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NFL reminds teams of media policy

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After reporter Ines Sainz was catcalled in the New York Jets’ locker room, the NFL released a memo Wednesday reminding all 32 teams of its conduct policy.

‘Women are a common part of the sports media,’ the memo said. ‘By law, women must be granted the same rights to perform their jobs as men. Please remember that women reporters are professionals and should be treated as such.’

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The NFL also reacted Tuesday after Washington Redskins’ running back Clinton Portis said on the radio, ‘I think you put women reporters in the locker room in position to see guys walking around naked, and you sit in the locker room with 53 guys, and all of the sudden you see a nice woman in the locker room. I think men are going to tend to turn and look and want to say something to that woman.”

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello said the comments were ‘clearly inappropriate, offensive and have no place in the NFL.’

--Melissa Rohlin

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