and trainers. some not medically licensed. to keep them playing even while hurt. the players in the suit say those drugs did long-term damage to their health. nobody ever in my entire life ever spoke about the issues i m going to have with my kidneys. reporter: in a separate case the judge rejected a proposed $765 million settlement for in fact saying she didn t believe there was enough money to kefr up to 20,000 retired players. all of this just as the issue has gone all of the way to the top. president obama last week calling together a concussion summit and proposing $30 million in funding for concussion-related research. concussions are not just a football issue. they don t just affect grown men who choose to accept some risk to play a game that they love and that they excel at. so the ball is now back in the nfl s court. they hoped the settlement was
20,000 retired players. all of this just as the issue has gone all the way to the top. president obama last week calling together a concussion summit and proposing $30 million in funding for concussion-related research. concussions are not just a football issue. they don t just affect grown men who choose to accept some risk to play a game that they love and that they excel at. reporter: you know, the ball is definitely in the nfl s court and don t want a guy like dan marino against the league about concussions. he s not one of the quarterbacks we think of. we think steve young, troy aikman. an interesting story about dan marino. he left a game in the fourth quarter with a con kaotian. didn t know where he was, went back in in the game and threw a game-winning pass. he s been there before. interesting to see the next step considering the settlement already rejected and where we go with the nfl. they don t want to keep it going into another season. got that.
concussions are not just a football issue. they don t just affect grown men who choose to accept some risk to play a game that they love and excel at. every season you ve got boys and girls who are getting concussions in lacrosse, wrestling and ice hockey as well as football and in fact, the center for disease control reportses that in the most recent data that s available to us, young people made nearly 250,000 emergency room visits with brain injuries from sports and recreation. 250,000. that number obviously doesn t include kids who see their family doctor or as is typical don t seek any medical help. before the awareness was out there, when i was young and played football briefly there were a couple of times where i m sure that that ringing
controversy? it overlaps politics. but it s a football issue. washington was playing dallas on our air that night. i was asked by nbc i didn t just walk in there and go, i m going to do this. it doesn t work that way. many conservatives, tony dungy, civil musnic, a sports writer who often writes about issues and is perceived as conservative, tom cole, a long list happened to agree with me on this. and i made a decision between political correctness which is generally stupid and gets in the way of a reasonable conversation. i went out of my way in the first half of it to say this isn t political correctness, unless some of the requiredals were snuting.
but it is a football issue. washington was playing dallas on our air that night. i was asked by nbc, i didn t just walk in and say i would do this, it doesn t work that way, many conservatives including krauthammerer and calculate kathleen parker who leans right, and a sportswriter who writes about social issues perceived as conservative, a native american republic from oklahoma, tom colea long list, happen to agree with me. i made a distinction between political correctness which is generally stupid and gets in the way of a reasonable conversation. i went out of my way in the first half to say this ain t political correctness. objections to names like chief and warriors are political correctness unless to the rituals are insulting. i accept that. the most explosive controversy was waiting into the gun culture