Seattle Seahawks teammates Richard Sherman and Doug Baldwin performed a parody news conference on Tuesday that made it pretty clear how they feel about teammate Marshawn Lynch's fine for refusing to speak with media. Lynch answered several questions by saying "Yeah," and earned himself a $100,000 fine.
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The All-Pro cornerback stood next to a cardboard cutout of Baldwin at the podium as Baldwin crouched behind his likeness to provide some voice overs. The conference provided quite a spectacle, but the content was just as interesting; the players challenged several NFL policies that they view as hypocritical.
Sherman mentioned not being able to wear Beats by Dre headphones because of the NFL's sponsorship deal with Bose and the league's desire to have players avoid alcohol-related incidents despite the fact that a beer company is a major league sponsor. Baldwin responded to each point by saying "Sounds kind of hypocritical to me" and "Sounds very hypocritical."
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Next, it was Baldwin's turn to pose a question, asking Sherman, "Speaking of healthy, how do you feel about the NFL making you play two games in five days?"
Sherman responded, "Oh my gosh, geez. I almost didn't realize that because they've been talking about players' safety so much. Two games in five days doesn't seem like you care about players' safety much."
Sherman and Baldwin left the podium without answering any questions, although they did apologize to reporters afterward. They said they felt that they needed to make their point during the press conference about the incongruities the players perceive regarding the consistency of the enforcement of NFL policies.
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