Uh Oh: Richard Sherman and Doug Baldwin Take Shots at NFL Media Policy

Oh, this is not going to end well. But it is quite a good laugh never the less.

Check out Seattle Seahawks DB Richard Sherman and teammate, WR Doug Baldwin making their statement about the NFL's attempt at a media policy.

The pair were making a point after teammate Marshawn Lynch was fined $100,000 for avoiding Seahawks media availability 6 weeks in a row.

The Tacoma News Journal shares the video:



Sherman, a spokesperson for Beats headphones makes a very good point. Players don't get paid for talking to the media. They get paid for sponsorships. Sherman and others have been fined for wearing Beats, because they aren't an NFL sponsor. The players get angry about that.

He's not wrong, and it's a fine line that the NFL has to dance trying to accommodate local media requests with their sponsors.

The league and the media have clashed before as the NFL has tried at various time to limit accessibility. It's failed because the local reporters fought back.

But the players should not be forced...or fined if they choose not to talk. That should be their right. There are players that will always talk and having spent a good chunk of our career in Sports, sometimes you take whatever you can get.

And if you have a specific request, you go through media relations. If they still choose to not speak to you, you find someone else to do a story on.

Seahawks Scuffle Centers Around Richard Sherman

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The Seattle Seahawks are in the middle of minicamp and what is minicamp without a level of testiness...???

Well, here's your answer...

The short version:

Walters vs. Thomas leads to Sherman vs. Bates leads to Harvin vs. Baldwin leads to peace in our time...

ICYMI: Dramatic Reading of Richard Sherman and DeAngelo Hall's Twitter War

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Haha! Rare is the day anymore when the folks at ESPN's SportsCenter can do an original skit that actually is funny.

Friday was one of those days.

Check out what happens when anchors Hannah Storm and Kevin Neghandi do a dramatic reading of this past weeks war of words on Twitter between Seattle Seahawks cornerback Richard Sherman and Washington Redskins cornerback DeAngelo Hall.

Oh, the hilarity...

NFLPA's Smith Goes After Goodell On Sherman

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It's Super Bowl week...
Which means the media are looking for topics to talk about for the two week period...

And, this time out, the topic was Richard Sherman...

"CBS This Morning" gave NFLPA Executive Director DeMaurice Smith a platform...

Guess what he did...??? He was critical toward the Commissioner...

Who knew...???

Michael Crabtree On Richard Sherman: "He's A TV Guy"

And now the other side of the story.

The assembled media surrounded 49ers wide receiver Michael Crabtree after the NFC Championship Game Sunday night and asked about Richard Sherman's post-game TV rant with Fox Sports' Erin Andrews.

Here's the video, thanks CSN Bay Area.


Crabtree also sent out this tweet.

Film don't lie... @nflnetwork @espn pull up the tape of that game and show me where this guy is the best? #fake #fake #fake
— Michael Crabtree (@KingCrab15) January 20, 2014

Of course Sherman had to respond to that tweet too.

A lion doesn't concern himself with the opinions of a sheep.
— Richard Sherman (@RSherman_25) January 20, 2014

Richard Sherman Cuts A Promo

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Bottom line...

If people are chapped at Seahawks DB Richard Sherman cut the following promo after the game his team WON... then, there should have been something done about it by the 49ers...

Scoreboard talks...
And Sherman did...


Can't wait for Media Daze...