LOL, f*cking boo-hoo-la-doo:
https://www.yardbarker.com/nfl/articles/media_must_stand_firm_against_patriots_culture_of_intimidation_under_bill_belichick/s1_13132_30073838
"The culture of media bullying by a head coach is perhaps most popularized in the NFL by Belichick’s mentor, Bill Parcells. It’s been carried down the coaching tree to Belichick and some of his associates, most notably Nick Saban, who served as defensive coordinator for Belichick’s Cleveland Browns teams in the early 1990s. Saban had his own brusque dismissal of a reporter’s question on-camera last fall when he rudely rebuffed ESPN’s Maria Taylor when she inquired about Alabama’s quarterback situation."
Ah, yes... "culture of intimidation" that's been spawned in dark basements and dingy motels like mob interrogations.
"The culture of football is slow to change in a number of ways, but reporters should still insist on pressing these coaches, whether they feel they are above it or not. And if the NFL cared so much about media availability, the league would crack down on its most celebrated coach the way it often threatens to do with players."
So to fight the "culture of intimidation", the NFL should "crack down" on Belichick with his employer's blessing.
The meek shall inherit the earth with a press pass and a laptop.
[Quoting SSF from another thread because I think it goes here.]
Oh, look, another man writing about how Bill Belichick and Nick Saban were allegedly mean to female reporters. How chivalrous!
If this had been a male sideline reporter, this is non-story. What's that you say, there haven't been any male sideline reporters since Arman Katayan? That's what we give to the girls so they don't try to actually get a foot in the door on the football patriarchy?
Right, yes, that's a problem I think. The day that women decide they've had enough and that there are more of them than us and fuck us is a day that I hope comes in my lifetime.
Bill's an asshole. But the one thing you can say about him is that he's an equal opportunity asshole. I'd be more disappointed if he acted like he owed her some special courtesy because she's a she, which in the end is really what all these male knights in shining armor making this a story are complaining that he didn't do here.
There's a story here. But it's not the story that everyone is telling. It's the story about men being angry that a talented and extremely well-credentialled journalist wasn't treated like she's some delicate flower because Bill treated her like one of the boys.