"Media" Day

I don't understand the NFL's vetting process for Super Bowl media day.  Seriously, who lets some of these people in?  Do we really need to have Artie Lang asking Bill Belichick on how to fix the Minnesota Timberwolves?  Or, reporters from EXTRA running around wearing Tom Brady jerseys?  Just what NFL knowledge does Ciara bring to the event?  Oh, she trains with the same trainer Tom Brady does?  Or how about the crackpot asking Pats tight end Aaron Hernandez if he wants to hold his dragon?  For the record, the man was talking about a dragon he was wearing around his neck.  Was it necessary to ask Logan Mankins, an All-Pro guard for the Patriots, who would win an arm wrestling match between King Kong and Godzilla?  Do Super Bowl fans really care if Wes Welker can name the cast of the "Jersey Shore"?  Why are reporters, wearing outrageous costumes and asking questions that have nothing to do with the Super Bowl, allowed to do this?  It's a side show that, in my opinion, cheapens the whole event.  Does anybody really care about fictitious arm-wrestling match-ups?  There is no reason for these questions.  None.  I understand that the Super Bowl is the NFL's biggest stage but don't make stooges out of the players by allowing Larry, Moe, and Curly in to interview the players.  Do we really care, as NFL fans, what kind of dance moves Aaron Hernandez, a Puerto Rican, will do in response to Victor Cruz who has made the salsa dance part of his end zone routine?  The answer, NFL, is no, nobody gives a damn.

Here is an idea...check out who you are giving the credentials to.  If you aren't going to do that then I want a pass for next year's media day so I can interview the players for my blog.  I promise I will ask only football questions.  Can we begin to take the NFL's most serious football game a little more seriously?  Keep the crackpots for the Pro Bowl where this kind of atmosphere can be accepted.  Stop jerking real NFL fans around and don't waste the time of the players.  I honestly can't blame Osi Umenyiora for skipping out, who really wants to deal with that crap.  Now, seeing Marisol Gonzalez in attire more suitable for a call girl (see video here) and Ines Sainz in tight fitting clothes isn't always a bad thing...but hey, they are foreign reporters and probably know more about football than most male reporters in their country.  It's the guys wearing capes, the reporters asking King Kong questions, the "Jersey Shore" references, and the men with dragons around their necks.  Enough already.