10-22-2015, 09:33 PM
(10-22-2015, 07:20 PM)jowczarski Wrote: If you want all of us kicked out of the locker room, good luck reading anything ever on your squad. The issue was an NFL Network cameraman not focusing tight on Adam Jones' face -- cameraman shooting 101, and the very first thing you do. What made it worse was that it wasn't a live shot (it was a live show) so editors at the NFL Network saw this and STILL put it on the air. So now, the players are mad at all media because of this mistake.
Yes, I can agree with the players that it's not ideal that we can see them enter and leave the shower. But at home, you don't really see it because it's a big space and you don't bother guys in those moments. The visiting locker rooms are designed to be inconvenient, small, and crowded. This is because NFL teams don't want opponents to have nice accommodations. It's part of the homefield advantage. But this is totally on NFLN, and we're all getting lumped into the argument.
I'm not going to go into the mechanics of how the day-to-day works, but I guarantee you that if the PR staffs around the league had to go get players out of the locker room and bring them to a holding area -- that would last all of one game or two days. Why? The players and coaches would HATE IT.
Your first sentence is ridiculous. We appreciate the work you do, but this is not the only way to get a story, or necessary. I for one am willing to never again see a locker room interview so they can have a little privacy. Media has no right to insert themselves in the player's lives or demand a player's attention, ever. This is always up to the player, something that would be easier if you get out of the locker room altogether. Would it be so awful to talk to them after they are dressed and walking out? Or later when they aren't so tired?
