Late last month, NBC's Pro Football Talk revealed the NFL's plans to establish new rules regarding coaches' media availability during the game.
Networks broadcasting the matches will have limited access to the changing rooms, and coaches will also be interviewed by reporters from the sidelines during matches.
Veteran Chiefs coach Andy Reid said he will honor his media requirements during the game, starting Sept. 5 when Kansas City hosts the Baltimore Ravens. But he also tempered spectator expectations.
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Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid watches from the sideline during the first half of a preseason game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Aug. 10, 2024, in Jacksonville, Florida. (AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack)
“I'm not very good at interviews during games. I'm not going to be very graceful with these interviews,” Reid told reporters Friday. “I don't know. Listen, I have to do it. I'm going to do it. I'm a team player in the NFL, so I'm going to do it. But don't expect too much.”
Reid enters the 2024 season with 258 wins, which puts him fourth on the NFL's career list.
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The information about in-game interviews was discovered in the 2,000-plus-page transcript of the NFL Sunday Ticket lawsuit. According to the document, Cathy Yancy, the NFL's vice president of broadcast rights, testified that coaches will be required to undergo an in-game interview in 2024.
“This year, a new policy will go into effect where all clubs will be required to have a head coach available live for an interview during the game,” Yancy said, according to PFT.
“Each team must provide a head coach; one in the first half, one in the second half. And that's for all teams and available to all television partners.”
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid answers questions from the media outside Scanlon Hall during the first day of Chiefs training camp at Missouri Western State University on July 16, 2024, in St. Joseph, Mo. (Emily Curiel/The Kansas City Star/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
An NFL spokesman later clarified the new policy, saying: “Upon request by the television network, both clubs must make the head coach or offensive or defensive coordinator available for an on-camera interview during the game at the end of quarter breaks or at halftime.”
Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy Reid reacts to a touchdown during the second half against the Chicago Bears at GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., on Aug. 22, 2024. (Jay Biggerstaff/USA Today Sports)
NBC coordinating producer Rob Hyland shared more details about what fans watching the game can expect.
“This year, in a first for the NFL, we will be allowed to speak to a player from the home team who is in full uniform, either at the end of warmups or right after practice,” Hyland said this week. “For the first time, all network partners will have access to the locker room after the field is cleared, 20 seconds of video per team and that's new this year.”
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Reid hopes to coach the Chiefs to a third consecutive Super Bowl win. If Kansas City does so, it will become the first team in NFL history to win the Lombardi Trophy three years in a row.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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