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Marshawn Lynch's Influence On American Football

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As Seattle’s star running back, Marshawn Lynch had his fair share of media time. Also followed through his early years of football, Lynch had a love-hate relationship with the media. He hated the time he had to spend with them; they loved every second of coverage they could share with the public. The interview that was observed was Lynch’s Super Bowl XLIX where Lynch gave one of the most memorable interactions that fans had ever witnessed. Prior to this encounter, Lynch had been fined thousands of dollars for failing to show up for a media day. As Lynch arrived for the Super Bowl interview, he instantly pulled out his phone and started a timer. He warned the media that he had to be there for only four minutes and fifty-one seconds and that …show more content…

Terrell Owens was traded to about seven teams during his time in professional football and each team had their own share of woes with him. As the Dallas Cowboys wide receiver, Owens gained the most attention on the field as well as off of the field. He had never been shy of the limelight and almost encouraged the media to ask questions, relevant or not. One reporter went as far to say, “He [Owens] is one of the few players I can think of that I would say talked too much for his own good. From a reporter’s perspective, however, it was gold.” Owens made himself available to the media during the week and just talk about anything at all. Questions would be presented in different ways and he would continue to answer as if it was the first time he heard it. He often got in trouble with his organization for talking too much and too long. Unlike Beckham and Lynch, Owens did not have one interview that stuck out. While a Dallas Cowboy, every interview he did was as long and drawn out as the first. He would jump around from topic to topic. Often times, he would answer the question at hand, but then add on a sentence or so about something else that caught his attention. It seemed that he generally spoke like that to everyone. That is, unlike Lynch, he was not provoking the media. He simply was a scattered brained producer and receiver of language. His enthusiasm did die …show more content…

His quality seems to be his biggest ploy to encourage spectators to make their own opinion of him. Because of his use of the other maxims, Beckham loses that ability to move fans to think on their own. His abiding to relevance makes the interview seem too rushed and forced, giving the impression that he wants the interview to end as soon as possible. The flouting of quantity and manner was seen in the more negative responses. With quantity, he would deny that anything that the media recorded him saying and agree with others opinions when he previously so clearly disagreed with. He seemed more untrustworthy in the way the media portrayed the interview. With manner, he could not give clear, concise responses when he had to cast blame or deny blame. This made Beckham seem nervous and unsure of what he was saying. The media had complete control of how spectators would see things although Beckham tried to adhere to the cooperation

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