Watching what Lynch will do next is 10x more entertainment than a reporter asking a player what the win means to the team after a big game, or asking a coach what they need to do in the second half to get back in the game.
"I'm just here so I won't get fined."
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The NFL doesn't have billion dollar TV deals because people like to watch dudes give sideline interviews, they have billion dollar TV deals because people like to see guys like Lynch go beast mode on 250 lb LB'ers. He's all about that action, boss and that's what people want to see.
Oh I know that and there is no denying it, it's actually now more about media than the actual game (my opinion). Point in case every high school recruit trying to come up with the craziest way to announce their decision on media.
Agree. The NFL does have some self serving rules. I'm interested in next week's hearing and evaluation of how Goodell handled the Peterson case.
Somehow, Dieon is the best reporter out there now. This was a great job of interviewing by him, simply by asking questions that Marshawn would actually answer. Ask questions that cater to him, and you'll get some answers. But if you ask stupid *** questions, you're going to get stupid *** responses.
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This was from last years super bowl
i'm dumb, thought that was from this year.
I think it would be more funny if he answered every question differently, but in a way that doesn't make sense.
"So Marshawn, how did you prepare for the game today?"
"I took a dump, like I always do"
"What did you think of your game-winning touchdown?"
"It won the game, so that was nice"
Saying one line over and over again isn't original or funny to me, but answering all the questions off the cuff with different answers that are crude or don't make any sense would be pretty funny.
"So Marshawn, how did you prepare for the game today?"
"I took a dump, like I always do"
"What did you think of your game-winning touchdown?"
"It won the game, so that was nice"
Saying one line over and over again isn't original or funny to me, but answering all the questions off the cuff with different answers that are crude or don't make any sense would be pretty funny.
He is paid for the whole package. All of the pro sports leagues understand that pro sports is an entertainment industry and they are screwed without putting out a good product and getting maximum media coverage.
I'm great at washing glass but I don't like heights so I should be able to be a highrise window washer without having to go up on a maintenance platform.
If you choose not to do the whole job, you aren't doing your job.
So just because alcohol is legal it means you can be drunk 24/7? Obviously not - if I were to show up at my job with any alcohol in my system and I'm caught, that's pretty much automatic termination for me. Buh buh buh it's LEGAL!!! Doesn't matter - just because something's legal doesn't mean the company you work for can't choose to have a policy against that legal thing. Just the fact that Josh Brown is facing suspension for alcohol in his system screams that he was on a zero tolerance policy for past substance abuse problems. Zero tolerance means zero tolerance, and that would include alcohol. And, as someone said in another thread, he's a freaking idiot if he broke a zero tolerance agreement over alcohol, considering how quickly your body metabolizes it out of your system, unless he decided to get absolutely ****-faced one evening and then got tested the next day. But then, that would speak towards the intelligence of Josh Brown and not to the legitimacy of a zero tolerance agreement against substances.
I'm pretty sure Josh didn't show up to work drunk.
Do you not see the blatant hypocrisy with the NFL's biggest sponsor being an alcohol company? Once he's off the clock he should be able to hug the bottle all he wants, and the idea that he could get suspended for a full year is just flat out baffling.
You're pretty sure he didn't show up to work drunk. How else would there be alcohol in his system?
As far as the blatant hypocrisy, I would agree - unless he's under a zero tolerance agreement for previous substance abuse infractions. In that case, zero tolerance means zero tolerance, i don't care how much cash the NFL pulls in from beer sponsors.
I'm just wondering why they continue to bother interviewing him.
They could come to my house and interview me from my living room, I'd give equally as terrible, uninteresting responses.
They could come to my house and interview me from my living room, I'd give equally as terrible, uninteresting responses.
The media loves what he is doing. It becomes another story. They would rather talk about deflated footballs and repetative answering instead of the actual game.
SportsCenter @SportsCenter 7m7 minutes ago
"Shout out Oakland, California""Shout out Westbrook""Shout out my teammates""Shout out to my real Africans out there"- Marshawn Lynch
"Shout out Oakland, California""Shout out Westbrook""Shout out my teammates""Shout out to my real Africans out there"- Marshawn Lynch
I agree. I think what he is doing is brilliant. I prefer what he is doing to giving canned, cliche answers to the rote questions reporters ask over and over. Bill Belichick takes the same basic approach as Marshawn. Do you really learn anything when Russell Wilson answers questions? I sure don't. I don't remember a thing he says because none of it is memorable. Sherman takes the opposite approach, and he also does it well. At the end of the day, I see this as Marshawn doing his job, and doing it well. The fact that we have an entire thread on it is testament to that fact. If he's giving canned, cliche answers, we're not talking about it. Period.
P.S. And don't kid yourself...the media loves that it gives them an easy story.
Who's time is he wasting? No one has to be there to interview him. No on answers those interview questions honestly anyway. All athletes just try to avoid saying something "wrong" that the media will blow out of proportion. I'm not sure I've ever heard a single meaningful answer from those interviews.
