Should NFL players have to talk to media?

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  • #17418
    Avatar photowv
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    M.Lynch doesn’t want to talk to the media. NFL says he will again be fined
    if he doesn’t. Plus, they dont like him making obscene end-zone gestures.

    Should an NFL player have to talk to the media?

    Itz super-bowl week.

    Video on the Lynch issue
    http://espn.go.com/nfl/playoffs/2014/story/_/id/12227739/pete-carroll-seattle-seahawks-says-discuss-gestures-marshawn-lynch

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    #17422
    Avatar photoZooey
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    I think they shouldn’t be allowed to talk to the media. Think of the hours and hours of boring interviews we would be spared from.

    #17424
    Avatar photowv
    Participant

    I think they shouldn’t be allowed to talk to the media. Think of the hours and hours of boring interviews we would be spared from.

    What about obscene gestures?

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    #17425
    Winnbrad
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    No. I wish they would ban all players from talking to the media. We’d all be better served, but the almighty dollar wouldn’t. So…

    #17426
    Mackeyser
    Moderator

    It’s all part of the corporate packaging of the game.

    They don’t just want guys to play well, but they want SPOKESPEOPLE for the league.

    Worse, if the player does anything to damage the league, they can be fined. So, they HAVE to do and say stuff to improve the league.

    Sports is the crucible of human virtue. The distillate remains are human vice.

    #17430
    Dak
    Participant

    Yes, they should talk, unless a doctor says they have a social anxiety disorder. If you’re the NFL, you need the media. You let players clam up, and you reduce the number of happy story lines in the media and reduce exposure of your sport to the fans. You know, those reporters still have to fill copy … I think you’d rather have them doing that with little chitty-chatty stuff with the players than actually think and dig into substantive issues.

    #17436
    Avatar photowv
    Participant

    It’s all part of the corporate packaging of the game.

    They don’t just want guys to play well, but they want SPOKESPEOPLE for the league.

    Worse, if the player does anything to damage the league, they can be fined. So, they HAVE to do and say stuff to improve the league.

    I’ve always been curious about how the media and the rams
    go about choosing WHO is gonna talk — like, it always
    seems like Chris Long and Laurinaitis get to talk a lot.
    I dont see as much of the other players, but maybe
    I’m wrong on that. I dunno.

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    #17442
    Avatar photoZooey
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    Yes, they should talk, unless a doctor says they have a social anxiety disorder. If you’re the NFL, you need the media. You let players clam up, and you reduce the number of happy story lines in the media and reduce exposure of your sport to the fans. You know, those reporters still have to fill copy … I think you’d rather have them doing that with little chitty-chatty stuff with the players than actually think and dig into substantive issues.

    Yeah, but there will always be people who WANT to talk, who want to be in front of the cameras.

    A few Marshawn Lynches aside, the airwaves will still be full of guys “giving it 110% on the field, and taking it all one game at a time.”

    #17465
    bnw
    Blocked

    No it should be a choice of the player not the press.

    The upside to being a Rams fan is heartbreak.

    Sprinkles are for winners.

    #17472
    Avatar photozn
    Moderator

    Or…should the media HAVE TO talk to Lynch?

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