Who watches sports because of the post game interviews?

If players stopped being accessible to media, how long before interest in the games themselves started to dissipate?

None. I've been a sports fan my whole life and could not point to one locker room sound clip from a Dodger or Charger that has made me go, "This is absolutely neccesary for me to be a fan".

So sportswriters would stop writing about the game if they didn't get their canned post-game platitudes? I call bullshit. This dynamic the NFL has set up, where everyone is required to be a good soldier and spend x number of minutes repeating themselves ad infinitum, is a relatively new phenomenon. Professional sports…

some players like the spotlight, some players don't. The media circlejerk over him not speaking is fucking sad and tired already. It probably also doesn't help that it was only a year ago that Sherman had no problem speaking to the media and dragged over coals for it.

But his teammates talk to the media. So your point is moot. A lot more guys are interested in making money than not making money so a league wide silence doesn't seem to be in the cards. This all just a bunch of hullabaloo about nothing.

That Seattle-based beat writers have grown to love Marshawn, despite his reticence to talk to them and despite having jobs far more reliant on Seattle players' quotes than your normal sportswriter, says volumes.

Really???? Yeah, I don't deny that marketing and media coverage has played a large role in making the NFL the money-generating juggernaut that it currently is but…who the fuck follows post-game coverage and questions besides members of the media?

Never cared about him to begin with.

Lil Wayne is a disgusting, misogynistic piece of shit and the sooner everyone stops caring about him the better off the world will be.

pass

This seems to imply anyone started caring about Lil Wayne.

Lol.

nah.

nah.

[crickets. yea.]

You read an intelligent reply from ReformedMLDrinker and your counter argument is "Fuck him."
I think you lost this one.

The Patriots could have played with a volleyball and still beat the Colts by 30. I wouldn't be shocked if more teams did this, the Pats just suck at getting caught.

When are these guys gonna learn that when you're planning to tape you and your buddies assaulting a girl, the first thing you should do is eat broken glass until you've all died?