Marshawn Lynch has an impressive resume, including five Pro Bowl appearances, a 2012 All-Pro First Team appearance, and a Super Bowl win with the Seahawks.
But is he preparing to add the mayors of major American cities to that list?
Lynch certainly seemed to hint at that during a podcast he co-hosted with California Gov. Gavin Newsom and his representative Doug Hendrickson. According to PoliticoI remember saying to someone, “Maybe that's a possibility.''
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Newsom and Hendrickson showed some interest in the idea, and Newsom told the football greats that according to polling data he was aware of, Lynch's favorability rating in New York City was off the charts, with about 43 percent of former He said he has a positive view of NFL players. .
The data also appears to show that only 7% of people have an unfavorable view of the Oakland native.
Lynch was a little reserved while discussing the idea, but he didn't dismiss it.
“From what I've heard, we don't want to jump the gun yet,” Lynch said. “We need a good internal team. We want to talk offline with our internal team to make sure this is what we really want to do.”
The former NFL running back said in a podcast that he was encouraged to run for mayor while on the sidelines of ESPN's “College GameDay” during a recent visit to the University of California, Berkeley, where he played college football.
Lynch joked that his actions as mayor might be similar to the 2003 Chris Rock comedy “Heads of State.”
“Remember when Bernie Mac was walking down the street and he was beating everyone up?” Lynch said. “That's how I was walking through there… yelling at everyone, like, 'Everybody get together!'”
