# Richard Sherman's great press conference. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 26, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-shermans-great-press-conference/705642 "2014-11-26T02:22:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-shermans-great-press-conference/705642/1 "2014-11-26T02:22:45Z")
I know this guy is something of a polarizing figure, but i like him a lot. Check out the [press conference](http://deadspin.com/richard-sherman-mocks-nfl-with-brilliant-press-conferen-1663377486) he gave today, alongside cutout Doug Baldwin. > [@](#): > > At his weekly meeting with the press, Seahawks corner Richard Sherman, a cardboard cutout of Doug Baldwin, and the disembodied voice of actual Doug Baldwin teamed up for a skit that took shots at the money-hungry NFL and stood up for teammate Marshawn Lynch, who was fined $100,000 for failing to talk to the press last week. The description doesn’t do it justice. Watch the clip. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-shermans-great-press-conference/705642/2 "2014-11-26T02:23:29Z")
That was fantastic! How much do you figure it’s going to cost him? ---
**Author:** ![Waterman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Waterman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waterman)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 10:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-shermans-great-press-conference/705642/3 "2014-11-26T10:20:44Z")
Awesome presser, if the NFL has any sense (which is an arguable point) they will leave this alone as I don’t believe he technically violates any NFL policy or rules. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-shermans-great-press-conference/705642/4 "2014-11-26T13:43:08Z")
Yeah, i wondered, as i was watching it, whether he was actually violating any rules. My sense was that he had thought pretty carefully about exactly how much he could say, although i guess it’s also possible that he did it knowing that it would cost him money. I was remiss, also, in not giving a shout-out to Doug Baldwin. Sherman did most of the talking, but Baldwin and his cardboard cutout were an integral part of the whole thing. If Sherman gets fined, Baldwin might also cop some punishment. ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-shermans-great-press-conference/705642/5 "2014-11-26T14:47:55Z")
He should do this more often. I love it. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-shermans-great-press-conference/705642/6 "2014-11-26T16:19:26Z")
Loved it. I doubt it will ever happen again or have any effect except to make restrictions on what players can & can’t talk about more severe. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-shermans-great-press-conference/705642/7 "2014-11-26T17:59:19Z")
Which sounds like would help prove their point, no? ---
**Author:** ![yellowjacketcoder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/4bbf92/32.png) [@yellowjacketcoder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowjacketcoder)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2014, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/richard-shermans-great-press-conference/705642/8 "2014-11-26T18:31:11Z")
When you combine this with[Marshawn Lynch](http://deadspin.com/marshawn-lynch-answers-nearly-every-postgame-question-w-1662546738)’s technical interview… Wow.