The New York Yankees want their players to act like Russell Wilson and not Cam Newton when dealing with the media, according to ESPN's Andrew Marchand. That's all fine and good, since it seems the Yankees are referring specifically to Newton walking out of his post-Super Bowl media appearance, which he admittedly could have handled better, and to Wilson handling the same situation differently two years ago.
The Yankees want their players to be more like Russell Wilson, who quit baseball
Maybe there’s another example they can use?
But ... something’s not adding up here.
That's a headline from 2012, when Wilson was still in college and hadn't yet been drafted by the Seattle Seahawks.
“Be more like a player who quit baseball,” says the professional baseball team. As long as you’re nice to the media!
Yankees tell players to lose in ALDS instead of losing in World Series https://t.co/6sgDcd58un
— Rodger Sherman (@rodger_sherman) February 22, 2016
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