*doublepromote *quality I have been waiting for this to come out for two days! It did NOT disappoint ... I LOVE MARSHAWN Go Hawks!

That is some *quality Marshawn.

On Super Bowl Media Day Marshawn Lynch Delivers Eloquent 45-Minute Address On Privacy In The Modern Age

And here is his actual Super Bowl media day press conference

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.

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.

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.

@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.

Haha! I love Marshawn ... what a character

Because it was fixed, it does.

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Works just fine for me.

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Works just fine for me.

Fixed.

I have watched this several times and I still can't see how he got through the first big mess.


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Yet nothing beats this for me (known as The BeastQuake run here in Seattle because the crowd noise resulted in a measurable earthquake):

http://videosift.com/video/Marshawn-Lynch-67-TD-run

Since you down voted my video...

Just wanted to make sure you didn't miss this.

http://videosift.com/video/Lynch-Touchdown-Video-Game-Mashup



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Apologies, but as a Saints fan, I'm compelled to downvote this.

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