Making Lynch do these aint kool.

[Broncos6482]

I know exactly what it means and I am not going to argue fucking semantics with you or any other person. Let me know if you know what semantics are.

Did he or did he not have a choice to go?

 

[MrMoJoRisin63]

Doesn't your employer, or some job you've worked in the past ever made you do, or not do, anything you don't particularly care for? Where if you didn't adhere to the rules, you would probably not have the option to pay some fine as a "get out of jail free" card, but you'd probably be written up at a minimum, if not fired outright? Why do you think Lynch deserves more sympathy than every other employee in the United States?

Where did I say anything about sympathy, ohh please do tell?

IMO the players do not work for the league they work for the owners. I understand there is a CBA I get that, but basically in this league players are forces to be union members there is not a choice. What works for some does not work for others. No one really wants to discuss the flip side of this, if Lynch chose to pay the $150.000.00 for the three missed media days would the media, the league, the fans, the game, the Seahawk or the Broncos been any worse for that? No! There are 50+ guys per team I think the media and the league will be okay if one does not want to deal with the media.

 

[NorthernLights88]

Did he or did he not have a choice to go?

Your avatar explains what is going on here very clearly with these people crying about Lynch talking to the media.

 

[NorthernLights88]

Where did I say anything about sympathy, ohh please do tell?

IMO the players do not work for the league they work for the owners. I understand there is a CBA I get that, but basically in this league players are forces to be union members there is not a choice. What works for some does not work for others. No one really wants to discuss the flip side of this, if Lynch chose to pay the $150.000.00 for the three missed media days would the media, the league, the fans, the game, the Seahawk or the Broncos been any worse for that? No! There are 50+ guys per team I think the media and the league will be okay if one does not want to deal with the media.

I quit reading here... you admit you have no argument, and are just whining based off of your personal opinions, thinking these guys deserve extra privileges beyond what they agreed to with their employers. Your opinion doesn't matter, the players are indeed employees of the league as well as the owners. There's nothing else to argue on other than strictly your opinion. If they have a beef with it, then they need to try to change it in the next CBA, not cry about wanting exceptions right now.

 

[Wazmankg]

Where did I say anything about sympathy, ohh please do tell?

IMO the players do not work for the league they work for the owners. I understand there is a CBA I get that, but basically in this league players are forces to be union members there is not a choice. What works for some does not work for others. No one really wants to discuss the flip side of this, if Lynch chose to pay the $150.000.00 for the three missed media days would the media, the league, the fans, the game, the Seahawk or the Broncos been any worse for that? No! There are 50+ guys per team I think the media and the league will be okay if one does not want to deal with the media.

If they let Lynch slide they have to let everyone slide. I'm sure there are many players who would rather not be bothered.

 

[MrMoJoRisin63]

I quit reading here... you admit you have no argument, and are just whining based off of your personal opinions, thinking these guys deserve extra privileges beyond what they agreed to with their employers. Your opinion doesn't matter, the players are indeed employees of the league as well as the owners. There's nothing else to argue on other than strictly your opinion. If they have a beef with it, then they need to try to change it in the next CBA, not cry about wanting exceptions right now.

How would you no what the argument is if you quit reading? And players do in fact work for the owners and not the league. No one asked for extra privileges just to be excluded from one facet of a lengthy CBA which he has to accept to play in the league.

Where Lynch and his agent failed is their lack of understanding. The CBA as written states he must make himself available to the media. It does not state he needs to openly communicate with them.

I really do not want to argue this all day and I am uncertain this is not a damn cat and mouse game. In the end this may be some game Lynch is playing, and for the most part I am unaffected by.

 

[Broncos6482]

Where did I say anything about sympathy, ohh please do tell?

IMO the players do not work for the league they work for the owners. I understand there is a CBA I get that, but basically in this league players are forces to be union members there is not a choice. What works for some does not work for others. No one really wants to discuss the flip side of this, if Lynch chose to pay the $150.000.00 for the three missed media days would the media, the league, the fans, the game, the Seahawk or the Broncos been any worse for that? No! There are 50+ guys per team I think the media and the league will be okay if one does not want to deal with the media.

Oh, so you're saying he had a choice? So you're saying he wasn't forced to do anything?

 

[MrMoJoRisin63]

Oh, so you're saying he had a choice? So you're saying he wasn't forced to do anything?

Dammit I knew semantics was to much for you to handle.

 

[Broncos6482]

Dammit I knew semantics was to much for you to handle.

Oh I know what semantics are. But saying someone is "forced" to do something when they obviously have a choice goes a little beyond semantics. Unless you just don't know the meaning of forced.

 

[HaroldSeattle]

Oh I know what semantics are. But saying someone is "forced" to do something when they obviously have a choice goes a little beyond semantics. Unless you just don't know the meaning of forced.

Yeah, using your definition, the only thing forced on someone is death. You pretty much have some kind of choose in every thing else.

 

[Midnightangel]

Yeah, using your definition, the only thing forced on someone is death. You pretty much have some kind of choose in every thing else.

No, he had a choice. He could have sat in his hotel room and played XBox or whatever. Just pay the stupid fine and don't put yourself through this.

This, hopefully, will cause the NFLPA to have the media day rule redone in the next CBA. Players that have media anxiety this bad (to be proven with a doctor's note), can be excused with no fine.

And if I had his kind of money, I'd have just paid the damned fine.

Marshawn Lynch Net Worth | Celebrity Net Worth

He's worth 14M and paid 7M.

We're talking about $100,000 out of $7,000,000. So if I did the math right on this...(double check me)

Lynch has 70 bucks and he has to pay 1 dollar not to go to this media day stuff. I'd pay the fine. It's only 1/70th of what he makes.

 

[SonnyCID]

Doug Baldwin had a good point yesterday. He said that he feels like all the SB media coverage is a bit outdated as players and fans mix it up so much nowadays through social media, you're not really learning anything new with these press conferences and they just get in the way of prep time.

 

[Midnightangel]

Doug Baldwin had a good point yesterday. He said that he feels like all the SB media coverage is a bit outdated as players and fans mix it up so much nowadays through social media, you're not really learning anything new with these press conferences and they just get in the way of prep time.

A counter point, though...

Some of these guys are from small towns you never heard of. It's a chance for that small town to actually get some time with 'their guy' since they never get to talk to him during the season.