AP:
NEW YORK (AP) โ A reporter for a Mexican TV network says on her Twitter account she felt โvery uncomfortable!โ in the Jetsโ locker room following a practice Saturday during which a coach appeared to throw footballs in her direction.
Jets players also called out to the reporter in the locker room, while she waited with two co-workers to do an interview.
โI feel very uncomfortable! Iโm at the lockers of the Jets waiting for Mark Sanchez (FSY) while trying not to look anywhere!!โ reporter Ines Sainz tweeted in Spanish on Saturday night. Sainz is a reporter for Mexicoโs TV Azteca.
The NFL and the Jets are looking into the way players and coaches treated Sainz during her visit to the teamโs practice. Passes were thrown near where she was standing on the sideline by Jets assistant coach Dennis Thurman during drills.
The Association for Women in Sports Media said a board member spoke to Jets general manager Mike Tannenbaum about the reports. Also, team owner Woody Johnson spoke to Sainz, telling her โhe expects all members of the Jets organization to conduct themselves in a professional manner at all times,โ Jets spokesman Bruce Speight said. AWSM and the Jets were working to schedule an educational and awareness session with the team, Speight said.
โThanks to everyone for their support and concern!โ Sainz tweeted Monday. โI already spoke to the NFL and it will be up to them to decide whether or not there will be consequences!!โ
Thereโs really no reason why any reporter, male or female, should be in a team locker room, and I hope the NFL and its policymakers take their share of the blame for this incident. But I doubt it.





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