Richard Sherman Mocks NFL for Sponsorship Hypocrisy
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Seattle Seahawks players Richard Sherman and Doug Baldwin held a brief presser this week. It was a bit different than the usual player Q&A in that it viciously mocked the National Football League.
According to Deadspin, the duo were getting back at the league for fining fellow player (and Skittles enthusiast) Marshawn Lynch $100,000 for refusing to talk to the press. According to its media-availability rules, the league is perfectly within its rights to issue such fines. Whether it should do so is a different story.
Where this video gets interesting — for those of you unable to play it for whatever reason — is when Sherman starts hitting the league for hypocrisy. Lynch noted that the league doesn’t pay players for media appearances — but that Beats by Dre pays him to talk. “But the league doesn’t let me say anything about them,” he adds. That’s because the league’s official headphone partner is Bose.
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