player protests are clearly turning off some fans as well as the safety concerns of the game, both for the game we watch and how we watch it and the game our kids play. parents who have a child at home were asked if they'd encourage them to play another sport due to concern about concussions. the percent of those who said yes was up nine points between 2014 and 2018. among just dads up it's six points. look at this one. among moms, a 13-point increase in those who would encourage their kid to not play football due to the safety issue. to be sure, the nfl still rules the roost of american sports. over 100 million people will tune in tonight, some for the game, some for the commercials, and some, of course, for justin timberlake. but the real question for the nfl will be how many tune in on sundays next fall? when we come back, end game and tonight's big game. we'll go deeper into how the political culture wars have impacted the way people feel about the nfl and the role president trump has played in that. the role