I don't watch Jake deGrom so he can give interviews, I want to see him play. Forcing players to give interviews is really for the benefit of the league as a corporate entity.
And face it, these leagues (or other behemoth entities like these grand slam tournaments) are so big now they aren't in make-or-break situations with a handful of players not wanting to give interviews, especially ad nauseum.
Oh the fun we have with the 24/7 new cycle. I pine for decades past where you could, god forbid, go several hours without having news coverage of every breath some celebrity or politician took.
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Originally Posted by Syd Thrift
The fact that athletes are becoming more and more empowered to make their own decisions on this stuff, both in terms of abstaining and in terms of criticism, is good, not bad.
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I agree with that. On the whole there's nothing bad if a player in any sport wants to make their contribution to the game - simply playing the dang game. Sports is too big now that we'll never have a deficit of players who want to talk to the media - it's just not something we should be concerned about.
Yeah, I get it, in a perfect world, a league would want every second in every major media market filled with content talking about their league so they get coverage. But does anyone actually need that much?