Yep. He'll get paid next year elsewhere

Haha! I love Marshawn ... what a character

He seems more like a jerk. Is he incapable of answering questions?

I don't know him personally ... you could be right. My impression is that, for whatever reason, he doesn't feel comfortable with the media spotlight portion of the program and he'd rather pay a fine for not doing interviews. To each "his" own.

He has said that what he needs to say, he says on the football field.

I am totally thrilled that he is doing this.

Have you ever seen Bull Durham? The Kevin Costner character teaching the young Tim Robbins all the phrases he needs to repeat once he gets to The Show?

I love that Lynch is saying no to all that nonsense.

@Fairbs I just watched an interview on the local news [KIRO7] with Marshawn's mom, Delisa Lynch, who reveals that he's VERY shy around a crowd of reporters. Hey, if you can't trust Mom ...

That has always been my impression ... I felt kinda bad FOR him in my gut.

What did he do that he has to pay a fine for?

Was this over a soccer match?

Marshawn "Beast Mode" Lynch refuses to talk to reporters. But the NFL demands that he talks to reporters. Every time he refuses, they fine him $50,000.

Sorry for presuming you knew all this -- SEAHAWKS are all anyone talks about here in Western Washington.

Ah. I had no idea.

I don't watch baseball.

Moving this video to bareboards2's personal queue. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 2 days.

The NFL Media Policy officially states: “Players must be available to the media following every game and regularly during the practice week as required under league rules. Star players, or other players with unusually heavy media demands, must be available to the media that regularly cover their teams at least once during the practice week in addition to their required post-game media availability.”

Marshawn Lynch signed the contract. These type of policies is one of the reasons why the NFLs brand and Marshawn Lynch (all players) make the ridiculous amounts of money they do. I personally understand his being uncomfortable with these interviews but i don't see anyone being at fault here.

- If he doesn't want to talk to then he won't. That's his choice.
- If the NFL fine him, they have the right, if hes not fulfilling his contracted obligations.
- It's sports writers job to interview players. It's not their fault he's acting the way he is. They have a job to do sanctioned and wanted by the NFL.

Also is this considered talking to the media and did he face a fine for it?
I thought he was fined for not showing up in one particular situation. I'm under the impression he gets away with doing this (the video) type of thing without penalty.

I see your points. But did Marshawn really have a choice about signing that contract? Not exactly "freely signing" it, I'll bet dollars to donuts.

His last "interview" he answered "yes" to everything. And got fined for it.

I'll bet he gets fined for this.

If I were him, I would look at the fines as being him "renegotiating" his contract. "l'll take less money if I can get out of talking to the media."

Now that is a contract he would willingly sign, I bet.

What pisses me off is the media, going after him when he has been clear he doesn't want to talk. They are stupid interviews anyway -- who would watch if he wasn't being so interesting in his NOT talking? But when the media pushes their mikes in his face, that action costs him $50K.

Leave him alone.

Besides, his momma says he is shy.

I don't get this.

If you're lucky enough to have a job that pays you enough that you can afford a $50000 a week fine, and part of that job is to talk to the media, then do your goddamn job.

It's part of the game. The media are the reason he's paid $6 million a year, and not $150k (adj for inflation) like they were 50 years ago.

If you don't like it.... boo fucking hoo. Everyone has a part of their job they dislike. Teachers hate marking tests, programmers hate writing documentation, pilots hate filling out flight plans, etc.

You've got a point, it's better than a bunch of sports cliches. I take it this guy's good so the media wants to talk to him. Seems like management might want to have a talk with the media and ask they leave him alone. I guess my beef is that a lot of football players act like primadonnas and he comes off that way. I can understand if he legitimately is uncomfortable or not good at answering questions. In that case, I would say the media should back off.