and, i went to the party, i see troy aikman and joe buck there and ingot to say hello and i see jasone coach of the cowboys. >> yeah, right. and i start kind of bending his ear, but i was on just like this day i was having i was being so, i started giving him, like, my concept ofteam and, like, you know and then, like started talking about, like world war ii on studies they had done on soldiers about what makes them fight and all these things where i was just -- and i could hear myself saying this stuff. you sound like malcolm gladwell right now. you do sound incredible -- >> jimmy: you were impressed. >> i was like wow, iidn't know where it was coming from. and he finally says to me he sayses would you like to address the team. i don't know if he was just trying to shut me up but i couldn't believe it when he said that. >> jimmy: wow. >> he never got my contact information information. and he did get up and leave, but -- >> jimmy: he didn't say what team specifically. we'd love toyou to address the redskins. that's pretty cool. so, you -- maybe he's waiting for next season. >> i thin

a fact not lost on troy aikman, the former cowboys' quarterback, whose career was cut short by concussionso surprised many, when he said the following, during a recent radio interview. >> you know, if i had a 10-year-old boy, i don't think i'd be encouraging him to go out and play football. and so, i wonder where football will be 20 years from now, in light of some of our youth that may not get involved with the sport because of that injury. >> reporter: ted and tammy plevertes agree. >> i just couldn't or did not ever think, to be honest with you, that this would ever happen from football. >> reporter: on november 5th, 2005, their son preston, a then-19-year-old, 6'2", 230-pound linebacker at lasalle university, was dropped by a thunderous collision, during a game at duquesne. he never got up. preston plevertes was cleared to play while still suffering the effects of a previous concussion. returning just five days before the hit that would change his life. >> i couldn't believe it. i was saying i started to cry. >> reporter: emergency surgery saved preston's life, or what remained of it.