There's no call for it."ĭitto for the Olympics. "It will be a long time before that one comes to these shores. "Our managers would say that the dressing room is sacrosanct," says Premier League publicity manager Philip Dorward. Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson will have retired long before a reporter ever gets to see him unleash one of his famous "hairdryer" locker-room rants at a player who has angered him. In the English Premier League, at the football World Cup, in international cricket or at the Olympics, Sainz - or any reporter - would never have been given access to the locker room. leagues is unthinkable and a recipe for problems or, depending on your point of view, the way of the future. To those who work in sports outside of the United States and who jealously guard the privacy of locker rooms, the liberal access for reporters covering U.S. That can never be an excuse for such boorishness.īut reporters in the dressing room? What folly is that? And even on this side of the Atlantic, we grasped enough of the subsequent debate to disagree with those in the United States who argued that Sainz, of Mexico's TV Azteca, perhaps invited trouble by dressing too sexily.
Ines Sainz's embarrassment is easy to understand and empathize with. PARIS - Viewed from Europe, the story making news in American football this week of the New York Jets players who disgraced themselves by directing "Whooo-weee!" catcalls at a television reporter working in their locker room is bizarre and alien. NFL locker room flap almost unthinkable in Europe Commercial reproduction, distribution or transmission of any part or parts of this website or any information contained therein by any means whatsoever without the prior written permission of the Club is not permitted.You have reached a degraded version of because you're using an unsupported version of Internet Explorer.įor a complete experience, please upgrade or use a supported browser
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