Given the uproar about Marshawn Lynch, I pose this very simple, yes/no question... Let's say for whatever reason, NFL players were not interviewed Pre/Post game any more. Would you still watch/attend the NFL games?

 

Feel free to elaborate on your answer.

 

I will start by saying that yes, I would absolutely keep watching. Player interviews have no influence on whether or not I watch games.

I will start by saying that yes, I would absolutely keep watching. Player interviews have no influence on whether or not I watch games.

 

I'm with you.

This concept of using players to somehow "promote" the game via press interviews dates back to the early days of baseball. It's outdated and unnecessary in the NFL's case.

Only person I ever really care to hear interviewed, in regard to sports, is John Calipari.

 

Or if there was some incident (e.g. Michael Vick dogs, Hernandez, and etc.)

 

Just interviewing people for the sake of interviewing seems pointless to me.

Only person I ever really care to hear interviewed, in regard to sports, is John Calipari.

 

Or if there was some incident (e.g. Michael Vick dogs, Hernandez, and etc.)

 

Just interviewing people for the sake of interviewing seems pointless to me.

 

So, if one of the Harrisons finds Towns for a game-ending alley-oop dunk for the NCAA finals, you don't want to know how they feel about making the big play?

 

The idea of the coach being the sole voice of a team is a silly and outdated concept. Teams are made up of individuals, each of them different in their own way. Losing the personalities of the game would do it a disservice.

 

For me, I wouldn't stop watching, but it would be far less interesting to me.

Yes

So, if one of the Harrisons finds Towns for a game-ending alley-oop dunk for the NCAA finals, you don't want to know how they feel about making the big play?

The idea of the coach being the sole voice of a team is a silly and outdated concept. Teams are made up of individuals, each of them different in their own way. Losing the personalities of the game would do it a disservice.

 

For me, I wouldn't stop watching, but it would be far less interesting to me.

 

I think most, if not all, viewers would already know the answer. I wouldn't miss them if they go away.

I personally do not watch 99% of the interviews now.

nobody "wants to know whose shirts you wear" (Now it's time to leave leave the capsule if you dare).

So, if one of the Harrisons finds Towns for a game-ending alley-oop dunk for the NCAA finals, you don't want to know how they feel about making the big play?

 

The idea of the coach being the sole voice of a team is a silly and outdated concept. Teams are made up of individuals, each of them different in their own way. Losing the personalities of the game would do it a disservice.

 

For me, I wouldn't stop watching, but it would be far less interesting to me.

 

Not particularly no. Pretty good idea that they'd be feeling pretty damn good about themselves and what they accomplished. Don't need a media member to tell me that.

No one is shocked that Jim is the person saying the media has a relevant role in sports, right?

I think most, if not all, viewers would already know the answer. I wouldn't miss them if they go away.

 

Say my hypothetical played out. That would effectively take over the throne from the Laettner shot as the iconic image in NCAA hoops history. To not have those guys' thoughts about that game, that massive moment, on record, would be a crime to future generations who would want to go back and learn the history about it. Young babies and toddlers now clothed in the blue and white, born into generations of UK fandom.

 

I call foul on those dismissing the interest factor among fans about what their favorite players' thoughts are. How many Twitter followers does LeBron have?

So, if one of the Harrisons finds Towns for a game-ending alley-oop dunk for the NCAA finals, you don't want to know how they feel about making the big play?

 

The idea of the coach being the sole voice of a team is a silly and outdated concept. Teams are made up of individuals, each of them different in their own way. Losing the personalities of the game would do it a disservice.

 

For me, I wouldn't stop watching, but it would be far less interesting to me.

 

It's never what I want. I couldn't care less how he feels. Now I love it when a coach or player will talk about the things that went into the play, what made it work, how they took advantage of something they saw in the defense... but they rarely, if ever, say that sort of thing.

Without the postgame interview with the hot blonde, Richard Sherman is just another elite corner without a chunky soup deal.

Say my hypothetical played out. That would effectively take over the throne from the Laettner shot as the iconic image in NCAA hoops history. To not have those guys' thoughts about that game, that massive moment, on record, would be a crime to future generations who would want to go back and learn the history about it. Young babies and toddlers now clothed in the blue and white, born into generations of UK fandom.

 

I call foul on those dismissing the interest factor among fans about what their favorite players' thoughts are. How many Twitter followers does LeBron have?

 

The issue is players that DON'T want to talk to the media not having to. Those two guys may want to talk about that shot. Great. Let them.

 

Some have made it seem like on here that player interviews are so important to sports, and I just don't think that is the case. This thread is well on its way to confirming my beliefs.

So, if one of the Harrisons finds Towns for a game-ending alley-oop dunk for the NCAA finals, you don't want to know how they feel about making the big play?

 

For me...I know how the felt and I wouldn't be able to type it here nor could they say it on National television. "It felt amazing. So glad I could do this with my brothers". I don't know, just don't really care.

 

When it comes to Calipari, I enjoy hearing how he analyzed his teams performance and it makes me laugh how every interview turns into him throwing something out there that recruits might here.

 

So many athletes go with the PC route and you never really get much interesting from them anyway so I've kinda stopped caring.