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Texans 2014 Training Camp

Almost never listen to sports mouths on tv or radio anymore. I watch games and come here for info. Now college and draft, I seek all info because way too much to track down. I do use certain sources (uh oh there is that word) and some of those are folks on TT that I have come to trust or have mocked with.
 
Carr Bombed said:
Reading that article did nothing, but remind me of a old saying (paraphrasing) "Don't argue (piss off) people who buy their ink by the barrel"

Who ever wrote that sounds like a butt hurt child.
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Agreed wholeheartedly. There is a contingent in the Houston media that do an extremely poor job, if they're trying at all, to not let the amount by which a player makes their job difficult dictate their musings on that player.
 
Don't know Arian. Have no clue who he really is as a person. I kind if don't care.

I just hope he runs the football like a boss and represents the texans well.
 
Texans_Chick said:
FWIW Ben Jones has done the bit where he only answers "working hard trying to be a good teammate" to every question too. He's done that twice. Once during OTA's (no transcript), and once last night with Bob Allen.

So basically, Foster I guess is BenJonesing.

The big news is that he was practicing. Not that he was goofing on the non-answers that players are basically required to give. I'd be more surprised if Foster gave full and detailed answers to football questions. He knows he is being baited by questions like whether he is breaking down.
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Wake up and smell the latte' friends and neighbors. This is the new company line.
I was listening to the radio guys last night on my way home - Bistro and Paulie G I think - and they were lamenting that they couldn't get ANY player to comment on how things are this year compared to last year. No comments on differences in coaching style, not a word on differences in the schemes, not a peep on if they're stronger this year compared to last... nothing.
O'Brien's marching orders, with respect to how to answer press queries, are being followed to the letter by everyone.
It's all about:
1. Learning the new system
2. Trying to get better with each practice and with each rep
3. Trying to be a good teammate.

I feel the players have been told, in no uncertain terms...
Do NOT go off the script.

If you've heard a Tom Brady presser, those themes will sound very familiar.
We are becoming Boston-South

...grrrrrr
:bat:
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
How Arian Foster became the worst teammate he could possibly be …
July 30, 2014 1:53 PM
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remember, the article is by this dude
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.....John Lopez

are you going to let Lopez get your undies in a wad??
...seriously?
 
xtruroyaltyx said:
Don't know Arian. Have no clue who he really is as a person. I kind if don't care.

I just hope he runs the football like a boss and represents the texans well.
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Exactly and nor should you (care). Arian is employed in the football business. He doesn't want to get to know who each and every one of us is as a person either (and it works both ways, nor should he).

He's employed in the football carrying business. He's the product (or part of it) and we're the customers. That's the extent of the relationship.

As an addition I'd like to say that ObsiWan is right, we are becoming Boston South in respect to the culture of the team (and it should have happened a long time ago. We wouldn't have wasted so much time trying to be Denver South) and guys like Arian Foster won't be coming through here often in the years to come. I anticipate a team that's more like the core of New England as we go along where you have a little core of special guys and the players outside of that core will come and go at a much faster rate than they did here under Kubiak. We'll go through younger, high-motor guys at a quick pace changing them out when needed to keep the cap tight. Individuals who have more than the required amount of personality or a case of the "unique snowflake" variety won't be sought out very often.
 
Arian Foster ‏@ArianFoster · 12m
Media is full of propaganda and you're subjected to their agenda. Don't let them think for you. #staysuckafree ✌️
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The whole schtick of the enlightened independent thinker is an old cliche' now, but the media needs to lighten up here. Arian was just being silly, and a lack of savvy made it come across as sass. They should know this kid by now.
 
Man some of you guys just worry about the dumbest ****.

If they are on the field playing then I don't really care how much of a d-bag they are off the field. Fans are stupid and crazy and I imagine having tons of fans will drive somebody crazy as well.
 
ObsiWan said:
remember, the article is by this dude
lopez-headshot.jpg

.....John Lopez

are you going to let Lopez get your undies in a wad??
...seriously?
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Come on, ObsiWan, I just posted the article. The article is controversial as is the interview it is based on. Foster's interview has generated a great deal of commentary from both fans and every element of the media. Similarly, Lopez's article has done the same. Everyone has an opinion, and they all aren't in agreement. I don't believe that you or most on this board would want to censure opposing views, rather than having them posted for affording everyone the opportunity to support or destroy the views presented.

BTW, my undies, for reason I shall not elaborate, always remain tight......with no room for wadding......as a result of comments by Lopez or any one else.:spy:
 
Brisco_County said:
The whole schtick of the enlightened independent thinker is an old cliche' now, but the media needs to lighten up here. Arian was just being silly, and a lack of savvy made it come across as sass. They should know this kid by now.
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arian foster is nothing but a cool hipster doofus who fancies himself as some urban illuminate gandhi but he's nothing more than your typical pretentious attention seeking athlete. a lame version of immortal technique.

if he wasnt an athlete he would be peddling conspiracy theory dvds in the street like professor griff. his sit down with spencer tillman exposed this clown's failed attempt at intellectualism and enlightenment. there you saw the wide gap between real intelligence and intellect (tillman) vs a fraudulent wanna be intellectual "conscious" poet (rapper) in foster.
 
WTH? Did they not practice today? The butt hurt media (I thought Rich Lord was going to start crying on air yesterday) can't be the only thing worth talking about.
 
TEXANRED said:
WTH? Did they not practice today? The butt hurt media (I thought Rich Lord was going to start crying on air yesterday) can't be the only thing worth talking about.
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No. They had the day off today.
Tomorrow morning is the next open-to-the-public practice.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
Come on, ObsiWan, I just posted the article. The article is controversial as is the interview it is based on. Foster's interview has generated a great deal of commentary from both fans and every element of the media. Similarly, Lopez's article has done the same. Everyone has an opinion, and they all aren't in agreement. I don't believe that you or most on this board would want to censure opposing views, rather than having them posted for affording everyone the opportunity to support or destroy the views presented.

BTW, my undies, for reason I shall not elaborate, always remain tight......with no room for wadding......as a result of comments by Lopez or any one else.:spy:
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now, now...where did I say you shouldn't have posted it?


...and I'm especially remorseful, for reasons I'm glad you did not go into, about bringing up the subject of undies
:D
 
We all know that Houston media HAS BEEN SPOILED FOR YEARS when it comes to our hometown players. The poster boy of our media's culture is and has been John McClain. They ask softball questions and usually they get answered in the most part by the player. When a player declines comment, that player is cast as a malcontent. If you think that's not true, how do you explain Hakeem? I remember when people wanted him run out of town because people thought he was faking his injuries. How is he viewed now? He's a legend and the only star that has brought Houston a championship.

I believe Arian is the easiest target to shoot for obvious reasons: his philosophical/unconventional ways, his extra marital affair, his inability to stay healthy over the last season, etc. He's highly compensated and may be on the cutting block soon, not unlike that Dunta Robinson a few years back. I echo the sentiments many on this Houston media is all over that guy because he's Arian. If JJ or Cush or one of the other poster boys would have done the same thing, we would have said "He's just having fun with the media! How funny! He's just playing doing what is asked of him." Mark Berman is pissed because he got ignored, along with the rest of the usual cast of characters that are used to getting their way. IMO, with all due respect to the media members, they are vultures looking for soundbites to sell their story. Most of them will throw any player under the bus if it makes their name bigger, so I can't really fault an athlete for not playing nice with them. Would I prefer that everyone gets what they want and walk away happy? Of course, but life doesn't always work that way.

It's very obvious that BoB's regime wants no information leaked to the media. As a lifelong Houstonian, I'm sick of 8-8 records, letter jackets, and all the bad breaks in between. I want a consistent winning football team that is (at minimum) completing for a SB just about every year. Since we've tried and beat the "open door-aw shucks-good guy" approach to death over the last 54 years, I'm willing to break our city's amicable culture in the hopes that we can get a competitive advantage, or at least a perceived advantage, over our opponents. I want to live to see a night in which Houston raises the Super Bowl trophy and we have the craziest party this town has ever seen. I want to see Thorn and the rest of the old school OGs on this board, shed tears of joy (ok, maybe not :)) that all the years of heartache and frustration were not in vain.

Go Texans!
 
House of Pain said:
We all know that Houston media HAS BEEN SPOILED FOR YEARS when it comes to our hometown players. The poster boy of our media's culture is and has been John McClain. They ask softball questions and usually they get answered in the most part by the player. When a player declines comment, that player is cast as a malcontent. If you think that's not true, how do you explain Hakeem? I remember when people wanted him run out of town because people thought he was faking his injuries. How is he viewed now? He's a legend and the only star that has brought Houston a championship.

I believe Arian is the easiest target to shoot for obvious reasons: his philosophical/unconventional ways, his extra marital affair, his inability to stay healthy over the last season, etc. He's highly compensated and may be on the cutting block soon, not unlike that Dunta Robinson a few years back. I echo the sentiments many on this Houston media is all over that guy because he's Arian. If JJ or Cush or one of the other poster boys would have done the same thing, we would have said "He's just having fun with the media! How funny! He's just playing doing what is asked of him." Mark Berman is pissed because he got ignored, along with the rest of the usual cast of characters that are used to getting their way. IMO, with all due respect to the media members, they are vultures looking for soundbites to sell their story. Most of them will throw any player under the bus if it makes their name bigger, so I can't really fault an athlete for not playing nice with them. Would I prefer that everyone gets what they want and walk away happy? Of course, but life doesn't always work that way.

It's very obvious that BoB's regime wants no information leaked to the media. As a lifelong Houstonian, I'm sick of 8-8 records, letter jackets, and all the bad breaks in between. I want a consistent winning football team that is (at minimum) completing for a SB just about every year. Since we've tried and beat the "open door-aw shucks-good guy" approach to death over the last 54 years, I'm willing to break our city's amicable culture in the hopes that we can get a competitive advantage, or at least a perceived advantage, over our opponents. I want to live to see a night in which Houston raises the Super Bowl trophy and we have the craziest party this town has ever seen. I want to see Thorn and the rest of the old school OGs on this board, shed tears of joy (ok, maybe not :)) that all the years of heartache and frustration were not in vain.

Go Texans!
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it all comes back to only having one newspaper for a major metropolitan city. Its a black eye to the city of houston, the 4th largest in America, to only have one major newspaper covering the news and events. I mean seriously, how the heck does that happen? how does the city of houston only have one major newspaper company?

once the writers/journos are bought, one opinion is only represented. Jonathan Feigan is already in Daryl Morey's pocket, im quite sure john mclain and whoever is the #1 nfl texan guy in the chronicle is already bought and paid for. That's how Matt Schaub and Gary Kubiak lasted so long in this town. The only media was bought and paid for and it mind controlled the masses and they believed in Kubiak/Schaub because the media was told to protect and baby Kubiak and Schaub.

Politicians and corporate businesses, as well as criminals of all ilk, white collar and blue collar crime is loving the one newspaper town of houston.

That's why texan fans and texans in general are so completely ignorant of the situation.
 
Lord Bills said:
it all comes back to only having one newspaper for a major metropolitan city. Its a black eye to the city of houston, the 4th largest in America, to only have one major newspaper covering the news and events. I mean seriously, how the heck does that happen? how does the city of houston only have one major newspaper company?

once the writers/journos are bought, one opinion is only represented. Jonathan Feigan is already in Daryl Morey's pocket, im quite sure john mclain and whoever is the #1 nfl texan guy in the chronicle is already bought and paid for. That's how Matt Schaub and Gary Kubiak lasted so long in this town. The only media was bought and paid for and it mind controlled the masses and they believed in Kubiak/Schaub because the media was told to protect and baby Kubiak and Schaub.

Politicians and corporate businesses, as well as criminals of all ilk, white collar and blue collar crime is loving the one newspaper town of houston.

That's why texan fans and texans in general are so completely ignorant of the situation.
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Meh...the Post sucked.
 
Lord Bills said:
it all comes back to only having one newspaper for a major metropolitan city. Its a black eye to the city of houston, the 4th largest in America, to only have one major newspaper covering the news and events. I mean seriously, how the heck does that happen? how does the city of houston only have one major newspaper company?

once the writers/journos are bought, one opinion is only represented. Jonathan Feigan is already in Daryl Morey's pocket, im quite sure john mclain and whoever is the #1 nfl texan guy in the chronicle is already bought and paid for. That's how Matt Schaub and Gary Kubiak lasted so long in this town. The only media was bought and paid for and it mind controlled the masses and they believed in Kubiak/Schaub because the media was told to protect and baby Kubiak and Schaub.

Politicians and corporate businesses, as well as criminals of all ilk, white collar and blue collar crime is loving the one newspaper town of houston.

That's why texan fans and texans in general are so completely ignorant of the situation.
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Well, there used to be the Post, which I preferred, and farther back, the Press, which I don't know anything about. (How's that for ending a sentence with a preposition?)

The present paper is not too objective about sports.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
How Arian Foster became the worst teammate he could possibly be …
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The press got it's itty bitty panties in a twist.When you sanctimoniously destroy athletes by baiting them and twisting their responses just to get some publicity for yourself, what do you really expect? I'm just surprised it took so long.

There is no obligation to make reporters look good under these conditions. I don't understand why meeting with the press is mandatory when they are obviously antagonistic.
 
houstonspartan said:
Arian is getting a massively raw deal. The guy can't win. When he was out for ONE day of training camp to rest a minor injury, everyone turns against him. Then he comes back, and doesn't "perform" the way the media and fans want him to in interviews, and he's STILL slammed.

I need to remind everyone of last year when JJ answered one question at a press conference and stormed off. Everyone was all like, "Wow, he's dedicated! He just wants to WIN!"

The irony is, what no one knows is that JJ is the biggest douche a-hole on the team. He just hides it well.
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Didn't give you an autograph, huh?
 
silvrhand said:
I was lucky enough to be able to go to the Owen Daniel's charity events where the players were able to serve/have dinner with us and mingle among the crowds. The first two years was great, players came over sat down with us had some wine, and generally seemed to have a great time. AJ stood in the corner, normal self, no interaction, but that's the norm for him.

The last year we went, the cat was out the box and they put in a bigger place with more people. Women had lost their mind I was standing next to JJ Watt when a woman randomly walked up and grabbed his crotch, he basically had to hide behind several other people when we were coming through, it was embarrassing for all of us.

I can understand why they do feel the way they do, but in reality Arian likes to stir the pot unless it's being stirred on him, he's always been that way. Not a huge fan of the personality that I do see from Arian, and its' the same personality we saw when he came in and what got him knocked out of the draft.

If it looks like a cat, acts like a cat, eats like a cat.. it's most likely a cat. People's actions over time will eventually show their true personality, and over the last few years I've enough, not a huge Arian fan.

That's just my opinion though and I'm entitled to that.
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In some respects, I like a player who won't go along with the roll he is assigned. Why does he have to play the game and if he does, why not have fun with it?
 
House of Pain said:
We all know that Houston media HAS BEEN SPOILED FOR YEARS when it comes to our hometown players. The poster boy of our media's culture is and has been John McClain. They ask softball questions and usually they get answered in the most part by the player. When a player declines comment, that player is cast as a malcontent. If you think that's not true, how do you explain Hakeem? I remember when people wanted him run out of town because people thought he was faking his injuries. How is he viewed now? He's a legend and the only star that has brought Houston a championship.

I believe Arian is the easiest target to shoot for obvious reasons: his philosophical/unconventional ways, his extra marital affair, his inability to stay healthy over the last season, etc. He's highly compensated and may be on the cutting block soon, not unlike that Dunta Robinson a few years back. I echo the sentiments many on this Houston media is all over that guy because he's Arian. If JJ or Cush or one of the other poster boys would have done the same thing, we would have said "He's just having fun with the media! How funny! He's just playing doing what is asked of him." Mark Berman is pissed because he got ignored, along with the rest of the usual cast of characters that are used to getting their way. IMO, with all due respect to the media members, they are vultures looking for soundbites to sell their story. Most of them will throw any player under the bus if it makes their name bigger, so I can't really fault an athlete for not playing nice with them. Would I prefer that everyone gets what they want and walk away happy? Of course, but life doesn't always work that way.

It's very obvious that BoB's regime wants no information leaked to the media. As a lifelong Houstonian, I'm sick of 8-8 records, letter jackets, and all the bad breaks in between. I want a consistent winning football team that is (at minimum) completing for a SB just about every year. Since we've tried and beat the "open door-aw shucks-good guy" approach to death over the last 54 years, I'm willing to break our city's amicable culture in the hopes that we can get a competitive advantage, or at least a perceived advantage, over our opponents. I want to live to see a night in which Houston raises the Super Bowl trophy and we have the craziest party this town has ever seen. I want to see Thorn and the rest of the old school OGs on this board, shed tears of joy (ok, maybe not :)) that all the years of heartache and frustration were not in vain.

Go Texans!
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:goodpost:

Thank you HOP, intelligent and logical from beginning to end. Great read.

REP your way
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
Come on, ObsiWan, I just posted the article. The article is controversial as is the interview it is based on. Foster's interview has generated a great deal of commentary from both fans and every element of the media. Similarly, Lopez's article has done the same. Everyone has an opinion, and they all aren't in agreement. I don't believe that you or most on this board would want to censure opposing views, rather than having them posted for affording everyone the opportunity to support or destroy the views presented.

BTW, my undies, for reason I shall not elaborate, always remain tight......with no room for wadding......as a result of comments by Lopez or any one else.:spy:
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I could live without ever hearing from Lopez again. Not so much Arian. I want him performing...
 
House of Pain said:
We all know that Houston media HAS BEEN SPOILED FOR YEARS when it comes to our hometown players. The poster boy of our media's culture is and has been John McClain. They ask softball questions and usually they get answered in the most part by the player. When a player declines comment, that player is cast as a malcontent. If you think that's not true, how do you explain Hakeem? I remember when people wanted him run out of town because people thought he was faking his injuries. How is he viewed now? He's a legend and the only star that has brought Houston a championship.

I believe Arian is the easiest target to shoot for obvious reasons: his philosophical/unconventional ways, his extra marital affair, his inability to stay healthy over the last season, etc. He's highly compensated and may be on the cutting block soon, not unlike that Dunta Robinson a few years back. I echo the sentiments many on this Houston media is all over that guy because he's Arian. If JJ or Cush or one of the other poster boys would have done the same thing, we would have said "He's just having fun with the media! How funny! He's just playing doing what is asked of him." Mark Berman is pissed because he got ignored, along with the rest of the usual cast of characters that are used to getting their way. IMO, with all due respect to the media members, they are vultures looking for soundbites to sell their story. Most of them will throw any player under the bus if it makes their name bigger, so I can't really fault an athlete for not playing nice with them. Would I prefer that everyone gets what they want and walk away happy? Of course, but life doesn't always work that way.

It's very obvious that BoB's regime wants no information leaked to the media. As a lifelong Houstonian, I'm sick of 8-8 records, letter jackets, and all the bad breaks in between. I want a consistent winning football team that is (at minimum) completing for a SB just about every year. Since we've tried and beat the "open door-aw shucks-good guy" approach to death over the last 54 years, I'm willing to break our city's amicable culture in the hopes that we can get a competitive advantage, or at least a perceived advantage, over our opponents. I want to live to see a night in which Houston raises the Super Bowl trophy and we have the craziest party this town has ever seen. I want to see Thorn and the rest of the old school OGs on this board, shed tears of joy (ok, maybe not :)) that all the years of heartache and frustration were not in vain.

Go Texans!
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Dude! DUDE!

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Lord Bills said:
it all comes back to only having one newspaper for a major metropolitan city. Its a black eye to the city of houston, the 4th largest in America, to only have one major newspaper covering the news and events. I mean seriously, how the heck does that happen? how does the city of houston only have one major newspaper company?

once the writers/journos are bought, one opinion is only represented. Jonathan Feigan is already in Daryl Morey's pocket, im quite sure john mclain and whoever is the #1 nfl texan guy in the chronicle is already bought and paid for. That's how Matt Schaub and Gary Kubiak lasted so long in this town. The only media was bought and paid for and it mind controlled the masses and they believed in Kubiak/Schaub because the media was told to protect and baby Kubiak and Schaub.

Politicians and corporate businesses, as well as criminals of all ilk, white collar and blue collar crime is loving the one newspaper town of houston.

That's why texan fans and texans in general are so completely ignorant of the situation.
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Houston will not be the only single paper major city for long. Paper information is on it's way out. But Houston and the Chronicle are making a case that none is better than one.
 
Marshall said:
The press got it's itty bitty panties in a twist.When you sanctimoniously destroy athletes by baiting them and twisting their responses just to get some publicity for yourself, what do you really expect? I'm just surprised it took so long.

There is no obligation to make reporters look good under these conditions. I don't understand why meeting with the press is mandatory when they are obviously antagonistic.
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FYI, and please specifically note #8. MEDICAL INFORMATION below:


2014 NFL Media Relations Policy

Reasonable cooperation with the news media is essential to the continuing popularity of our game and its players and coaches. The following league policy is reviewed and updated annually and remains standard operating procedure:


3. PRACTICE ACCESS AND INFORMATION – Following the completion of Week 2 of the NFL preseason schedule and through the regular season and playoffs, daily practice (Monday through Friday) must be open to local media (those who regularly cover the team) for at least the first 30 minutes or until the start of “team” work. It is permissible to limit the videotaping or photographing of certain portions of practice. Starting the week prior to the opening of the regular season, clubs are required to designate on the NFL Intranet site and issue to local media the names of those players who missed any portion of 11-on-11 team or individual work on the specified days noted in the NFL Injury Report policy.

Setting reasonable ground rules for coverage of practice – subject to the general access rules specified above – is the responsibility of the clubs. For practice sessions during training camp and minicamp that are open to the public, there should be a balance that addresses publicity for our teams, the role of media in serving our fans, and the goals and procedures set by individual teams. As such, we require that at least for practice sessions that are open to the public – and subject to guidelines set by clubs on the reporting of strategy – clubs must allow reporting (tweeting, blogging, etc.) of newsworthy events, such as VIP visitors to practice, exceptional catches, standout rookie performers, etc.

4. TRAINING CAMP ACCESS – Beginning the first day of preseason training camp through at least the completion of Week 2 of the NFL preseason schedule, all daily practices must be open in their entirety to local media (those who regularly cover the team). It is permissible to limit the videotaping or photographing of certain portions of training camp practices.

All players and the head coach must be available to the media for interviews on a regular basis (not necessarily in the locker room) during the entire preseason period (through Week 4 of the preseason schedule). As in the regular season, one or two players with heavy media demands may be made available to local media once per practice week throughout training camp and the preseason (not including preseason game days). All players must be available to the media following preseason games. Clubs must make several players available to media on the day the team reports to training camp, generally the day before the first practice session.

If a club elects to abide by regular-season access rules following Week 2 of the preseason schedule – practice open to local media for the first 30 minutes or until the start of “team” work, etc. – it must also adhere to all regular-season access policies – open locker room four times per practice week for a minimum of 45 minutes, etc.

If a club elects to conduct joint workouts with another club, those practice sessions must be open in their entirety to local media. This is true regardless of whether the joint workouts occur before or after the completion of Week 2 of the NFL preseason schedule. It is permissible to limit the videotaping or photographing of certain portions of joint training camp practices.

Assistant coaches – defined as coordinators/assistant head coaches and all primary position coaches – must be available at least once during training camp to media that regularly cover the team. Permission to interview assistant coaches at other times about reasonable football issues should not be denied.

5. MANDATORY VETERAN MINICAMP ACCESS – During a club’s mandatory veteran minicamp, all daily practices must be open in their entirety to local media (those who regularly cover the team). It is permissible to limit the videotaping or photographing of certain portions of minicamp practices. In addition, players and the head coach must be available to the media for interviews each day during minicamp (not necessarily in the locker room). Media access to a rookie or voluntary minicamp is a club decision.

6. OFFSEASON PROGRAM (OTAs) – To enhance publicity during the offseason, clubs must open to the media at least one of every three Organized Team Activity (OTA) days. In addition, it is recommended that clubs open to the media the first OTA session of the year. The purpose of opening at least one of every three OTA days (not one-third of the total number of OTAs but one of every three) is for media to have at least one mandatory access day in each of the four weeks of Phase Three of a club’s offseason workouts as described in Article 21 of the CBA. This means that on these designated days teams must 1) make players available to the media for interviews, either in the locker room or elsewhere at the club’s facility, and 2) open the OTA on-field session to the media in its entirety. It is permissible to limit the videotaping or photographing of certain portions of these sessions. These mandatory offseason media sessions are in addition to the veteran minicamps that must be open to the media in their entirety as described above. Any media access to Phase One or Phase Two of offseason workouts is a club decision.


8. MEDICAL INFORMATION Clubs must ensure that all medical information issued to the media is credible, responsible, and specific in terms that are meaningful to teams, media, and fans. This includes the information in the weekly injury reports and information on injuries announced to the media during games.

As endorsed by the NFL Competition Committee in March of 2013, in-game injury announcements to the media must be specific to a body part, accurate, and updated as warranted, including any changes in the player’s status for the rest of the game if it changes from the initial report. In situations where players have been involved in major collisions in which a concussion is possible, there will be an announcement in the press box that the player is being evaluated for an injury and an update will be provided as soon as possible.

A player diagnosed with a concussion in a game will not be made available to the media after the game. The concussion-related medical exemption from media obligations extends to the practice week until the player is cleared to resume activity, i.e. running, lifting, attending meetings, etc. The player does not have to be cleared to practice to be made available to media.

Though the injury reporting policy does not begin until the week prior to the start of the regular-season, clubs are expected to update media on significant injuries that occur during the offseason program, training camp and preseason games.

As a reminder, please note that because the injury reporting policy affects the integrity of the game, compliance is governed by the annual certifications required under the Integrity of the Game initiative. These certifications are required from owners, club presidents, general managers and head coaches. Club management, in consultation with its medical staff, is responsible for the accuracy and appropriateness of medical information distributed in response to public interest. Super Bowl teams are required to submit injury report information during the week between the Championship Games and Super Bowl.
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drs23 said:
You got one of them there 'smart phones' do ya? I thought you went to Colorado with a bag of mangos. 'Least that's the word on the streets.' :D
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No, I have a dumb phone. Really. I have one of those old style flip phones with a small screen that doesn't do internet. Unless I'm traveling out of town it's usually not even charged up.

And mangos with some yogurt and berries is really good.
 
CloakNNNdagger said:
FYI, and please specifically note #8. MEDICAL INFORMATION below:
8. MEDICAL INFORMATION Clubs must ensure that all medical information issued to the media is credible, responsible, and specific in terms that are meaningful to teams, media, and fans. This includes the information in the weekly injury reports and information on injuries announced to the media during games.
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No where in that paragraph does it say the player is to supply said medical information ("credible, responsible, specific, blah, blah, blah...) to the press. It says the CLUB must do so. The press folk asked the wrong guy. They should have gone to O'Brien or the team medical staff for specifics.

Try getting specifics from Belichick....

...Boston-South I tells ya...

better put down that gumbo and learn to like clam chowder. ...errr, "chawdah".
 
What really surprises me is the lack of knowledge about the current team situation displayed by the media.

Why was Sapp so loved one week and working for UPS the next? Gotta be more than a cut on his ankle.

Why do they keep up the old saw about Reed sliding in next to Cushing, when for the whole last week Reed has been playing at LOLB and Mercilus and Clowney have been splitting reps at ROLB?

Why is Cush taking so long to rehab? What really were his injuries?

What is the status of Mike Thomas?

What is the progress of the talks between JJ and the team.

Come on, these are things we want to know. Not just players saying or not saying that they're trying to be good team mates.
 
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