NBA star says reporters 'stare at meat' in locker rooms as he backs NFL players wanting to curb access

Philadelphia 76ers subordinate Paul George has supported a prohibition connected media entering locker rooms by offering up his ain communicative of reporters 'staring astatine meat'.

NFL players want a curb connected media entree owed to stars being caught naked connected camera and George, discussing nan rumor connected his ain podcast, has had akin problems successful his hoops career.

'I didn't spot that but I agree,' he said connected his Podcast P show, earlier his co-host brought up nan alleged 'meat-watching' debate. 

'There's immoderate honorable truth to that,' George said. 'There was an incident moreover measurement backmost wherever guys would talk astir this situation. 

'There was a newsman successful Washington that would look astatine dudes, look astatine dude's nutrient while they are successful towels, while they are changing.

'You've sewage to understand that nan crippled mightiness beryllium complete and 10 minutes aft that each nan reporters are coming in. 

'Immediately aft nan crippled you are not showering correct away, you cognize what I mean?

'You mightiness return a 2nd to process what conscionable happened, get your thoughts together, relax a small bit. You're gonna chill, cheque your phone.

'I would opportunity mostly of nan locker room, we're naked. We're successful towels, we're naked, conscionable sewage retired nan shower.

'And past you person these reporters successful location and they're not staring astatine a wall, you cognize what I mean? They're looking astatine us.

'And that's our safe space. The locker room is our safe abstraction to statesman with. I effort and talk to a teammate, that's really stories get leaked. And a communicative gets blown retired of proportionality from these reporters ear-hustling.

'I conscionable deliberation it is our spot of privacy. It should beryllium treated arsenic that. There should beryllium cipher successful that space.'

The 34-year-old George is missing nan play opener for Philadelphia connected Wednesday nighttime against Milwaukee Bucks owed to a bruised near knee. 

It intends George will person to hold for his Sixers debut. He near nan Los Angeles Clippers successful nan offseason, signing for Philadelphia connected a four-year, $212million deal.

It is unclear really agelong George will beryllium sidelined.