At what stage if you are Marshawn Lynch do you tell the NFL to F off and go live your life? Dude is under a microscope it seems. Justified or not, he has made enough money to walk away I would imagine.
So long as they are going to pay him millions a year and only fine him a couple hundred thousand, I assume he can live with it.
And let's not pretend that what the NFL is asking of him is absurd either. Talk to reporters. Don't grab your crotch. If someone wanted to pay me $200K a year (about what he has been fined) to do those things, I would be obliged.
So long as they are going to pay him millions a year and only fine him a couple hundred thousand, I assume he can live with it.
And let's not pretend that what the NFL is asking of him is absurd either. Talk to reporters. Don't grab your crotch. If someone wanted to pay me $200K a year (about what he has been fined) to do those things, I would be obliged.
The crotch thing is the only part I have a problem with. If he doesn't want to talk to the media he shouldn't have to. Threatening to suspend him for the Super Bowl for gold shoes? Come on.
So long as they are going to pay him millions a year and only fine him a couple hundred thousand, I assume he can live with it.
And let's not pretend that what the NFL is asking of him is absurd either. Talk to reporters. Don't grab your crotch. If someone wanted to pay me $200K a year (about what he has been fined) to do those things, I would be obliged.
The crotch thing is the only part I have a problem with. If he doesn't want to talk to the media he shouldn't have to. Threatening to suspend him for the Super Bowl for gold shoes? Come on.
I have no sympathy for him.
Sure, the NFL is a ridiculous organization, and Goodell is a moron, but if you paid me millions a year, I would be more than happy to do as many interviews as required and show up every day in a thong and stilletos if that were the required uniform.
He knows what the rules are in the NFL, if he doesn't like them then go try and make money doing something else.
I'm not saying that I have any sympathy for him either. I think the crotch grab thing is juvenile at best. Personally, I don't agree with you on the interview thing. The NFL isn't paying him, the Seahawks are. Yes, I understand where you are coming from, but it just seems petty to me that they require him to speak to the media. The guy is an introvert and would like to be left alone. Seems fair to me that he shouldn't have to do interviews and the fines are just getting excessive.
The NFL sure doesn't help their case when they threaten to keep him out of the NFC Championship and Super Bowl over shoes, sell his fine garnering picture on their website, and now are thinking of fining him again for the hat he was recently wearing. I'm typically pretty old school so some of his antics are annoying (like the grab and even the choice of shoes), but the NFL is coming off looking rather pathetic in all this.
Post by angrybaldman on Jan 28, 2015 15:56:46 GMT -5
Crotch grab is the only thing he should be fined for. It's unsportsmanlike. Although the NFL could probably offset that fine with the money made off the picture they were selling of it.
The rest is bullsh!t.
socaljd3
HOF - The Coach "John Cooper" Award Winner
Still not a huge fan of his (do love his playing style!) and I still have questions/issues after reading this, but this is a pretty good article on the guy.
I'm not saying that I have any sympathy for him either. I think the crotch grab thing is juvenile at best. Personally, I don't agree with you on the interview thing. The NFL isn't paying him, the Seahawks are. Yes, I understand where you are coming from, but it just seems petty to me that they require him to speak to the media. The guy is an introvert and would like to be left alone. Seems fair to me that he shouldn't have to do interviews and the fines are just getting excessive.
The NFL sure doesn't help their case when they threaten to keep him out of the NFC Championship and Super Bowl over shoes, sell his fine garnering picture on their website, and now are thinking of fining him again for the hat he was recently wearing. I'm typically pretty old school so some of his antics are annoying (like the grab and even the choice of shoes), but the NFL is coming off looking rather pathetic in all this.
I guess I am just on the other side of it.
I am no NFL apologist, but Lynch knows what the rules are. He is making millions of dollars, and to keep it all, all he has to do is talk to the media, wear the accepted uniform, and not grab his crotch. I don't think that is asking too much for what he gets paid to do.
That isn't to say I am not disgusted by the hypocrisy of the NFL, but I understand a lot of their points.
Interviews: Introvert or not, you are one of the teams superstars. It hurts the NFL brand if you are not in front of the camera. You agreed to this by signing a contract to play in the league. If you don't WANT to be interviewed, that is fine, but either accept the fines that come with it or go find another job that is willing to pay you millions of dollars for your talents.
Uniform: You HAVE to draw a line in the sand, otherwise it's a slippery slope. Gold shoes aren't a big deal, but if you let that, then someone is going to try and alter the uniform more and more, until it gets out of hand. It's simpler to say "this is the uniform, any derivation from it is unacceptable and you will not be allowed to play while wearing it"
Personal Advertising: The NFL receives a lot of money from sponsors. Imagine how pissed off those sponsors would be if every player showed up like a NASCAR driver, wearing endorsements from dozens of other companies.
Not liking the head brass of the NFL is well and good, but let's not make Lynch out to be some sort of martyr for his actions.
Honestly - I get why he is being fined and agree, he knows the rules. I just wonder when he decides enough is enough, he has plenty of money to live his life how he wants (how most on here could only dream of) and walks away from the game.
Honestly - I get why he is being fined and agree, he knows the rules. I just wonder when he decides enough is enough, he has plenty of money to live his life how he wants (how most on here could only dream of) and walks away from the game.
My guess is that as long as the money he makes is MUCH higher than the money he is fined, and his body is still able, he sticks around.
It's not a Ricky Williams situation where he wants to smoke weed and be a philosopher.
Thanks for everything Jim!
socaljd3
HOF - The Coach "John Cooper" Award Winner
There was a new one today, wasn't there? Where he just says he's going to sit there and not say a word...then gives the media countdowns to how long he has, then asks why they keep asking the same questions over and over when he's not going to give them anything...the guy is certainly a buttmunch. Granted 99% of the questions from the media are ridiculous, but they do have jobs to do...
