Popeyejones
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Laloosh":3bl9vofs said:However I see this story as targeting fans of the other 31 teams. Seattle doesn't care and neither does Marshawn. It's an easy ratings generator for the media that has no impact on the game. It's about shaping opinion about the man and the team WAY more than it's about learning about the man or the team at this point.
I think there are a bunch of butthurt media types that are worked up about being told "no" that pushed for the fines and everyone else has simply latched onto it for the easy clicks/ratings.
Ah, okay, I think is the one place where we might diverge a little bit.
From my perspective there are two main players in this (Lynch and the NFL), and the media are basically just spectators in it, and reporting on it (gladly) because it's *something* to talk about leading up to the Super Bowl when a ton of talk is needed but there's not much to say. I do however, agree that there's an element of reporters being butthurt about it, which IMO is pretty understandable (he's thumbing his nose at their livelihood to some degree).
The way I see it Lynch is doing what he's doing for whatever reason, and the league is "overreacting" because it's a huge profit generating organization, and is essentially incredibly risk averse. They're terrified that other players will take Lynch's lead, and that it could hurt their primary revenue source (tv contracts) in the long run.
So basically, I think the league is obviously overreacting, but I put it in scare quotes because I kinda expect huge profit driven organizations to be wildly risk averse and to overreact to stuff like this.
I'm less forgiving of Lynch because he's a public face in an entertainment industry, and playing ball with the media is quite literally part of having that job. Nobody likes doing. Brad Pitt doesn't like doing, Beyonce doesn't like doing, Will Ferrell doesn't like doing it, Kevin Durant doesn't like doing it, etc., etc. All these people do it though because it's simply part of the job when you're a face in an entertainment industry. If Brad Pitt went on Fallon and (not as a joke) just repeated over and over again "I'm only here because I'll get fined if I don't show up" we'd all say "what a self righteous, spoiled *******." It's not different with Lynch, IMO.