Photo © NFL Network via YouTube
After all of his exploits, Marshawn Lynch appears to be getting more attention from the media then he wants to. After receiving up to $120,000 in fines over the last two season, it appears Lynch has sort of learned his lesson: as he will now show up to the media interviews, but will proceed to troll all of the reporters during the allotted time.
This past December he became famous for using a variation of the same phrase to answer every question: “Thanks for asking. I appreciate it.”
Well during yesterday’s Super Bowl media day, Lynch did the same exact thing: but this time his answer was in response to the NFL’s willingness to fine him so easily.
Subscribe to our free weekly newsletter!
A week of sports news in your in-box.
We find the sports news you need to know, so you don't have to.
He started off the press conference by telling them that he will only respond with “I’m just here so I won’t get fined.” And proceeded to tell the reporters they were wasting their time: which is likely since he repeated the phrase 29 times.
Technically, even though he gave one phrase responses, he fulfilled his media requirement and the NFL should not be able to punish him: but still, Roger Goodell cannot be happy at all with the brashness of the player known as Beast Mode.
As a result, players around the NFL and even celebrities have come out of the woodworks to support the star athlete on Twitter.
At the same time, plenty of people bash him for doing this, but for all we know he might be a marketing genius.
LIV Golf has now ended. The league met in New Jersey bankruptcy court; it took…
Victor Wembanyama earned the MVP chants that he received from fans at the Frost Bank…
After retiring from the NFL earlier this year, former QB Russell Wilson has reportedly interviewed…
Cristiano Ronaldo announced that he is retiring from the Portugal national team, ending one of…
Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson has been placed in the NFL’s concussion protocol. Watson was…
The Buffalo Bills have released safety C.J. Gardner-Johnson after serving a one-game suspension for spitting…