Ines Sainz is Reason Why The Media Shouldn’t be Allowed in Locker Rooms

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Just one week into the NFL regular season and the league is dealing with an issue involving TV Azteca reporter Ines Sainz, who was allegedly made to feel uncomfortable inside the New York Jets locker room last Saturday.

Sainz was waiting to interview Jets quarterback Mark Sanchez and says several players were making cat calls and staring at her.

The matter reached a boiling point after Sainz went public with what amounted to a mild charge of sexual harassment on Saturday, sending league officials and Jets owner Woody Johnson into immediate damage control mode.

The NFL’s vice president of security Milt Ahlerich met with Sainz at the league offices on Sunday, and another security representative met with her again at the Jets game on Monday night.

On Tuesday, an NFL security team spoke to Jets coaches and players, as well as members of the media who were present Saturday afternoon when Sainz was at a team practice.

Since the incident occurred, Sainz has appeared on numerous television shows and written a column to talk about her experience. But Sainz is sending a mixed message when being asked about the incident.

While initially claiming she was ogled and made to feel like a sex object, she later said she didn’t feel threatened or harassed.

On Monday Sainz told a Mexican TV station the players present in the Jets locker room were just “kidding around” and she never felt offended.

Sainz has achieved notoriety through self-promoting her looks, which are on full display at dozens of Web sites across the Internet.

A former Miss Universe contestant, Sainz is married and has three children. She can routinely be seen wearing skin tight blue jeans on the sidelines during games or bikinis when she’s posing for magazine layouts.

Sainz has gone on record saying she’s “the hottest sports reporter in Mexico” and once asked Patriots quarterback Tom Brady to marry her.

No one is suggesting that Sainz should be subjected to harassment when covering a sporting event, but her actions call into question what motivates her.

The incident involving Sainz is a perfect example why women shouldn’t be allowed in locker rooms. For that matter, no one from the media should be allowed in locker rooms.

With post game press conferences giving members of the media access to players and coaches, there’s no reason why anyone should be allowed inside locker rooms to conduct interviews.

The NFL established the current policy of allowing women in locker rooms in 1985, but the amount of coverage given to the league and sports in general at that time were minimal compared to the present.

And it should be noted that locker rooms are the last place journalists want to conduct an interview following a game, especially an NFL locker room. Players are sweating, bleeding and if the team lost the game they’re generally in a foul mood.

Perhaps the NFL can use the Sainz matter as an opportunity to review the policy of allowing members of the media access to locker rooms.

There’s no harm in allowing the players to gear down, shower and then meet with the media in a separate room.

That would allow everyone involved a chance to conduct themselves accordingly and could most likely avoid situations like Sainz’s from arising.

With regard to Sainz, take a moment to view the photos of her below and ask yourself these questions. What is she trying to sell? Her looks or journalist integrity?

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