Yankees Emphasize Russell Wilson over Cam Newton Qualities in Media Training

February 22, 2016   ·   Vanessa de Beaumont   ·   Jump to comments

All New York Yankees can check their attitudes at the door—along with any other excessive outward emotions or opinions.
Following the trend of encouraging progressively more prescribed athlete reactions, the renowned baseball organization aimed to instill within its players the makings of a proper postgame interview.
Their subjects of study? Quarterbacks Russell Wilson and Cam Newton.

According to ESPN New York's Andrew Marchand, the session went something like this: 
During the Yankees' media training, the Super Bowl is being used to portray the right and wrong way to act. Part of a video shown to pitchers and catchers compares how Cam Newton handled his Super Bowl loss to the way Russell Wilson dealt with his defeat the previous year.
Sports fans are already well aware of the dichotomy between Wilson's polite bow and Newton's abrupt exit, but as many have pointed out, passion is a difficult thing to quell.

Wilson's teammate Richard She...

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