richie incognito. two other players have been diagnosed as having signs of cte, a d degenera tiff disease. >>> rick renteria is settle to take over the reins in chicago, as the coach in the past season and has played for parts of five major league season. that's a look at our sports headlines. we'll dig a little deeper into this. >> thank you jessica. a new study has shown that palestinian yassir arafat was poisoned. >>> a lawsuit by two women in a small new york town could impact the nation. >> welcome back to al jazeera america. i'm john siegenthaler. here are the top stories. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius was back on capitol hill to talk about the problems on the healthcare.gov website. >> too many hardworking people have been waiting too long for the ability to obtain health insurance. >> the secretary told the senate's committee, that the website shouldn't have been rolled out, she should resign according to legislators, over this incident. >> secretary of state john kerry

incognito? >> yeah. and that's obviously wrong. and richieito is going to suffer consequences because of the voice mails and the texts. what i think roger will fine out is there's a lot more to this story than meets the eye and what is being read about right now. i think one thing he'll find out for sure is that joe philbin, the head coach, and his staff do not condone harassment of any players on their football team. and the joe philbin is loaded with integrity and character. that will be found out. and they'll also find out that jonathan martin in this whole thing, and how this relationship was between he and richie incognito, also played a role how this went down, and i can't say it enough. i'm shocked where this story has gone. >> wow. interesting, coming from tim ryan and also interesting to see if either of them plays football again. tim ryan, thank you for your time today. >> no problem. >> up next, chris christie, your thoughts on this magazine cover from "time." is this an unflattering headline? the elephant? clay. mom? come in here.

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so this is so much more than a richie incognito issue. it is an issue the way bernie madoff is a madoff issue. as trotter's reporting shows and at the blind comment by nfl personnel director shows. >> it's a biggish issue about us as a society. not just people with the nfl that said martin should man up. i talked to somebody earlier today, he's a big guy, bigger than incognito, should have punched him. and maybe initially when you see the story you think a big football player, why didn't he go after him, but he shouldn't have to because it is a workplace, to your point. he shouldn't have to brawl it out. and this notion of toughening him up, he made it to the nfl. he's pretty tough. >> and anybody who is hes that jonathan martin should have manned up, seriously needs to hit themselves over the head with a polo mallet until they think it through more quickly. we have to redefine our very definition of what we mean by moon manhood and adulthood. the real man in this twisted upsidedown logic is the bully and the person not a man is the perso

the nfl likes richie incognito. player and goes after guys the wrong way. that is his business. i'm saying knowing what we know so far, this sound like a kid, that he just never wanted to play football. you wind up in this kind of a situation. i would like to hear the voice mail that incognito left, n word aside, from just reading the text, sounds like he was drunk one night on a bender and decided to mess with jonathan martin. harris: drunk dial. >> that is what is sound like or looks like to me. i could be wrong. i've said bad things about richie incognito before all this. i would stick to those things but there is another side to the story and saying, jonathan martin kept this email for a purpose. harris: before i let you go real quickly, let me cut in here, would you take the football team tomorrow with richie incognito, that is the bottom line? would you play with him, play against him? >> play against him, absolutely. absolutely. there is no question about that. a lot of guys would like play against him right

richie incognito, the player there accused of saying all kinds of what sounds like awful things, and cused of bullying as well. the nfl investigating whether incognito harassed or bullied jonathan martin. the head coach is taking questions. this is the weekly news conference before the fish play tampa bay on monday night final. >> got a ton of support from people within the organization, outside the organization, and fortunate to be in the position i am. i love coming to work after single day and i'm going to represent this franchise the right way every day i'm here. nothing has changed. [inaudible] [inaudible] >> unfortunately i called my 92-year-old father yesterday ask and he was on the computer, so i had to tell him to get off the computer. i don't know if i have had enough time in the day to read all the stuff that's out there. the simple answer to you question is, no. [inaudible] questions >> the guys said what they said, and they were asked questions. they responded, and i am going to let their comments stand on their open, like i let my comments stand on their own. [inaudible]

richie incognito was sidelined sunday. some say that abuse was part of a behavior going back years. to addressed the scandal for the first time. here's cnn's john zarrella. >> reporter: leaving a doctor's office, richie incognito had little to say over the firestorm of allegations that he bullied a teammate. >> i'm trying to weather the storm. >> reporter: in his first comment about the controversy, he was calm, even-temper -- [ bleep ]. >> reporter: a far cry from the shirtless richie incognito screaming racial slurs and profanities at a south florida bar. [ bleep ]. >> reporter: he prances around the table. at once point he hugs mike pouncey who seems unfazed by the slurs. representatives would not comment. but what you see here is an example of former dolphin channing crowder of what likely happened in the team locker room. >> there's nobody there to tell him what's too far. there's no other alpha males to stop him. and he's running crazy. >> reporter: crowder now a radio talk show host in miami. played with incognito. crowder says strong personalities on those dolphin teams kept

richie incognito in this clip is an isolated incident, because we're now seeing a guy -- if you look clip, he's talking to mike pouncy. today pouncy represents nothing but support to incognito. >> by jamal, i love the surprised looks on all our faces when people with problematic end of -- incognito was kicked out of two college programs for his anger-related issues. he god into an incident with a coach, he head-butted two people. aaron her najz we now know had problems before his alleged murder accusations. i could name a whole list of players that the nfl either to be criminally problematic or bad behavior on the field. isn't the nfl responsible for hiring, defending and promoting people they know to be bad actors? >> the answer is absolutely yes, it is. i would say we just heard from the dolphins as you mentioned, from the owner. to me this is a crisis in leadership as much as it is a bullying issue. why the miami dolphins allowed richie to be on that you are leadership council with the history you just described -- and by the way, there was the sexual harassment on the golf course

the team suspended richie incognito indefinitely. martin left the dolphins last week of a teammates repeatedly got up from a lunch table when he sat down in an ode to senget grade. his father tells fox news his son is doing fine and wants to talk about the whole thing at some point. meantime, our station in south florida, wsvn, the news station, caught up with richie incognito and asked him about this whole thing. >> what do you have to say about the storm you are in? >> you know what? i'm just trying to weather the storm right now and this will pass. >> "this will pass." steve harrigan with more from our south florida newsroom this afternoon. what more do we know about these reports that the coaches were told richie incognito to toughen martin up? >> shepard, right now it's only unnamed sources telling the sentinel in florida the newspaper, but we could hear more from coach joe philbin in two hours time when he holds a press conference. philbin has come under sharp criticism for not having the pulse of his team and letting things go

i want to clear the air by saying i am a good person. >> reporter: miami lineman richie incognito defendingmself about allegations that he bullied his teammate jonathan martin. >> i've taken stuff too far and i didn't know it was hurting him. >> reporter: incognito explains the threatened voice major which reportedly said, hey, what's up, you half inward piece of plank. i'm going to slap your real mother across the face. laughter, you're still a rookie, i'll kill you. >> i'm embarrassed by it. i'm embarrassed by my actions. what i want people to know is the way jonathan and we communicate, it's vulgar. it's not right. when the words are put in the context, i understand why a lot of eyebrows get raised. but people don't know how john and i communicate to one another. >> reporter: incognito talked up his use of the n-word to locker room rapport. >> i'm not a racist. to judge me by that one word is wrong. there is a lot of colorful words thrown around the locker room that we don't use in every day life t. fact of the matter remains, though, that that voice mail was left on a private voice mail

now, richie incognito is speaking for himself. saturday at miami dolphins practice, the two players at the center of controversy were absent and both have been silent until now. suspended offensive lineman richie incognito sat down with fox sports, a portion of that interview begins with a question. is he the face of bullying, and what of his use of the "n" word. >> this isn't an issue of bullying. this is an issue of mine and jon's relationship. you can ask anybody in the miami dolphins locker room who had jon martin's back the absolute most. and they'll undoubtedly tell you me. all this stuff coming out -- just -- it speaks to -- it speaks to the culture of our locker room. it speaks to the culture of our brotherhood. the racism, the bad words, you know, that's what i regret most. but that's a product of the environment. that's something that we use all the time. >> reporter: his teammate, jonathan martin, who remains on the team's injury report this weekend listed as ill, is in los angeles with his parents and is not talking. o

today, richie incognito is making a very public appeal. >> the racism. the bad words. you know that's what i regret most. but that's a product of the environment and that's something that we use all the time. >> reporter: in an interview airing today with fox sports' jay glazer, the miami dolphins star speaks candidly about his confrontations with jonathan martin and allegations that he bullied the second-year lineman. >> someone thinks of bully and they think richie incognito. >> this isn't an issue of bullying. this is an issue of my and jon's relationship. >> reporter: the 30-year-old maintains the so-called threats, the intimidation, were nothing more than common locker room bantering. >> this all coming out speaks to -- it speaks to the culture of our locker room, it speaks to the culture or our closeness. it speaks to our brotherhood. >> reporter: dolphins players this week spoke about both of their embattled teammates, some defending incognito. >> we know what kind of guy he is and we want everybody else to know the same thing. >> reporter: but were still perple

richie incognito is the veteran in a leadership position and you can be socially excluded and made tot yourself by other people. you can go through that kind of psychological torment and bullying, no matter how big you are. >> i think the psychological component of this is key, but roman, you've been tweeting what a lot of other players have said, which is look, if you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen, i guess? >> i think gien this incident, there's different levels between what's a rookie responsibility, getting the donuts and those things and what richie incognito did to jonathan martin. at those cases, someone should have said hey, lay off this kid. i'm a man first, deal with it in the parking lot. in regular society, in bullying in the bigger picture, you can't deal with it that way, but talking about a football environment because i played football, that's how you deal with it. you deal with the locker room with locker room issues and unfortunately, this story's become so huge that you have ph.d.s and people in education and if this is the workplace, you wouldn't have

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>> don't worry too much about richie incognito. keep your eye on islam. lam that's the thing. incognito. >> stone him to death. he would be dead if he was over there in abdaby. >> if yich incognito converted to islam tomorrow they would have to leave him alone. >> that's true couldn't mention it a couple of footnotes miller and i want to thank everybody in orlando, florida the upcoming bolder fresher show sold out there. copley theater 100 tickets remain for the february 21st show. did you see that's on deck? wait until you see the mayor of toronto, canada more out of control than miller. severely wounded fighting constipation by eating healthier, drinking plenty of water, but still not getting relief? try dulcolax laxative tablets. dulcolax is comfort-coated for gentle, over-night relief. dulcolax. predictable over-night relief you can count on. that's the sound of car insunce companies these days. here a cheap, there a cheap. everywhere a cheap... you get it. so what if instead ofjust a cheachoice, you could make a smart choice? like esurance for example

we're going to kind of weather the storm and that's it. >> perfectly named richy incognito about the ami dolphins scandal. the coach was not aware of the alleged bullying of offensive lineman jonathan martin, by reports of the sun central where incognito was asked to toughen up martin. everybody is talking about bullying in the nfl, is that doesn't mean it hasn't happened before. dr. gail is back with me and joining me is curt mannify. let's start with you, many i may and welcome to the show. is this a mountain made out of a mole here? looking at what the quarterback said, looking a week ago, jonathan martin and mr. incognito would have been best pals. >> i won't say it's a mountain made out of a mole hill. the problem is we're in a society that wants to rush to a decision to everything. we want to hear an answer as soon as we hear a problem and put out there when it began. the more teammates that come out -- today is the first day the player haves been back in full. the starting center said it and a starting wide receiver said he was outraged by all of this because not only were they

richie incognito's locker. his clothes hanging neatly. caused by the incognito-jonathan martin bullying scandal. thursday joe philbin was back in front of the microphones. he wanted to talk tampa bay and nothing else. >> any comments that we make at this time would be a disservice of the process that's about to take place. >> when the media -- >> when asked how does a locker room stay together with all of this distraction? people outside of the football world don't get it. >> that sucks for them. >> okay, we get that. players who would talk were still trying to make sense of it all. >> it gets to a point where you can't differentiate between what is fact and opinions. >> reporter: what's been most puzzling is the relationship between the two that's beginning to emerge. can we believe that they were best friend as some have said. martin, a stanford grad who talked of attending harvard law. and incognito, perhaps the polar opposite. a man who at least one time apparently thought little of screaming racial slurs and using vulgar language pub

he claims that richie incognito harassed him. richie incognito also saying he wants some compensation for his suspension. so, first, let's talk about jonathan martin, what should happen, you know? and what kinds of next moves should the nfl be taking? >> well, you know, first of all, i'd hate to see the lawyer bill for a seven-hour meeting with a lawyer. that seems like an awful long time to be sitting down and chatting. jonathan has expressed that he wants to play again. though he didn't say specifically with the miami dolphins. and certainly, since we haven't seen very much public support from the miami dolphins locker room, i can't say that he i blame him. will he play again? probably. he's 6'4" there's an upside. oh, by the way, he was the protector of one of the best quarterbacks in the ncaa at the time, andrew luck. so there's talent there to be had. i just don't think he's going to be back in the miami dolphins locker room. >> yeah, well, the ability is there. no question. but i guess there have been conversations about wh

>> don't worry too much about richie incognito. keep your eye on islam. 's the thing. incognito. >> stone him to death. he would be dead if he was over there in abdaby. >> if yich incognito converted to islam tomorrow they would have to leave him alone. couldn't mention it a couple of footnotes miller and i want to thank everybody in orlando, florida the upcoming bolder fresher show sold out there. copley theater 100 tickets remain for the february 21st show. did you see that's on deck? wait until you see the mayor of toronto, canada more out of control than miller. severely wounded american veteran comes all the way back. we'll be back after these messages. stick with innovation. stick with power. stick with technology. get the flexcare platinum. new from philips sonicare. more than a new interior lighting system. ♪ it is more than a hot stone massage. and more than your favorite scent infused into the cabin. it is a completely new era of innovation. and the highest expression of mercedes-benz. introducing the 2014 s-class. the best or nothing. >>> back o

the team reportedly offered one way jonathan martin could have handled the situation -- punch richie incognito. multiple sources say that was the gm's response when martin called complaining of his treatment by incognito. the sun-sentinel says they asked the now-suspended incognito to toughen martin up a little bit. martin left the team amid claims of bullying and voice mail. commissioner roger goodell has appointed a special counsel. dolphins' head coach joe philbin says his team and coaches exemplify respect. >> jonathan martin came in here and worked hard every single day. we have men in the locker room that care about one another,

here is reaction. >> richie incognito is a racist, bigoted, a bully. >> he has been nothing but fun- ing to me. he has been hard working. he would stand up for anyone on the team. >> we will just say incognito has been suspended indefinitely by the dolphins. martin doesn't want to play for the organization. family members have said he feels like the weight of the world is off his shoulders. following reaction throughout the day former players have criticized incognito and some dolphins say hey, that's life in the nfl. >>> gary kubiak collapsed on the side line and was taken to the hospital. throughout the day the houston franchise has been putting out the word he is okay. there was word he had a mini stroke but not confirmed. >>> 49ers say mar i io is ready to play. $16 million a year playing for l. davis. now it doesn't work here. >>> in san francisco something upbeat, carry carrie washington is expecting their first child. >>> the best player in the league, sacked, didn't return. the word is separated shoulder. josh led the bears to a 27-20 win. without aaron rogers, what is left fo

suspended nfl player richie incognito speaks on camera for the first time since his teammate left the miami dolphins. >> i did not intend to hurt him. >> jeff: terrell brown has more on what he says. crash landing, waiting for that 2,000 pound satellite to hit earth. don dahler has the latest. and jeff pegues on the nation's newest college football powerhouse, which is also the country's first university for the deaf. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news." >> jeff: good evening, everyone, i'm jeff glor with a western edition of the broadcast. and every hour with every new image we see the toll seems to get worse. a country of 96 million people hit by a typhoon of enormous power. this is what it looks like in the philippines, with the police chief in tacloban says up to 10,000 are dead. there was understandable chaos there. we noticed this picture of an owner standing outside his store with a gun trying to keep looters away. as american forces head in to help tonight here's what haiyan looks like from space. you can see the enormous area the storm still covers even

if you know richie incognito, he's an alpha male.hat i was in there, richie spent about four minutes making fun of me in front of my peers. that's just the nature of richie and the nature of an nfl locker room. he is the jokester, the guy who's going to you if you do something wrong or wear the wrong color or i carried an umbrella that had a flower on it because it was my wife's umbrella, that's richie incognito. strangely enough, people who don't know him are going to sort of take what his statement that he made in the transcripts of the voice mail probably out of context. you know, we don't know the full extent of it. use of the n word is never excusable. however, you know, it's clear from things he has used it before in front of african-americans. some of them accepted it, some of them didn't. some of them felt it was part of the locker room culture. maybe it could get away with it, but richie was a very alpha male kind of individual. >> okay. something i want to talk about reports that you may have been hearing, as well that the

we are hearing finally from richie incognito who has been suspended for allegedly bullying a teammatecognito is speaking out saying the threats and racial slurs were acceptable in the locker room and the way they talk to each other he says that jonathan martin even texted him what could be considered out of context a death threat. more twists and more turns and what is the real story? we will talk about it all. >> can't wait to hear from martin to go full circle here. >> we haven't heard from him at all. he has been under wraps. >>> an emotional day for a rutgers student who committed suicide after his roommate secretly videotaped him with another man. for the first time his family went to the spot where clementi dropped from a bridge to his death. they are trying to raise awareness about bullying. >>> expected mothers, break out your running shoes. a new study shows moderate exercise can improve your baby's brain power. 18 mothers split up into into groups those who exercised and didn't were studied. children's of mothers who exercised responded more efficiently than children of the

they are looking into allegations that richie incognito repeatedly bullied hazed and harassed him. he strongly denied them and said harsh language is common in nfl locker rooms and he did

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again. >> reporter: philbin would not answer questions about reports that dolphin coaches told richie incognito to toughen up jonathan martin. incognito was suspended without pay by the dolphins last sunday. since then his only comment about the bullying allegations was to miami television station wsvn. >> i'm just trying to weather the storm right now. this will pass. >> reporter: martin, his teammate, left the dolphins last sunday because he felt threatened. informal investigators are reviewing taunts and threats including racial slur slurs that incognito left martin in texts and voice mails. they were offensive linemen who played side by side to protect quarter back ryan tannehill. did you have any sense that anything was wrong in their relationship? >> no. no. none at all. i think if you had asked john martin a week before who his best friend on the team was he would have said richie incognito. >> reporter: but tannehill said he could not explain what went wrong in that relationship and, scott, ted wells, that new special counsel, and the n.f.l. both say there is no timetable to this invest

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for the first time we're hearing from richie incognito, speaking out about accusations of bullying his teammate. >> is it really all just part of football culture? >>> also developing this morning -- we're inside the disaster zone, the world waking up to the size and the scope of the damage from that supertyphoon that slammed the philippines. the death toll could reach 10,000. >>> big cat attack, a female volunteer at a wild cat sanctuary is mauled to death. held back by large cats on the loose, so how could this happen? >>> and heads up. a huge satellite is falling to earth due to clash land later tomorrow. nobody knows where. should we be worried about this? >>> good morning. as we come on the air, we're covering a pair of shootings overnight. including one here at new york city, at a popular ice skating rink ne rink. >> more details coming up. >>> also ahead this morning -- the shocking scene witnessed by millions watching mar madness last night, kevin ware suffering a horrific leg injury on live television. good news he's bounced back, he's made a triumphant return. we'll hear how

richie incognito both apologizes and says he's been misunderstood.rell brown reports. >> reporter: in an interview sunday richie incognito said he was jonathan martin's best friend on the team. >> my actions were coming from a place of love. no matter how bad and how vulgar it sounds, that's how we communicate. that's how our friendship was. >> reporter: incognito admits in voice mails and text e-mails, he threatened his family and called him the "n" word, but it was taken out of context. >> i'm not a racist, and to judge me by one word is wrong. czech republic cbs sports nfl insider -- >> that's not locker room talk. i don't know that to have ever been okay for a white guy to say that to black guy on any time i ever covered. that blows me away. >> reporter: that kind of language and physical and verbal abuse is why martin said he left. one of them martin report lid says, just know i don't blame you guys at all. it's just the culture around football and the locker room has gotten to me is all. mart martin has not spoken publicly and he's being counse

we speak to sports contributor, terrence, richie incognito spoke to fox sports.rs martin his friend. >> yes. >> this is the part i just can't comprehend. he says that using the "n" word and talking that way wasn't in a negative way. let's listen. >> it is a word that i've heard john use a lot. not saying it's right for what i did in the voice mail. but there is a lot of call for words thrown around in the locker room that we don't use in everyday life. the fact of the matter remains, though, that that voice mail was left on a private voice mail for my friend and it was a joke. >> so i mean, you get the gist of what he is saying here is that, you know, use of the "n" word is part of the conversation and part of the casual way they speak to each other in the locker room in the nfl. i find that so impossible to believe from the way i was brought up. you cover all this. what did you think? >> i have covered the national football league for over 35 years. and we are in a totally different place. okay? >> what is it? >> let's put this in perspective. in the early 1980s

unitedhealthcare. >> it's been an ugly week for the miami dolphins after allegations that richie incognitolphins have suspended incognito and the nfl has launched an investigation. the practice of hazing rookie players common in the nfl has been central to the controversy. incognito is accused of taking hazing of martin too far including leaving him a threatening and racist voice mail. other dolphins players supported incognito and quarterback ryan tannehill told the media he was unaware of issues between the two players. >> if you asked jon martin a week before who his best friend on the team was, he would have said richie incognito. first guy to stand up for jonathan when anything went down on the field, richie was first guy there. >> how do reporters sift through the conflicting reports. joining us now from miami is dave hyde and here in d.c., christine brennan sports columnist for "usa today." dave, you talked to several past dolphin player that know richie incognito. he has the most ironic name in news right now. they said that the current stories don't seem to make sense. they don't

meanwhile, we're getting more images showing what you can consider brash behavior on the part of richie incognitothe guard jumping around shirtless in a bar and dropping "f" bombs. and incognito was more measured when approached by cnn affiliate wsvn about allegations that you bullied teammate jonathan martin. >> no comment. we're going to kind of weather the storm and that's it. >> reporter: he may not weather the storm. team sources told the miami herald the dolphins will release incognito and there maybe other casualties. the sent mall reported that dolphins coaches asked incognito to toughen up martin after he missed a voluntary workout last year. >> the type of culture that i've championed since the day that i walked through these doors has been one of honesty, respect and accountability to one another. >> reporter: incognito has seemingly been involved in hazing rookies as shown in this clip from the hbo program. >> have you checked your facebook lately. maybe you shouldn't use [ bleep ] for your ipad password. 8484. i was going to put something up there rude. but then i saw the picture of

he even referred to incognito as, quote, the honorary black guy. richie is honorary. i don't expect you to understand because you're not black, but being a black guy, being a brother is more than just about skin color. it's about how you carry yourself. how you play, where you come from, what you've experienced, why do you think fellow players, some of -- this is -- this is very odd to me, and i think it's very odd to a lot of other folks who read that. what is that -- what does that even mean? an honorary black guy? >> it's murky. clearly, listen. he's a guy playing with a lot of black teammates and you could see a situation where words like the "n" word are thrown around among black players and maybe among richie incognito in that ca case. it's acceptable because he's one of us and one of the gang and it's a joking thing. there's no way for us to understand whatever the dynamic might have been. one thing that is interesting that a former opposing player of incognito, warren sapp said that he was called the "n" word by incognito during a game at one point and he thou

richie incognito was in that category for us. >> reporter: controversy follows incognito.year on a miami radio show he talked about getting then rookie quarterback ryan tannehill to buy him and pouncey jet skis. >> this is how it works. you're going to buy us a gift because we protect his butt. >> reporter: but here is the irony. if either incognito or martin ever play again, crowder believes it's martin who will be shunned by teammates. >> he goes to nfl team the word "snitch" will be thrown around regularly. you made a fellow frat member, as we are a frat, you made him lose his job. >> reporter: now joe philbin has press availability this afternoon and the dolphins locker room is expected to be open to the media as well, but it's not clear whether philbin or any of the dolphins will talk about these latest reports that the coaches had told incognito to toughen up martin. >> it leaves you wondering if the nfl could discipline the coaches, too, for this. >> reporter: oh i don't think there's any question that that could be the case but you have to remember, as we've said r

now you've got some of these players defending richie incognito. what's your take on this? >> my take on it is that none of this behavior would fly at msnbc or in any other workplace. but i wonder if there's a special set of rules and circumstances that kick in when it's an nfl locker room. and tamron, i'm thinking about a legal case that was litigated within the last couple of years in california where there was some really baudy language used in it the writers room in hollywood. the finding was the different set of circumstances applies. there's a creative process in the locker room where there's going to be what would otherwise be regarded as sexual harassment. there's going to be foul language. this is part and parcel what they do to come up with scripts. i'm not sure the nfl is ready for typical workplace rules to apply to the league generally. if they're all closing ranks around this guy, it would seem that there would need to be a seat change to bring about more decorum. >> we've seen people close ranks, police investigations, the list goes on and on. it doesn't make

i think with the richie incognito, jonathan martin thing it went a bit too far. unlike wall street because there isn't much regulation in locker rooms in the nfl, and a lot of sports, a lot of stuff stays behind closed doors. if there's a problem, it gets handled indoors. that doesn't happen so much in corporate america. >> it did on wall street, this was behind closed doors in strip clubs for the '80s and '90s or whatever, but tiki, do you think this is the moment for football when people start to say this is a multi -- this is a very big business. labor laws on how to treat people. >> the brand of football means something, a $10 billion plus business. individual brands of players matter. football will end at some point. how you are perceived on the field and locker room ultimately determines what you do with the rest of your life. i don't think the money will ever leave the nfl, it is such a big part of our culture, but it is important to send the right image and the nfl focuses on that relentlessly. >> i am pretty sure in the nfl no one sent a text like the on

richie incognito lo obligaba a pagar cenas y fiestas y hasta habrÍa amenazado con matar a un compaÑero este caso. >> richie incognito, jugador de los miami dolphins, un veterano con nueve aÑos de experiencia de 319 libras de peso, con antecedentes de conducta violenta fue suspendido indefinidamente del equipo y estÁ bajo investigaciÓn de los dolphins y nfl por amenazar de muerte a su compaÑero de equipo martin. segÚn los reportes conocido hasta ahora, incognito habrÍa dejado un mensaje amenazante en abril pasado cuya transcripciÓn dice: "hola, cÓmo estÁs? insulto racional. voy a pegarte en tu boca, te voy a matar". lo que muchos se preguntan es hasta quÉ punto incognito estarÍa incurriendo en un delito. >> si ha sido una amenaza repetida, podrÍa llegar a considerarse un delito. >> ademÁs le habÍa exigido a martin que le diera $ 15.000 para pagar una fiesta para algunos jugadores a la que Él no estaba invitado, conducta que podrÍa ser catalogada como criminal. >> yo creo que sÍ existe extorsiÓn. >> incognito tiene un historial de sanciones. este incidente fue en el 2009. le pegÓ un cabe