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Originally Posted by Chief Rum
I view it as part of the job.
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As I said, there are plenty of players that are happy enough to step in front of the mic. Forcing people to talk to the media when they have no interest in doing so is an example of the overbearingly controlling nature of the NFL.
Lynch is fulfilling the contractual obligation. But the NFL can't tell him what to say, so the result is what we're getting from Lynch. Local reporters long ago learned that he wasn't going to be a source of quotes and basically stopped bothering him, but out of town and national reporters apparently aren't willing to accept Lynch's right to say what he wants to.
I suppose one way of looking at it is that Lynch is being a jerk. Another way of looking at it is the reporters are being jerks.