If I were a black assistant in the NFL, I'd openly lobby teams to interview me as the token. Fly my family and myself in, put us up in a 5 star hotel, show us around town, feed us some good meals. We'll get together and talk a little football (but I'm not answering any questions I don't feel like) give me 5k in spending money and send us back home.
On the press conference issue, one more reason to root for the Eagles going to the Super Bowl. Big Fat Andy's idea of a press conference is:
Andy: We'll start off with the injuries....
Andy: The time is yours.
Press: Andy, how do you feel the offense preformed today?
Andy: I'm not going to answer that.
Press: Andy, what about the defense, can you speak to that?
Andy: I'm not going to answer that either.
Press: Any commentary on the Special Teams?
Andy: You'd have to talk to John Harbaugh about that... and he's off limits.
The international press corps will have NEVER come across something like this before!
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