MONEY HALFTIME REPORT."
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
BIG AND EXCITING GAMES IN THE 
NFL AND AS THE LEAGUE TRIES TO 
MOVE PAST ITS PR PROBLEMS.
LET'S BRING IN SOMEONE WHO KNOWS
THE NFL CULTURE FIRSTHAND, PHIL 
McCONKEY PLAYED SIX YEARS IN THE
LEAGUE INCLUDING FOR THE SUPER 
BOWL CHAMPION NEW YORK GIANTS 
LIVE TODAY IN SAN DIEGO WHERE HE
ALSO RUNS A BROKER DEALER FIRM.
PHIL, WELCOME BACK.
NICE TO SPEAK WITH YOU TODAY. 
>> THANK YOU, SCOTT.
YOU MENTIONED THOSE GREAT GAMES 
YESTERDAY AND THERE WERE A FEW 
OF THEM. 
>> CERTAINLY.
DOES THAT HELP THE LEAGUE SORT 
OF GET BEHIND THIS PR CLOUD 
THAT'S BEEN HANGING OVER IT?
>> I THINK IT'S A START AND I 
THINK FANS LOOK AT THIS AND IN 
ONE RESPECT THEY SAY LISTEN, 
THIS IS ENTERTAINMENT, THIS IS 
THE ONE RESPITE I GET FROM THE 
HARSH REALITIES OF MY DAILY 
LIFE.
LET ME HAVE THREE HOURS ON 
SUNDAY TO WATCH MY TEAM IN 
PEACE.
HOWEVER, THERE'S A FLIP SIDE TO 
THAT.
THERE'S GREAT PRIVILEGE 
ASSOCIATED WITH THE NFL BEING A 
PART OF THE NFL, A PLAYER.
WITH THAT GREAT PRIVILEGE COMES 
GREAT RESPONSIBILITY.
SO THE NFL AS ROGER GOODELL SAID
THE OTHER DAY, REALLY NEEDS TO 
GET THIS RIGHT AND I THINK THEY 
WILL.
>> YOU KNOW THERE'S BEEN SOME 
SUGGESTION OVER THE WEEKEND THAT
ROGER WHO HELD THIS NEWS 
CONFERENCE LAST WEEK, MAY NOT 
HAVE THE LEVEL OF SUPPORT ACROSS
ALL OF OWNERSHIP THAT SOME 
PEOPLE BELIEVE.
DO YOU THINK THAT IS THE CASE?
DO YOU THINK HE CAN GET PAST 
THIS?
>> I THINK THIS IS ONE INCIDENT.
I THINK HE WILL BE ABLE TO GET 
PAST THIS.
NOW REMEMBER, PEOPLE TALK ABOUT 
THE FACT THAT HE MAKES $44 
MILLION A YEAR.
ONE OF THE REASONS IS, HE 
DEFLECTS THAT CRITICISM FROM THE
32 OWNERS ON TO HIMSELF.
HE IS THEIR REPRESENTATIVE.
WHEN A BIG STAR GETS IN TROUBLE 
LIKE ADRIAN PETERSON AND RAY 
RICE, THESE INDIVIDUAL OWNERS 
HAVE A LOT INVESTED IN THE STAR 
PLAYERS AND THEY LOBBY THE 
COMMISSIONER.
HERE'S A GUY THAT WAS IN A 
NO-WIN SITUATION IN THE PRESS 
CONFERENCE.
THERE'S NOTHING HE WOULD HAVE 
SAID THAT WOULD PACIFY THE 
PEOPLE CALLING FOR HIS HEAD.
IN THE LONG RUN THE NFL WILL BE 
A SOCIAL BAROMETER AND TAKE 
ACTION AND STEPS TO HELP PRO 
CONVENIENT DOMESTIC VIOLENCE 
LIKE THEY DID WITH THE MICHAEL 
VICK SITUATION AND ANIMAL 
CRUELTY.
THERE ARE LESS ANIMALS BEING 
HARMED TODAY BECAUSE OF THAT 
SITUATION AND JUST LAST YEAR 
RICHIE INCOGNITO THE BULLYING 
ASPECT OF WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 
MIAMI DOLPHINS LOCKER ROOM, THE 
NFL HAS PUT A GREAT LIGHT ON 
BULLYING AND IS HELPING TO 
PREVENT IT. 
>> ONE OF THE STATEMENTS YOU 
MAKE IN THE NOTES I HAVE IN 
FRONT OF ME, THE PLAYERS SHOULD 
STOP COMPLAINING.
WHY DO YOU MAKE IT AND WHAT DO 
YOU MEAN?
>> WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS, THE 
PLAYERS HAVE COMPLAINED AND 
THEY'VE BEEN DOWN ON ROGER 
GOODELL.
THERE'S AN OUTRIGHT HATE OF THE 
MAN BECAUSE HE'S YOU JUDGE AND 
JURY THE WAY THE CURRENT SYSTEM 
IS SET UP.
HOWEVER, THE PLAYERS OF TODAY, 
THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE 
PLAYERS ASSOCIATION, THEY WERE 
IN A STRIKE NOT TOO LONG AGO, 
AND THEY HAD A NEW COLLECTIVE 
BARGAINING AGREEMENT.
IF THEY FELT SO STRONGLY ABOUT 
ROGER GOODELL NOT BEING JUDGE 
AND JURY, WELL, THEN THEY SHOULD
HAVE BARGAINED FOR MORE POWER.
THAT MEANS THEY WOULD HAVE HAD 
TO GIVE UP SOME MONEY AND THEY 
WEREN'T GOING TO DO THAT.
I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT 
NOW, ROGER GOODELL, THE 
COMMISSIONER'S JOB, WILL PUT THE
PLAYER DISCIPLINE IN ANOTHER 
AREA, START TO INCLUDE THE 
PLAYERS.
HE'LL GET TOGETHER WITH DEMORRIS
SMITH THE HEAD OF THE PLAYERS 
ASSOCIATION AND COME UP WITH THE
SYSTEM THAT'S GOING TO RECTIFY 
THE CURRENT SITUATION THAT WE'RE
IN. 
>> I HAVE A FORMER PLAYER ON OUR
PANEL TODAY, PHIL AS WELL.
PETE NAJARIAN PLAYED IN THE 
LEAGUE A NUMBER OF YEARS, ONE OF
OUR REGULAR TRADERS.
IT IS ANOTHER WEEKEND WHERE 
THERE'S A NEW DEVELOPMENT.
PEOPLE ARE NOW, YOU KNOW, TAKING
ISSUE WITH THE WAY THAT THE 
RAVENS THEMSELVES HANDLED THE 
RAY RICE SITUATION AND THERE ARE
NEW DEVELOPMENTS REGARDING THAT 
SIDE OF THE STRO ARE.
WHAT ABOUT PHIL'S POINTS?
>> PHIL IS RIGHT AND ON TARGET 
TALKING ABOUT ROGER GOODELL AND 
THE PATH HE HAS TO LAY IN FRONT 
OF HIM.
DON'T YOU AGREE MAYBE ROGER 
GOODELL, THIS DOES NOT START AT 
THE PRO LEVEL.
HE HAS TO DRILL DOWN AND HAVE 
INFLUENCE AT THE COLLEGE LEVEL 
AS THESE PLAYERS ARE DEVELOPING 
AT THAT LEVEL, COMING UP TOWARDS
THE NFL, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK 
THIS IS JUST AN NFL PROBLEM AND 
OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW SOME OF THE 
HISTORY OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL AS WELL.
DOES HE HAVE ENOUGH INFLUENCE TO
BE ABLE TO GO AND PENETRATE THE 
COLLEGE GAME AND TRY TO EVEN GO 
LOWER INTO THE HIGH SCHOOL GAME,
TO ALLOW KIDS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT
THEY CAN AND CANNOT DO?
>> PETE, THAT IS A GREAT POINT 
AND THEY ABSOLUTELY CAN ACHIEVE 
THAT JUST AS THEY HAVE WITH HEAD
INJURIES.
YOU SEE THAT THAT'S AN NFL 
PROBLEM WITH CONCUSSIONS.
IT GOES DOWN TO THE LITTLE 
LEAGUE LEVEL.
THE NFL IS SPENDING GREAT 
RESOURCES ON TRYING TO RECTIFY 
THAT PROBLEM FROM LITTLE LEAGUE,
HIGH SCHOOL, COLLEGE, ALL THE 
WAY INTO THE PROS.
IF THEY CAN DO THAT WITH HEAD 
INJURIES AND CONCUSSIONS THEY 
CAN DO IT WITH THE DEPORTMENT OF
PLAYERS THAT GET TO THE NFL.
AND PETE, I WISH WE WERE MORE 
TALKING ABOUT -- IT WAS YOU OR 
YOUR BROTHER MONTHS BEFORE THE 
DRAFT WERE EXTOLLING THE VIRTUES
OF ONE KELVIN BENJAMIN FROM 
FLORIDA STATE. 
>> HOW'S HE LOOK. 
>> >> SEEN LAST NIGHT, 6'5", 240
THE GUY -- IF I WAS THAT BIG I 
WOULD BE AGAINST THE LAW.
GREAT PLAYERP.
>> BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, GIVEN 
YOUR DAY JOB, NOW, I WOULD LOVE 
TO TALK ABOUT THE MARKET.
YOUR VIEW OF ALIBABA ON FRIDAY 
AND JUST SORT OF WHAT ITS 
CONTEXT SHOULD BE IN THE MARKET 
AS A WHOLE RIGHT NOW?
>> YES.
SCOTT, I THINK THAT JACK MA DID 
A MASTERFUL JOB IN SHAPING THIS 
SITUATION.
IT WAS A FINANCING EVENT BUT 
BRANDING EVENT MAYBE MORE SO.
I THINK HE POSITIONED THIS IPO 
SO THAT EVERYBODY WON.
THE COMPANY WON, THE BANKS WON, 
THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE WON,
THE INVESTORS MADE A POP.
AND I THINK THAT THERE'S SUCH 
GOODWILL TOWARDS THAT COMPANY 
RIGHT NOW, I THINK IT WILL BUOY 
THE MARKET WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE 
$22 BILLION THEY RAISED, THE $8 
BILLION THAT YAHOO! RAISED WE 
COULD SEE ON OUR SIDE OF IT, THE
M&A ACTIVITY AND THE CAPITAL 
MARKETS ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE THE
UPSIDE FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 24 
MONTHS, A LOT OF IT OFF THE 
MONEY THAT WAS RAISED IN THE IPO
LAST FRIDAY. 
>> DO YOU FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHERE 
THE MARKETS STAND TODAY, PHIL?
>> WELL, TODAY.
NOT WITH STANDING.
YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF THE 12 TO 
24 MONTHS.
WE LOOK AT NET SCAPE, WHEN THAT 
IPO, EVERYBODY THOUGHT THAT WAS 
THE TOP OR GOOGLE, WHEN THEY 
CAME OUT.
BUT THERE'S -- THAT IPO WILL 
SPUR ACTIVITY, I THINK, TO -- 
FOR THE NEXT 12 TO 24 MONTHS AND
CAN SEE US CONTINUING ALONG THE 
PATH FOR LITTLE WHILE LONGER. 
>> THANKS FOR COMING ON TODAY.
APPRECIATE IT VERY MUCH.
WE'LL TALK SOON. 
>> THANKS SO MUCH.
>> P
