Marshawn Lynch attended Super Bowl Media Day and spent his entire 4.5 minutes of required interview time repeating the same line: “I’m just here so I won’t get fined”. According to ESPN’s Ed Werder, the NFL has had it up to HERE with Lynch’s media shenanigans, and threatened to fine him $500,000 if he blew off the precious media horde — which, for some reason, still thinks Lynch has something to say.
#NFL source says Marshawn Lynch treated with $500K fine if he failed to be available for Media Day. “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
— Ed Werder (@Edwerderespn) January 27, 2015
Two of those media members holding out hope for a substantive sound bite were Rob Demovsky and Bart Hubbuch. And they responded to Lynch’s antics exactly how you’d imagine some whiny reporter would.
And he’s not funny. RT @mike_madson: Marshawn Lynch is a clown. I understand he doesn’t want to talk to media, but it is part of the deal.
— Rob Demovsky (@RobDemovsky) January 27, 2015
I asked Marshawn Lynch why he thinks he shouldn’t have to do what every other NFL player is required to do, but he didn’t answer.
— Bart Hubbuch (@BartHubbuch) January 27, 2015
Also, it’s worth noting that Lynch’s potential fine would have been equivalent — from a financial standpoint — to Jim Irsay (popped for a DUI while tooling about town with drugs and a bag of cash) and Bill Belichick (Spygate). Yet, it still would have been more than five times the punishment the league doles out for one man attempting to break another man’s leg.
[Deadspin]
