Kimberley A. Martin blasts NFLPA locker room pushback: ‘It’s a small, very tiny group trying to make this a bigger conversation’
"The locker room is how we develop a lot of those relationships that help us do our job."
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Reporters question NFL players’ locker room interview pushback: ‘These tough-a** dudes saying their privacy is being violated’
"The NFL has the best, most accurate, most nuanced local coverage, and it’s because beat writers can go up to a guy."
NFLPA urges NFL to make ‘immediate changes’ on locker room media policy
"Players feel that locker room interviews invade their privacy and are uncomfortable."
Some NFL players will no longer be interviewed in locker rooms midweek
"With the recent incidents in the league and what our NFLPA membership wants, we're implementing this."
NBA media takes issue with Adam Silver’s locker room access comments
"I also think it's a bit of an anachronism to have reporters in the actual room where players are dressing."
NFL will keep locker rooms closed to independent media in 2021, but will allow three team PR/media employees in
"A maximum of three people from a team’s public relations department/team-affiliated media are allowed in the locker room postgame while players are present."
Amid debate over media access, the NFL will likely keep locker rooms closed to media
This could have pretty big ramifications for sports media practices going forward.
NBA, MLB, MLS, and NHL issue joint statement announcing media restrictions over coronavirus concerns
The four leagues jointly announced media won't be allowed in locker rooms or clubhouses in response to growing coronavirus fears.
