Why I don't care that Lebron James didn't go to the postgame news conference

OK, Lebron James decided not to go to the post-game news conference after the Cleveland Cavaliers' game six loss to the Orlando Magic. The loss meant that the Cavs were eliminated from the playoffs.

And now every sports talk radio host and commenter on sports websites are saying that James not going to the post-game news conference showed disrespect to the game, to the Magic to, blah blah blah.

I have to call BS on that one.

The Cleveland Cavaliers pay James to play basketball. And he does that very well. They don't pay him to talk to the media -- sure they'd like him to, but they'd live without it if he didn't. Nike and his sponsors pay James to promote their product (those Kobe/Lebron Crank Yankers ripoff commercials suck, though), not to go to post-game press conferences.

I think it's just a slow sports news day -- no one cares about the hockey playoffs (Detroit is up 2-0 in the Stanley Cup Finals over the Pittsburgh Penguins). No one cares that Andy Roddick lost again in the French Open (after being openly taunted by his French opponent to the delight of the crowd). No one cares about baseball in June (the Evil Empire New York Yankees are once again in first place in the AL East).

So the sports pundits and talking heads have to argue about SOMETHING. And they decide to argue about this. Give me a break.