Tuesday was Media Day at the Super Bowl, and I can’t remember a more boring Media Day than this one. I didn’t see it all, but I saw enough to think that the NFL should change the requirements for all the players to be available to answer questions.
When the biggest story of the day was Seattle Seahawk running back Marshawn Lynch answering “I’m here just so I don’t get fined” to every one of the 29 questions he was asked, that goes to show how boring the day was. Lynch was threatened with a $500,000 fine if he didn’t show up for his Media Day session, and this was his way of dealing with his 5 minutes of misery.
Lynch apparently doesn’t care that he comes off as a moron, giving the same answer to every question he is asked. This isn’t clever or original, it’s just stupid. The NFL should require a certain number of players to be made available to answer questions, not all of them, if the players don’t feel comfortable doing this.
It would have been much better if Lynch didn’t have to waste their time with his redundant answer. By this point in time, does anybody really care what he has to say about anything? He would rather express himself by grabbing his crotch after scoring a touchdown, like he did in the NFC Championship Game, for which he was fined $20,000. He performed a similar act last month, and was fined then also. He’s a Class Act.
When it came to the New England Patriots, the focus was on so-called Deflategate, where they are accused of deflating the footballs they used on offense during their AFC Championship Game blowout of the Indianapolis Colts. Patriot owner Robert Kraft said that the players think this issue is “a bunch of hogwash”.
The NFL is conducting an investigation into Deflategate, and will determine what punishment, if any, will be dealt to the Patriots. If they did deflate the balls on purpose, they should be punished, maybe to the extent of a losing a draft pick, just because they cheated. But that isn’t why they whipped the Colts 45-7. The results of this investigation are due out in a few weeks. By the way, why does every possible impropriety have to end with – gate, since Watergate? Very imaginative.
New England quarterback Tom Brady has been asked repeatedly if he has been questioned yet by the NFL about Deflategate and his answer is still no. This is good, because that can wait until after Super Bowl XLIX. These teams, especially after Media Day is mercifully over, should be able to focus on winning the game, and not answering a slew of goofy questions.
Now let’s get down to the game at hand – Super Bowl XLIX featuring the defending champion Seattle Seahawks vs. the New England Patriots on February 1st at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona.
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