June 12, 200620 yr And that's all she wrote? Fined for refusing to talk to the media? Yep. Skipped out on the press conference.
June 12, 200620 yr I was certain he'd skip out. There is no way he would take questions after that. The media would have just kept asking 'What happened?' in a million different ways. It was funny---half of Wade's conference was about Shaq anyway.
June 12, 200620 yr That's the NBA for you :plain It's just like if you didn't show up for a major part of your job. Stop being a homer.
June 12, 200620 yr That's the NBA for you :plain It's just like if you didn't show up for a major part of your job. Stop being a homer. You gotta admit that you shouldnt be forced to talk to the media if you dont want to though. I think thats a stupid rule.
June 12, 200620 yr You gotta admit that you shouldnt be forced to talk to the media if you dont want to though. I think thats a stupid rule. Problem is most players would never want to talk to the media if they didn't have to.
June 12, 200620 yr That's the NBA for you :plain It's just like if you didn't show up for a major part of your job. Stop being a homer. You gotta admit that you shouldnt be forced to talk to the media if you dont want to though. I think thats a stupid rule. It's part of their job.
June 12, 200620 yr Being forced to talk to the media is the equivalent of having to wear at least 15 pieces of flair.
June 12, 200620 yr Being forced to talk to the media is the equivalent of having to wear at least 15 pieces of flair. Not really. There job only exists to entertain fans. Part of that job is to have the player talk about what they just did. Without the fans, they have no job. For millions of dollars a year they can talk to the media for 10-15 minutes (if that). The world of sports would be a ton more boring without athletes talking to the media.
June 12, 200620 yr Being forced to talk to the media is the equivalent of having to wear at least 15 pieces of flair. Not really. There job only exists to entertain fans. Part of that job is to have the player talk about what they just did. Without the fans, they have no job. For millions of dollars a year they can talk to the media for 10-15 minutes (if that). The world of sports would be a ton more boring without athletes talking to the media. I could only imagine a world where the athletes didn't talk to the media. No TO coverage. No Pedro Gomez/Barry Bonds coverage not related to his play. No more "I'd like to thank God". No more "We gave 110% today". Nothing says interesting like hackneyed sports cliches.
June 12, 200620 yr Being forced to talk to the media is the equivalent of having to wear at least 15 pieces of flair. Not really. There job only exists to entertain fans. Part of that job is to have the player talk about what they just did. Without the fans, they have no job. For millions of dollars a year they can talk to the media for 10-15 minutes (if that). The world of sports would be a ton more boring without athletes talking to the media. I could only imagine a world where the athletes didn't talk to the media. No TO coverage. No Pedro Gomez/Barry Bonds coverage not related to his play. No more "I'd like to thank God". No more "We gave 110% today". Nothing says interesting like hackneyed sports cliches. But what would all those overweight egotistical sportswriters do? Gotta think about them. :mischief
June 12, 200620 yr Heat were also fined an extra 25,000 because of Shaq not talking to the media... Dont really understand that fine considering the other members of the team spoke to the media
June 12, 200620 yr Being forced to talk to the media is the equivalent of having to wear at least 15 pieces of flair. Not really. There job only exists to entertain fans. Part of that job is to have the player talk about what they just did. Without the fans, they have no job. For millions of dollars a year they can talk to the media for 10-15 minutes (if that). The world of sports would be a ton more boring without athletes talking to the media. I could only imagine a world where the athletes didn't talk to the media. No TO coverage. No Pedro Gomez/Barry Bonds coverage not related to his play. No more "I'd like to thank God". No more "We gave 110% today". Nothing says interesting like hackneyed sports cliches. But what would all those overweight egotistical sportswriters do? Gotta think about them. :mischief so we should nickname this the dan lebetard fine? :thumbup
June 12, 200620 yr I'm sorry to hear that, I can understand why Shaq wouldn't want to participate, and I think that's a stupid rule. For the record.
June 12, 200620 yr Being forced to talk to the media is the equivalent of having to wear at least 15 pieces of flair. Not really. There job only exists to entertain fans. Part of that job is to have the player talk about what they just did. Without the fans, they have no job. For millions of dollars a year they can talk to the media for 10-15 minutes (if that). The world of sports would be a ton more boring without athletes talking to the media. I could only imagine a world where the athletes didn't talk to the media. No TO coverage. No Pedro Gomez/Barry Bonds coverage not related to his play. No more "I'd like to thank God". No more "We gave 110% today". Nothing says interesting like hackneyed sports cliches. But what would all those overweight egotistical sportswriters do? Gotta think about them. :mischief so we should nickname this the dan lebetard fine? :thumbup Yep, LeBetard is the poster boy isnt he?
June 13, 200620 yr how many times has barry bonds been fined for this? Barry Bonds does not play in the NBA
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