Again though, we're talking specially about the interviews.
People wouldn't write about the games, people wouldn't talk about the games, people wouldn't watch the games if not for these player interviews?
The media can still do what it does without the generic quotes they get from sticking mics in guys faces and asking the same dumb questions every week.
I agree with you, but regardless of all of that, he's contractually obligated to perform them. If he had just given generic, boring quotes, they'd stop. His act gathers more attention, and that's why he continues to do it.