CAROL COSTELL, CNN ANCHOR: Well, it seems to me like the DEA is putting the cart after the horse because the lawsuit has already been filed so you would think that the NFL would clean up its act if it had anything to feel guilty about at all.</s>RACHEL NICHOLS, CNN SPORTS: First of all, we have seen many times over this past year the NFL does not necessarily clean up its act after being called out on something -- correct. They are not quick to move just because the public or even in a lawsuit says they should. And also, remember, the lawsuit is civil -- that's a civil claim. The DEA gets their ears peaked by this lawsuit saying "Oh, all of this is going on and you have basically witness testimony now and these former players saying all this is going on? We want to see which laws are being broken." That's an entirely different bag of things.</s>COSTELLO: That's interesting. So what could happen to an NFL team if they're found guilty of criminal wrongdoing?</s>NICHOLS: Yes, I mean look, it could be penalties to the actual physicians involved. It could actually extend to the teams themselves. It could be fines. It could be more severe with jail time. The hope, I would think, of any federal investigation is that if you nab a few people then you clean up everybody because they get scared of being put in jail or being fined themselves. We'll have to see what happens here.</s>COSTELLO: Rachel Nichols, thanks so much. Appreciate it. And a reminder, "UNGUARDED" with Rachel Nichols airs this Friday night at 10:30 Eastern right here on CNN. Still to come in the NEWSROOM, election laws tested by Twitter? That's the finding of a new CNN analysis which shows some Republican outside groups may have coordinated with campaigns in violation of the law. We'll talk about that next.
DEA Questions NFL Doctors and Trainers