moore, national columnist for sports onner.com and luke russert. terence, this industry is booming. we mentioned it s a $1 billion industry. how badly do you think this is going to go over for them, if it appears that these games are rigged and that some of these allegations may be true? well, actually, the big question is, what are these sports leagues going to do about this? because right now when it comes to the national football league, major league baseball and other entities, this is going to be their great satan. and that s because these sports re leagues, these fantasy leagues are trying to make us believe that this is more skill instead of gambling. it s gambling. and gambling is bad funews whent comes to sports. and it goes beyond the 1919 black sox scandal that everyone knows about that nearly kill kd baseball. back in the 1950s, you had a couple of gambling scandals for college basketball that was not good. 1960s, you had alex cares with
need to build skills. the most successful players in the nfl didn t play youth football. the mannings, they never played youth football, because people think youth football, this is the key to an nfl career. often it s the end of an nfl career. let me come to you on this, harry. i m interested in this idea of the choices that we make as people who are watching the game, who love the game, who want to see the game be played safely and well over and against issues of suicide, violence against intimate partners, depression, all the things that impact vet players who, in our fantasy leagues, we draft. you know, the issue here is you can talk about making the game safer. football is a contact sport, and you re going to have injuries. and you cannot make the game safer from the standpoint of protecting the brain. the helmet protects the skull, it does not protect the brain.
ese gotten counseling, he has gotten sober according to he and his wife. they are committed to working things out. i think he deserves a chance, you know this, chris, he was the no. 1 picked up player in the fantasy leagues as soon as he was reinstated. i think if the team wants him, they should take him. there will be negative fallout. i would argue what you do with people, that will get me in trouble with everybody. i said it. the question now, though, wally, you know, don t you think to the theft e test is this? you better make sure your house is clean. you don t have guys that knowingly were allowed to play when they got in trouble with the law. do you think the league is fear that standard of moral cote code of conduct of its players? . i think there are guys playing right now who have had domestic
and my point was this. in particular the d.c. media corps. if you re going to trash talk my city, get your facts right, know what you re talking about. the chip on our shoulder, long gone. we wouldn t have moved to the city we don t sign up with losers. we came to the city of cleveland to be part of the renaissance there. i would encourage reporters to start coming into cleveland now. and get to know it. one more thing. all right. okay. go ahead. cleveland is one example, cleveland the year i was born, there were 2,000 people living in downtown cleveland. by next year, there will be 14,000 living downtown. young people want to live in cleveland. there are some really great neighborhoods. city is coming back and it s really exciting because it s a city that s gone through hard times. with foreclosures, with manufacturing job loss. it s a great city. and it s full of i m going to come see it in person and check out your guestroom. connie schultz and senator sherrod brown.
yep, she s gone noseblind (sfx) we staged an intervention to help her sister break the news. sister: to the left. this is exactly what your house smell like. angela: for real? sister: yes. (both sisters laugh) angela: oh you are trippin ? really?! vo: febreze fabric refresher eliminates pet odors you ve gone noseblind to. sister: smells good! vo: one of many ways febreze helps you and your guests (inhale sound) breathe happy. played his last basketball game four weeks ago yet it s the nba tdominating headlines. we re in the off season. the time of season where the general managers shine, not the players. the byzantine and complex collective bargaining agreement. we re in an era in which fans, themselves, have come to identify as much or more with general managers, front office staff through fantasy leagues and advanced statistics than with players. joining me now, bomane jones,