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Whitworth said there would be more concern if a female athlete was shown undressed,Clark Griswold Jersey.
"It's just not right," Whitworth said. "There's no office, there's no other situation in America where you have to do that. It's dated, it's old and it needs to change."
CINCINNATI (AP) — The NFL Network has apologized to Bengals players who were shown naked in the locker room during a postgame interview Sunday in Buffalo.
"It's wrong,Cheap NFL Jerseys," he said.
"This is a big issue to me,Wholesale Jerseys," he said. "I've pressed this issue before with our union and the fact I think it's wrong. This is my office space. I shouldn't have to change in it and be in front of people I don't know or really don't have any purpose for being near me other than the fact they are interviewing other people."
Left tackle Andrew Whitworth was one of those shown. Whitworth, who is the team's union representative,Cheap Adidas NHL Jerseys, said on Monday that the league should restrict media access to prevent it from happening again.
Whitworth said an apology alone "won't be good enough."
NFL Network Executive Vice President Alex Riethmiller said during a conference call on Monday that the crew didn't follow network procedures that would have prevented it,Cheap Jerseys USA.
A network reporter was interviewing cornerback Adam "Pacman" Jones after a 34-21 win, and the videographer's angle included the entrance to the shower area. Several players were shown naked in the background.
"It is a regrettable mistake by a production team, and one where we've already done a pretty thorough review of the procedures and processes that were dropped along the way to make sure that it doesn't happen again," Riethmiller said.
He said the media shouldn't be allowed in the locker room while players are showering and dressing. He has lobbied for the NFL to have a more restrictive policy.
Riethmiller isn't authorized to talk about the league's media access policies. He apologized "to everyone that was affected, to the players to the organization to the viewing public, first and foremost."
"If I was a woman, this would be a completely different subject, and it would be a complete firestorm,Wholesale China Jerseys," Whitworth said. "We can't always just serve women and everyone else. Men deserve a right too. We have rights. We have privacy. We deserve all the things we want as well."
Whitworth also noted that a player's children would have to deal with comments at school and on social media about their father being shown undressed on television. |
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