MERCHANDISE IS MADE OVERSEAS,
ALL OF THEM ON THE DOWNSIDE.
LAUREN, ABERCROMBIE, L BRANDS,
DOWN TODAY.
>>> ALL RIGHT, THE NFL, THE
PLAYERS UNION FILING A
GRIEVANCE OVER THE LEAGUE'S NEW
ANTHEM POLICY.
JOINING ME IS SPEAK FOR
YOURSELF HOST JASON WHITLOCK.
WELCOME BACK.
ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU, SIR?
>> GREAT TO SEE YOU, STUART.
STUART: NOW I DON'T THINK THAT
THE NFL, THE PLAYERS UNION IS
ACTING IN THE BEST FINANCIAL
INTERESTS OF THE PLAYERS.
THEY'RE SAYING THEY DISAGREE
WITH THE NEW ANTHEM POLICY.
WHERE ARE YOU COMING FROM ON
THIS, JASON?
>> TOTALLY AGREE WITH YOU.
I DON'T THINK THE HEAD OF THE
NFL PLAYERS UNION IS ACTING IN
THE BEST INTEREST OF HIS
PLAYERS.
LOOK, I KEEP SAYING THERE ARE
1700 NFL PLAYERS.
I WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO
RELEASE A POLL OF THE PLAYERS,
HOW MANY OF THEM CARE ABOUT
100.
HE'S NOT DOING THE BIDDING OF
THE OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF
HIS UNION BASE.
THE GUYS IN THE UNION WANT TO
MAKE AS MUCH MONEY AS POSSIBLE
FOR PLAYING A HIGH-RISK,
EXCITING GAME.
THEY DON'T WANT TO USE THE NFL
THEY CAN DO THAT AT CITY HALL.
SO I THINK DEMORE SMITH IS OUT
HERE ON A BOONDOGGLE.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY HE'S
DRAGGING THE ISSUE BACK UP AND
FIGHTING THE NFL.
IT'S NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST
FINANCIALLY.
NOT IN THE PLAYERS' BEST
INTEREST IN TERMS OF THEIR
BRAND.
THIS IS THE WRONG PLACE.
TO HAVE THIS DISPUTE OVER THE
NATIONAL ANTHEM IRRITATES YOUR
CUSTOMER BASE IS JUST BAD
BUSINESS.
OF YOUR OPINION PIECES ON FOX
SPORTS AND I KNOW THAT YOU
DISAGREE WITH WHAT'S GOING ON
WITH FOOTBALL AND THE ANTHEM.
MY QUESTION TO YOU RIGHT NOW
IS, WHAT PROPORTION OF PEOPLE
IN THE FOOTBALL WORLD AGREE
WORLD, THE OVERWHELMING
MAJORITY.
I THINK OVER TWITTER AND SOCIAL
MEDIA, THAT'S RIGGED TO CREATE
DISSENT AND CHAOS AND DIVIDE
PEOPLE, THAT PERCENTAGE, I
CAN'T SPEAK TO, I CAN SAY
THERE'S A HANDFUL OF PLAYERS
TRAPPED BY TWITTER AND SOCIAL
MEDIA AND WANT TO APPEAL TO
THAT BASE, BUT THAT BASE ISN'T
THEIR CUSTOMER BASE.
THAT BASE ISN'T THE PEOPLE
FILLING UP THE STATIONS.
THAT BASE IS THE PEOPLE THAT
RELIGION, THEY ARE IRRITATING
THE HANDS THAT FEEDS THEM.
STUART: PRECISELY.
LET ME SWITCH TO SOCCER, WORLD
CUP SOCCER.
TELL ME THE TRUTH, WHITLOCK.
>> WHAT DO YOU MEAN HAVE I BEEN
WATCHING IT?
WE TWEETED ABOUT IT ON THE
A FEW TIMES.
YOUR SQUAD PLAYS TODAY.
LOOK, MAN, STERLING IS THE STAR
TODAY.
I KNOW YOU BRITS ARE HARD ON
HIM.
YOU WANT HIM TO SHOW UP.
STUART: IT'S ABOUT TIME, JASON,
ABOUT TIME.
MR. STERLING HAS NOT
DISTINGUISHED HIMSELF THUS FAR,
WE LIVE IN HOPE HE WILL DO IT
>> ENGLAND AND FRANCE, OF
COURSE.
STUART: WHO DO YOU WANT TO WIN?
STUART: WHAT DO YOU MEAN, YOU
GUESS?
>> I LIKE BOTH SQUADS BUT IF I
HAD TO CHOOSE, I GUESS I WOULD
CHOOSE ENGLAND.
STUART: THAT WAS THE TRUTH,
WHITLOCK, AGAIN, HAVE YOU BEEN
TURNED ON BY THIS WORLD CUP?
>> THE GREATEST WORLD CUP EVER,
THE ONLY THING THAT COULD BE
BETTER IS IF AMERICA WAS IN THE
WORLD CUP.
WE WOULD HAVE KICKED YOUR BUTT
HAD WE BEEN THERE.
THIS IS THE ONLY THING THAT
MADE IT BETTER, EXCITING, HARRY
KANE HAS BEEN TREMENDOUS.
RONALDO WHEN HE WAS THERE AND