My Take on NFL Media Day

Today, on television, I heard several media personnel say that not following the NFL rule of talking to the media didn't set a good example for kids, and that following rules was important for role models. What I believe they are really upset about is that their press pass didn't get them an up close and personal meeting with Beast Mode, who showed up twice for 5 minutes repeating a statement about being there so he wouldn't get fined, at what I believe is called the NFL Experience. 

My understanding is that fans buy tickets just to sit in seats around the outside barrier of the media access area hoping to catch a glimpse of their football heroes. I doubt they get any interaction with the players, and I doubt they can hear what any of them are saying. Meanwhile the lamest questions that have little, if anything, to do with football get tossed around the arena as simultaneous interviews happen for the press, who get to speak for their sponsors and affiliations via popular culture type questions.

What follows are a sample of four actual questions that were posed to the athletes. Think about who might stand to gain from them.

Can you name all five of the Kardashian ladies? 

What is your favorite stuffed animal?  

Who is the best dancer?

What's your favorite Katy Perry song?

It's all silliness, and I don't blame ANY of the players for not talking to the press during the media days. As for the TV commentators who think defying authority and breaking the rules set a bad example, I would like to remind them that defying authority peacefully is what our great country is built upon. I am thinking of Martain Luther King, Jr., Rosa Parks, Alice Paul, or Susan B. Anthony off the top of my head.