. >> we had simone biles opted not to compete, which was really the next even horizon. >> you took the that same summer, phelps actually's been talking about this for a while, but you have naming on osaka, within a month or two a couple months, you have simone biles story, and the time that the world is watching. the tokyo olympics. and she says, i can't compete. it took these incredibly strong athletes world renowned athletes, so now, the nfl is also dealing with this and saying, hey, the athletes the players union has been really strong on this. athletes like marcus, speaking about this, laura, and saying, we have to focus on the mental health of these giants who also, by the way, are human beings. >> marcus, on that point, this is also a business as much as it is a sport. and the phrase, are you not entertained? comes to my mind. and there's a big dollar sign attached to the priorities that a league will make to figure out how best to mark it it. and maybe that gladiator perception in persona is what sells tickets. but should there be a culture change to say, look, there is even a m

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about this for awhile but you have naomi osaka within a month or two, couple months you have the simone bilesworld is watching, the tokyo olympics and she said i can't compete. it took these incredibly strong athletes world renown athletes and now the nfl is also dealing with this and saying hey, we, the athletes the players union has been strong on this, marcus speaking about this law and saying, we have to focus on the mental health of these giants who also by the way are human beings. >> and marcus on the point, this is also a business as much as it's a sport and the phrase are you not entertained comes to mind. and there's a big dollar sign attached to the priorties that a league will make to figure out how best to market it and maybe that gladiator perception and persona is what sells tickets should there be a culture changes to look, there's even a market case for why it's a good idea to focus on the whole player. >> when you think about the player you want him to be successful in every which way possible so if the league and the nfl wants the militaries to be successful, mentally, phys

athletes that have been very public about their personal struggles with adversity, naomi osaka, and simone bileschael phelps. how did shiffrin deal with this? because she had a lot of setbks leading up to beijing. christine: oh, without a doubt. she had covid. she was in isolation for 10 days, missg a key part of her training. her dad, who -- of course, her dad and her mom are both skiers, got her into the sport, decided how to train her, said, don't worry about winning little ribbons and races. you're going to stay on the mountain and be a kid and we're going to learn this way. her dad suddenly passed away after an accident, a fall in 2020. she was devastated, of course. and then, of course, beijing itself, just the bad -- the poor performance after poor performance. what she did was, she was incredibly honest, as honest as anyone i have seen. most nfl players, whatever, they might sign their helmet, they want to walk out, they want to talk for a quick second. she would do interview after interview, complete class act. i'm sure many people saw one or two of those. william: just confronted this

. >> like simone biles she had her hopes on the olympics she competed in the nationals in 2018 and shee level takes a lot of dedication. >> it does >> thank you. >>> mr. roker, how about a check of the weather >> interesting even though there was some horrible weather out west, there is a little bit of a silver lining those atmospheric rivers have dropped 31 trillion gallons of water on the state enough to cover california with a foot of water, and we have been talking about the drought december 20th, 81% of the state was in severe drought, exceptional drought 7% extreme drought 36%. guess what that dropped significantly no extreme drought no exceptional drought 43% of severe drought. that's great news. the next storm comes out of the rockies but dry weather on the west coast snow showers great lakes today mild through the southeast plenty of sunshine mid-plains >>> good friday morning. i'm meteorologist kari hall. yes, we're enjoying a lot of sunshine in this forecast, and it's going to stay chilly. our temperatures today, after starting out in the 30s in some spots, only head to the