The new training program also will be given to NFL rookies next year to help them deal professionally with news media and others in the workplace. The training program and related set guidelines for reporters, will be developed by the NFL in consultation with the Association for Women in Sports Media.OK, here's the question: since we're talking about "equality," should male reporters be granted access to the locker rooms of female pro athletes?
ASWM said in a statement that it was "pleased with the resolution of this matter" and that the NFL "performed its due diligence, completing a thorough investigation and determining what occurred."
"The reaffirmation of the locker-room access policy strongly reinforces that equal access is supported by law," the statement continued. "Since 1985, the NFL and other professional sports leagues have had league-wide policies ensuring equal access for reporters. We appreciate the NFL's renewed commitment to equality for all credentialed reporters."
Said Goodell: "Any debate over whether women reporters belong in the locker room was settled long ago, and this incident offers no occasion to reopen that antiquated discussion."
[I admit I don't watch women's sports enough to know what the current practice is, but I strongly suspect men are banned from the locker room. If all reporters are banned, wouldn't that be in contravention to the policy in men's sports?]