Drinks more beer . Liberals or conservatives . Well when you split it up by political leaning it is liberals who are 32 more likely to drink beer than conservatives. And their beer of choice . Well, liberals are 52 more likely to be drinking one of those craft beers than the average american. So, combine the northeast, liberals and a patriots fan base it is safe to say that today a lot of sam adams is going to be consumed. Conservatives, when they do drink beer, they tend to go domestic. And, remember of all the big beer brands an american brand named coors who produced a candidate for the senate. What about snacks . Liberals, they tend to lean toward things like pita chips. They eat 30 more than the average american. Conservatives, pretzels is what they prefer. And what about those folks that consider themselves middle of the road, or swing voters . Im not making this up. It is a chex mix. Thats right. Your party mix for your swing voters. There is one snack apparently we all agree on. Liberals and conservatives, that is a big bag of corn chips. Fritos tostitos. What are your political leanings of the fan bases of the two super bowl teams . Well, two republican strategists crunch the consumer data and found out on a liberal to conservative spectrum Patriots Fans are solidly blue. That shouldnt be a surprise. Theyre from liberal new england. So you would think the Seattle Seahawks would be just as blue right . It is seattle, not so fast. Dont forget the rest of the northwest is not as blue. The seattle fans tend to be more purple. And teams by the way, with purple fan bases they have done more winning in the super bowl in recent years. Think about that vegas. By the way, the most liberal fan base in the nfl, the oakland raiders. And the most conservative . John mccains arizona cardinals. You had fun with this . You can find out where your team stands and much more about your football snacking and the politicizing of it all on our website. Coming up on this super bowl sunday of meet the press, head injuries in football. I bring the gift of the name your price tool to help you find a price that fits your budget. Uhoh. The name your price tool. Shes not to be trusted. Kill her. Flo it will save you money the name your price tool isnt witchcraft and i didnt turn your daughter into a rooster. She just looks like that. Burn the witch the name your price tool a dangerously progressive idea. As popular as the game is, the nfl had a rough year off the field. From the ray rice scandal to deflategate, the league has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons. But none of those controversies seriously threaten the future of the league. What does . Football related concussions and brain injuries. With an increasing number of former players becoming seriously ill. Its not just a contact sport it is a collision sport. Violent and unforgiving. That explains its popularity and its peril. Boston university neurologist ann mckie directs the largest brain bank. Cte is a neurodegenerative disease that affects individuals who have been exposed to repetitive brain trauma. I could go out and hit somebody that hard that could cause me could be concussed or perhaps even laid out cold on a football field. Reporter Leonard Marshall has been diagnosed with cte. When did you sit there and go, whats wrong . I would forget things. I would forget places. I would have this erratic behavior towards my child for no reason. Did it scare you . Scared the daylights out of me. And i started talking to people and i started to figure out im not in this by myself. There is other guys like me. Researchers have discovered the signs of cte in the brains of dozens of former players. Dave durdson who committed suicide, Jevon Belcher who killed his girlfriend before taking his own life and junior seau who killed himself in 2012. This weekend he was voted into the hall of fame. The late great junior seau. The nfl released new data this week showing a 25 drop in concussions last year in regular season games. We spend a great deal of time on Player Health and safety. We want to make this game as safe as possible for them. Commissioner Roger Goodell promised to hire a chief medical officer to oversee the nfls health policies. Mckie, a Green Bay Packers fan, says the game needs more fundamental changes. Im concerned about the number of hits. Some of those are asymptomatic none concussive hits. To me, looking at the concussion rate really doesnt tell me permanently be taking care of your health care . Do you think i think they should. You told me about everything else, but you didnt tell me about the risk associated with traumatic brain injury. Do you think they knew then . They had to know something. You do . Chuck, they had to know something. I think it is bull. Not all players agree. I think when you sign up this is a violent sport thats what we sign up for. You think of a boxer going in the ring saying he doesnt expect to have a problem after boxing. Youre getting punched in the head. While fans love watching the game, theyre beginning to wonder whether it is safe for their kids to play. Nearly 4 in 10 americans say they would encourage their child to play another sport because of concerns about concussions. We found some of those parents in pine crest, florida, suburb of miami, on the soccer field. The reports are kind of scary, but i still want to play. I think that it serves a great purpose for a lot of kids. Just not my kid. Participation in youth football has been declining. And this week, researchers from Boston University published a study that found former nfl players who started playing football before age 12 had a higher risk of developing cognitive problems than those who began playing later. And even some former players are wary of letting their kids play football. I would be real leery of him playing. And that sounds in some respects im almost glad i dont have a son. Do you believe football can be safe enough to play in the future . I think i think it can. But i think it is going to take an overwhelming and alarming thing to happen for there to be change. Im joined now from outside of the university of phoenix stadium, site of the super bowl, by Demaurice Smith executive director of the nfl players association. Welcome to meet the press. Thank you for having me chuck. You just heard in that piece, mostly Leonard Marshall some other former players brett favre, being concerned about the safety of the game. You represent nearly 2,000 players on any given day as executive director of the nfl players association. Do you believe this game is as safe as it can be on the field . I dont think we will ever be content that the game is as safe as it can be. Chuck when i took this job in 2009, it sounds a little bit like the punchline of a bad joke, but when i took this job in 2009, the head of the nfl Concussion Committee was a rheumatologist. So over the last five years, we revolutionize not only the way in which fans enjoy football, but trying to make the game safer. There are sideline concussion experts for first time. There is limits on the amount of contact for the first time. We have eliminated two a day practices for the first time. And all of those changes didnt come about because the National Football league suddenly got an issue of a conscience. All of those things came about because organized labor and our union made decisions that we were going to make the game safer. Have you done do you feel like youve done everything you can . I heard from a lot of players that dont like thursday night football, this dont like those short weeks, that dont like the idea of having an 18game season and yet you have sort of youve agreed to for instance thursday night football being year round. Was that a mistake . No. And i dont believe that the evidence right now indicates that was any sort of mistake. You know, you remember, chuck, we went through this it was a National Football league that wanted us to play 18 games. We said, no. The changes that we made in this game i think are always going to evolve. Let me move on to the personal conduct policy that the nfl has unveiled and i know where you stand on it as far as how it was unveiled. Let me go through it and tick through it here. The new personal conduct policy would include league investigations, paid leave if formally charged with a Violent Crime for any player the nfls special counsel hands out the initial discipline, a player can appeal that initial discipline but the commissioner would have final say on that discipline. What issue do you have with that proposal . Well, chuck, its the process by which the proposal was implemented unilaterally by the National Football league. One thing you didnt mention all the way through the litany of the issues there is we have a commissioner who has been overturned twice on personal conduct policy, first time he was overturned by the former commissioner, the second time he was overturned by a neutral arbitrator. One thing that is not in that proposal is a neutral arbitrator to hear these appeals. So we have issues with a number of the individual issues, but i honestly believe that we should be working together to make an overall policy fair for both players and owners. Before i let you go youre a big fan of the washington redskins. Where are you on the name change . No no. Hey, lets lets keep it straight pal. I grew up a redskins fan, but im a fan of the players now. And do you think the name should change . Well i think that for all of the fans who love that team, they love that team because of the art monks and the darrell greens and the sonny jergensons and buddy gillmore. We need to sit down with the fans and talk about what we love about that team and if it is in best interests of everybody that we not offend anybody, lets make that change. Demaurice smith, enjoy the super bowl. Happy super bowl. You got it. In a few minutes, well talk to a representative of the nfl. But, first as you saw earlier i sat down with former new york giant Leonard Marshall, who despite rule changes to the game still doesnt believe professional football is safe enough today. Take a listen. Would you be comfortable playing under these rules . I want it to be safer. They have to do something to take the helmet out of the game, somehow. I dont know what that is. And now representing the league, im joined by jeff pash general counsel for the nfl. Welcome to meet the press. Thank you, chuck. I appreciate you having me this morning. Let me start with that basic question. Do you feel as if the game is as safe as it can be for the players of today . I think the game is safer than it has ever been. And the progress that is being made means it is going to be safer in the future. And i think if you look at what has been done during commissioner goodells tenure, whether it is in the context of prevebt preventing concussions better equipment and teaching safer tackling techniques, better medical care for the players with the use of independent neurotrauma consultants and negotiated return to play protocol with the nflpa and the research being done in conjunction with the nih, general electric, International Sports federation i think there is a tremendous amount of progress being made and i would say to people the game has never been safer. The statistics show that. The fact is that helmet to helmet collisions, which have been the biggest cause of concussions in the past those helmet to helmet contact is down by more than 40 . So were definitely making progress, but there is more work to be done and we want to work with the players and the coaches to continue that culture change and foster that culture of safety. Some of this culture of safety may go all the way down to youth football. We saw the New York Times story about this initial study, preliminary, a very small sample, do you think we should have an age, a floor for tackle football that maybe 12 is the floor. There is a lot of studies that say the brain isnt fully formed until at least 12 years old. I think the authors of that study themselves have highlighted some of the questions about it. And it is clear that more work needs to be done. We promoted safe play, whether in the context of tackle, or flag football. And it is, again chuck, lets look at action. Through our efforts there are youth concussion laws passed in all 50 states. Through work with professional athletic trainer associations we put athletic trainers on the playing fields for thousands of children across the country. That program is going to double for this year. Not just football, but all sports. We have worked with the Consumer ProductSafety Commission and its past two chair men to bring safer and newer equipment to Youth Programs across the country. Could you envision a day where the nfl says, you kwhat, we support the idea of no tackle football until 12 . I think youve got to have the facts and youve got to see what the alternatives are. I dont know if thats a practical solution or not. But we support kids getting out and playing, whether it is flag, tackle as safely as possible. Thats our goal. Lets go to the player that you released. I just talked to Demaurice Smith head of the nflpa. And he seems to have less issue with your proposal and more of an issue that it is not being done in a collective bargaining situation. You wouldnt impose drug testing without the nflpa negotiating it. So why are you imposing this without the nflpa in the room . We have numerous meetings with the players back as as far back as 2007 and over the course of the six or seven years. And the personal conduct policy that was implemented in december was implemented only after extensive discussions with the players. So i think there has been a lot of Common Ground and players want high standards. They want a personal conduct policy that holds them up as the men they are. It feels like the beginning of a novel for the nfl, the best of times on the field financially, but it has been a pretty the worst of times offer the field this last year. How would you describe this last year for the nfl . A good year, a bad year or a learning experience . It was challenging. It was a learning experience. But i think like any strong organization, we have great leadership in our commissioner. We have great leadership from our ownership. And we have Great Partnership with the nflpa. We accomplished a tremendous amount together. And im confident that well take the learning we have from this year and well have a better game and when we get together to talk a year from now, youll have seen a lot of positive change. Jeff pash, happy super bowl. Enjoy the game. Thanks, chuck. You too. You got it. Dont go anywhere. In less than a minute, the 36 of all teachers in the u. S. Have been teaching for more than 20 years. What does that mean . Do the math. We need more teachers to lead future generations. The more you know. Welcome back. We know well be rolling into the bob costas coverage here soon. Well talk super bowl with the panel. Lets get a little serious. Jim cramer you deal with a lot of ceos. Roger goodell is a ceo. It has been a tough year for him. As a politician, i can see of him being forced to resign i can see shareholders having demanded his head back if he was dealing with shareholders. How did he survive this . He was great for tv deals. Thats where the money is. He was a between the lines commissioner where you had to be outside the lines within a 16game period. He was able to go outside the lines, which was major. I think when he lost espn, he realized he had changed. And he didnt bring in the best minds. I was listening to secretary gates. Bringing in the best minds thats what he did. By the last game of the season i think he had it. People knew he was a goto guy who had changed a lot of people in the nfl. Successful season for him. It is funny, mark. I think you and i would look at the problems he faced almost like, how would a politician have handled this . And even the worst politician would have handled it better than he did. Without a doubt. Teams now understand they have a problem which is the first step in solving it. Every problem they have from the off field behavior, outrageous behavior, to questions about cheating, drug use, concussions, every one can be solved without damaging their bottom line of the game. They have to recognize that they put some resources into it. Put some pr into it, put some substance into it. And we can all love the nfl without concern . It is interesting to me that they have eventually do the right thing. Look at what theyre doing on doemestic abuse. If they did nothing, everybody would say why arent you doing this . When they play catch up, they throw a lot of money at the problem. Absolutely. I think they are doing the right thing both on Domestic Violence and concussions. It will become the clearinghouse for the latest progressive ideas toward helping to combat domestic and new scientific strategies on concussion. It is a winwin at this point. But they looked bad for a long time. Youre a new mom. You have a daughter. But it is a conversation that my wife and i with our son just what is your reaction to the game . Whether or not would you feel comfortable . I dont know. First of all, i do have a daughter and if she has any athletic skills of her parents, we wont worry too much about this. I think a lot of parents have the soul searching conversations with themselves and the question for the nfl is whether it can do things that preserve the integrity of the game, the fun of the game what people love about football, but also acknowledge that there is a real problem here. For the nfl, the concussion thing is potentially an existential crisis. They have to get out ahead of it. Lighter note on football, with super bowl media day, i wish we had a political equivalent, right of politics media day. But nobody stole the show like Marshawn Lynch and it did get us thinking that he kind of reminded us of somebody else. Here is a little marshawn on media day, which players are required to do as he made it very, very clear based on every single question that was asked of him. Im here so i wont get fined. Im here so i wont get fined. Im here so i wont get fined. Im just here so i wont get fined. He sort of reminded us of one of my favorite moments from the 90s, here