OT: Players want locker room access change for privacy reasons

[State]

Think I remember a documentary where James Harrison (lb) challenged a male reporter and said something like ...you don't deserve to be in here....says it all really. I will try to find the programme.

No. It was WR Cedric Jones. I’m talking about the female Boston Herald reporter who allegedly couldn’t stop admiring the angle of Zeke Mowatt’s dangle. He apparently crudely confronted her. She started crying. And Jones came to her aid.

He’s one of the classiest guys to play for the Patriots.

 

[Scotty]

No. It was WR Cedric Jones. I’m talking about the female Boston Herald reporter who allegedly couldn’t stop admiring the angle of Zeke Mowatt’s dangle. He apparently crudely confronted her. She started crying. And Jones came to her aid.

He’s one of the classiest guys to play for the Patriots.

Think we are speaking about two different examples. I was referring to a clip on Hard Knocks with the Bengals team , so not quite on topic re reporters gaining access to locker rooms , my mistake.

 

[p8ryts]

I think the players should be left alone in the locker room. If they don't want to be interviewed in another room, that's okay with me also.

 

[Clonamery]

Getting a player to repeat some tired, worn cliches after the game and be first to social media/online is where it is at. No?

 

[Hyped]

No Zeke Mowatt....no Kraft....no Belichick....no Brady....no Dynasty....

 

[anditsgood]

No Zeke Mowatt....no Kraft....no Belichick....no Brady....no Dynasty....

zeke for patriots HOF?

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

It looks like people didn't read the article.

“We want to respect the players’ privacy to get dressed,” Calvin Watkins, a reporter for the Dallas Morning News who is the PFWA’s president, said by phone Thursday. “I don’t think any reporter wants to talk to a butt-naked player. However, there are already rules in place for the player to have privacy before doing the interview. We have reiterated that to the union.”

The current NFL media policy says that player privacy in the locker room “is of paramount importance.” It calls for the locker-room shower area to be “screened from view” and says that teams must supply players with “wrap-around towels” or robes. The policy says that teams are “urged to take other measures” such as placing a pair of shorts in each player’s locker or building individual locker curtains. A team communications staffer is to inform players and coaches when the locker room is about to be opened to the media.

 

[p8ryts]

It looks like people didn't read the article.

“We want to respect the players’ privacy to get dressed,” Calvin Watkins, a reporter for the Dallas Morning News who is the PFWA’s president, said by phone Thursday. “I don’t think any reporter wants to talk to a butt-naked player. However, there are already rules in place for the player to have privacy before doing the interview. We have reiterated that to the union.”

The current NFL media policy says that player privacy in the locker room “is of paramount importance.” It calls for the locker-room shower area to be “screened from view” and says that teams must supply players with “wrap-around towels” or robes. The policy says that teams are “urged to take other measures” such as placing a pair of shorts in each player’s locker or building individual locker curtains. A team communications staffer is to inform players and coaches when the locker room is about to be opened to the media.

Keep the media out of the locker room. In addition, this latest edict requires coaches to talk to media in game. Get the media off the sideline. Their interviews are inane and the responses they get are canned. Media watch the game from the stands, boxers or press box. Attend the post-game conference. Give the players and coaches a few minutes to decompress. Fans don't need to know everything immediately.

 

[One-If-By-Sea]

Keep the media out of the locker room. In addition, this latest edict requires coaches to talk to media in game. Get the media off the sideline. Their interviews are inane and the responses they get are canned. Media watch the game from the stands, boxers or press box. Attend the post-game conference. Give the players and coaches a few minutes to decompress. Fans don't need to know everything immediately.

I understand your point. But that is not the world we live in. No reason to fight something that will not change.

 

[Thelonious]

Keep the media out of the locker room. In addition, this latest edict requires coaches to talk to media in game. Get the media off the sideline. Their interviews are inane and the responses they get are canned. Media watch the game from the stands, boxers or press box. Attend the post-game conference. Give the players and coaches a few minutes to decompress. Fans don't need to know everything immediately.

The reporters are doing their job. It is not their fault that the players choose to give dimbulb answers nor are they responsible for the fact that for many of the players, that is all they capable of giving.

It is the fans, not the players who make the NFL a viable product, a viable enterprise. We pay for it. It is supported by the fans, for whom the reporters work. Talking to reporters is part of the players' job, whether they like it or not.

Give 'em a space to change in. Fine. Requiring them then to show up in a different space once they have changed to talk to the press is entirely reasonable. Those who don't like it should find another line of work, assuming there is any other sort of work of which they would be capable, which for many of them is a questionable proposition. They are, as we used to say, what they are. We also used to say, "Do your job," part of which is talking to fans through the reporters.

I am about fed up with all the primadonna crap.