Marshawn Lynch: ‘I’m here so I won’t get fined’
Marshawn Lynch needed to come to Super Bowl Media Day. He needed to speak for four minutes and 30 seconds. He did exactly that, and nothing more.
Lynch sat down at the podium and announced that he would be saying only “I’m here so I won’t get fined,” and that was all he said, for less than five minutes, answering 21 questions the exact same way. He may well have eluded a fine in excess of $50,000, but if he did so, it wasn’t by much.
Lynch’s deliberate one-note media replies have amused many and frustrated some, but only the threat of financial penalties appears to have impacted his actions even the slightest bit. Of course, Lynch has no problem talking when he’s getting paid, as in this Skittles ad, but clearly, the NFL would like him to step up outside of advertisements as well.
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