And that's why the Miami Dolphins met at the Don Taft Arena at Nova Southeastern University to show various athletes from 105 different schools around Miami Dade, Broward and Palm Beach County how to deal with the media properly and give them hands-on experience through five minute press conferences.
"It's something that kinda came together organically," said Troy Drayton, who is the Dolphins' Manager of Youth and Community Affairs. "We were just sitting there with the media one day and my boss Twan Russell always says 'how can we serve you guys?' And we started talking, and just out of a couple of ideas was born High School Media Day.