instructions. get out ofy hide, the hallway, do not open the door when people come knocking, even if they say it is a member of the squad. they say, stay down. if it is a real person that will have a key to unlock the door. student faces three firearms possession charges. >> ok, heavy rain is causing voluntary evacuations in los angeles. there are concerns that there is comes after last year's fires. thevegetation would keep mountainside stable. a different senior at home -- we had some rain, but not enough. >> we could use it at that time. >> we want these slow and steady rain that helps the drought, but unfortunately their ground is no cracked and there is big trouble there. he

i don't think it's fair to ray tack the nfl for doing what society i felt has not done, the nfl is following what society has done over the past decades. our approach to domestic abuse has evolved over the years. maybe the nfl is lagging behind that evolution, but for example in many, many cases there were no prosecution for domestic abuse, because first the laws were set up you could not rape your wife. >> i meant to challenge that because we know that sports teams have strong security teams they are good about working with local police departments making sure this doesn't get to a certain level and the pressure to not let it get to a certain point to say they follow society. >> i'm not saying they need to follow society it's unfair to say this player has not suspended when there's not been a prosecution. >> i don't think it's unfair at all. >> part of the change has to do with the amount of information that is available both from videole first lady e-mails and tames, the idea that you can now not you can see pictures and hear tames and voices it makes it a lot more real it is happening. i

>> when the commissioner of the nfl said ray was ambiguousuous and the nfl said it was starkly differentis the commissioner lying? >> i can't say he is telling the truth. >> violent protests. players walk out on the field in a hands up don't shoot pose leading to a demand for an apology from st. louis police. madam president talks about playing the commander in chief. throughout history have been the real power and have been the face of power. >> good day. i'm andrea mitchell in washington. ray rice has been reinstated. an ash traitor overturned the indefinite suspension on friday. in an exclusive interview, they asked about the chances her husband will play again. >> what's it going to take in your mind fo

the nfl can do whatever they want?>> i think it's like splitting hairs. the nfl is dealing with ferguson and just watching it and knowing how many people have been impacted. for their players to make such a strong, political statement, will it set the bar for others to follow suit? if they don't take action against these particular players, no matter how incendiary this issue is -- >> that's the question. >> right. it's -- >> that's why i think you'll see the nfl probably -- maybe they have to amend the code but they don't want political statements being made at sporting events. so -- >> every time this comes up in the nfl, someone comes up with a creative end zone celebration, whether it's slitting the throat or the omega symbol, as creative as people continue to get in the nfl, the nfl will look at it and say you've had your fun and it's banned. >> obviously sports are the great uniter. sports are the great unifier. the point being that everybody can sit down and watch sports and there's a camaraderie but here it bec

the american people pay attention to what goes on in the nfl. what are your expectations with the meetings with the president? what can come out of this? >> well, i think that the thing that the president is trying to do is to inspire american to do what they don't really want to do in order to achieve what they really would like to achieve, which is a raceless society. it's difficult work. it's not the number one job that the president has, but in many ways he is an evangelist. and the mealing at the white house today was evangelistic in the sense that he's trying to come up with ways in which we can reduce the tension and then try to move forward to get to another level in this country. i don't think there's anybody except the crazies who feel comfortable right now with what's going on. and for the president to call a meeting in the white house i think is symbolic of what he wants people to do around the country. that is look for solutions. this is not about hating police departments, it's not about attacking police. i put my own life and my f

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tarrance, this attitude, i think is prevailing in the nfl. i do.nk it goes beyond that of being a good company man. what brings these athletes, especially this one, to the point of even thinking that way, to de-value their whole life, just to be a part of a team or a profession. what do you think? >> well, i'll tell you what, ed. when i was listening to chris conte say those words, i had these flashbacks to 35 years ago when i covered the oakland raiders for the san francisco examiner. and two names come to mind. jim otto and bob chandler. jim otto was the original center for those oakland raiders for 15 years, never missed a game. jim otto through the years has more than 40 operations, serious ones, had a leg amputated, and he says he would do it all over again. bob chandler was a wide receiver in the early 1980s, and he was about 180 pounds, never played with hip pads, never played with knee passed, barely wore shoulder pads, and was considered very courageous. this guy, the monday after games, he would crawl around the locker room like an old ma

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louis police association wants the nfl to discipline those players. we have team coverage for you the this morning. let's start with ed live in ferguson. good morning ed. >> reporter: good morning carol. well i think many city officials and people vofinvolved here hop the worst is behind them. it was another quiet night. after six years on the ferguson police force, darren wilson turned in his badge over the weekend. >> the city of ferguson will not make a severance payment to office p officer wilson. >> wilson's resignation reads in part, it is my hope that my resignation will allow the community to heal. >> but protestor miss ferguson and around the country from oregon to washington d.c. aren't ready to let go. during sunday's matchup between the m rams and raiders, 50 extr security officers surrounded the stadium while protestors chanted outside. while inside, several rams players staged a show of solidarity as they took the field displaying the hands up don't shoot pose adopted by protestors. the player's support for michael brown struck a sour no

he was reinstated to the nfl last friday. nbc's stephanie gosk has more. >> reporter: ray rice can play again, but will an nfl team sign him? the former running back for the ravens spoke about his uncertain future with matt lauer. >> what would you think it would take for another owner and another group of fans to put the images of that video behind them and say, we'll take a chance on ray rice? >> one thing i think that, you know, they will have to be, you know, willing to, you know, look deeper into who i am and realize that, you know, me and my wife had one bad night and i took full responsibility for it and one thing about my punishment and everything going along with anything that happens is that i've accepted it, i went fully forward with it. i never complained. i never did anything like that. i took full responsibility for everything that i did, and only thing i can hope for and wish for is a second chance. >> reporter: but signing rice now is complicated. >> a team's going to have to weigh the sort of pr hits that the

nfl, roger goodell, says ray was ambiguous and the nfl says that it was a starkly different sequence the commissioner lying? >> i can't say he's telling the truth. you know, i -- i know for a fact that he told -- that ray told the honest truth. this is the equivalent of the sugar in one regular soda. and this is one soda a day over an average adult lifetime. but there's a better choice. drink more brita water. clean, refreshing, brita. it's happening... everywhere. people are dropping their pants for underwareness, a cause to support the over 65 million people who may need the trusted protection of depend underwear. show off a pair of depend and show them it's no big deal. because hey, it's just a different kind of underwear. join us. support the cause and get a free sample of depend >>> over the holiday weekend, the nfl became the flash point for two ongoing high profile stories. the ray rice controversy, which we'll discuss in a minute, and the ongoing events in ferguson, missouri, sparked by the police shooting death of michael brown. on sunday, five members of the st. louis rams

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the nfl has declined for moving ahead. but we cannot go ahead without improving the personal product by which it is to be administered. providing them with a fair proposal over a month ago and despite the letter responses past sunday, the nfl refuses to commit collective bargaining. we believe that a jointly broken system is the only way to ensure this approach has the credibility and effectiveness for the fans and the partners and our players have come to expect such as our comprehensive policies. we remain fully committed to addressing these issues in a meaningful way because that's the only way we can ensure that change has happened and we also remain ready to his this any members of the committee and improving the way that domestic violence is addressed in our country. thank you for your time and we look forward to answering any questions you may have for us. >> was an enormous amount of pressure coming from many directions and not necessarily the folks at the witness table, but the folks that you work with for us not

the nfl is a huge money-making machine, thanks to tv money. is the nfl worried about that at all? >> i don't think the nfl takes kindly to being threatened, frankly. and i don't think that we've seen that big boycotts in the nfl do much. we haven't seen that they've been not only very effective, but a lot of people just haven't participated in. we saw a huge wave of people in this country upset about the way the nfl does business earlier this fall with the domestic violence issues that we saw and the lack of punishment to certain players. the nfl as a business, they didn't suffer at all from that. ratings have been up, money has been up, ticket sales have been up. i wouldn't be surprised to see a few police officers about a gesture on a football field as having an economic impact on the nfl. >> thank you both so much. we'll talk more about this and the political dimensions of it. >>> president obama clearing his schedule for three different rounds of meetings with his cabinet, elected officials, law enforcement, civil rights leaders and we're getting new details on what president

the nfl is dogged by systemic problems and i agree with alyssa.as to man up and sprout some stones and change things from the top down. it may be difficult with the players union and you can't capitulate to everybody. >> you know how you're on the right track? the union is upset. >> they're more concerned with what is happening on the field than off the field. that's the problem, right? what is the union going to ask for? no cameras in elevators? their p.r. for this is so bad, the union and the nfl should just know you know what, it is wrong, give us a third person. >> yo note i am concerned about, the season is almost over. we are headed now in two playoff territory. they basically have punted. into a whole new season. >> i don't think they want to focus on this issue or have any distractions especially domestic violence or even players with their hands up for any kind of social or cultural, they know that is what the fans want. the players union should be involved. many people feel that prosecutor failed in doing his job by not throwing the book