NFL fans are in a tizzy trying to figure out if CBS reporter Tracy Wolfson smacked Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen on the butt after their on the field interview after the Bills win over the Las Vegas Raiders in Week 6.
We can’t see exactly where her tap landed because the camera shows us only the front of both of them. It is also worth noting that she is considerably shorter than he is so the slap may not have been intended for the butt but landed there.
Regardless, it is an odd look on the same week that Charissa Thompson was kissed by Broncos Coach Sean Payton in a pregame exchange likely not intended for the camera and millions of eyes to see.
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Where did her tap land?
It is hard to figure it out based on what is visible on television.
We wonder if either Wolfson or Allen will be asked about this, or if it will go unexplained and by the wayside like the interaction between Thompson and Payton.
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Blurred lines between media and players, coaches
There was once a time when the media reported the stories but kept a healthy, professional distance from the people they were reporting on.
Those days seem to be gone. Dianna Russini lost her job because of her proximity to Patriots Coach Mike Vrabel.
Female reporters need to be extra vigilant to maintain a healthy distance for the sake of credibility and professionalism.
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