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The addition of the 115-pound division means "not all of womens MMA is dependent on how my division is doing," she added. "There was a while that (former middleweight champion) Anderson Silva was just crushing everyone. No one was crying about how that division was doing because there were so many other divisions going on that were ultra-competitive at the time." Rousey believes the 115-pound division is thick with talent, will be ultra-competitive and that it will take a while before one champion takes charge. "Maybe by the time that happens, Ill already be moved on with my life and going on to the next chapter and then the womens bantamweight division will be the competitive one again," said the 27-year-old champion. "I really feel like the two (divisions) could really help each other out a lot. "And its not good to have champions being turned over all the time either, and not to have anyone to be dominant at all. So you really just have to find that balance. And I think that having two divisions in different states is a way that we can find that balance. " The UFC turned to the Invicta FC womens MMA organization to help populate the strawweight division with Invicta assigning 11 contracts to the UFC. Those fighters, plus five others, will report to Las Vegas in May to take part in Season 20 of "The Ultimate Fighter" reality TV show. The winner will be crowned the inaugural UFC womens strawweight champion. Rousey has branched off into movie work recently but says she has no time frame for moving on from MMA. "Me and my coach talked about this and we agreed that the day that I dont feel like training anymore is that is the day Im going to quit," she said. "If I dont want to come to the gym and train, then I dont deserve to be, dont belong in the ring fighting any more." There is no fear of that happening imminently. "I still park my car and literally jog from the parking lot into the gym because I cant wait to get in there. As soon as Im dragging ass into the gym, then Im going to quit," she added with a laugh. Last time out, Rousey crumpled Sara McMann -- an Olympic wrestling silver medallist -- with a nasty knee to the body for a 66-second TKO at UFC 170 in February. Two months earlier at UFC 168, she stopped Miesha (Cupcake) Tate 58 seconds into the third round in a rematch of the two rivals. It marked her eighth straight win by armbar. Rousey took some time off after the McMann fight, spending a few days in Big Bear, Calif., and Costa Rica. But she likes to keep busy. "I dont do that well doing nothing," she said. "After the (2008) Olympics, I took a year just to do nothing and bartend and drink and party and it didnt make me happy. So I really dont revert back to then when I have free time. I usually end up back in the gym just the same, except for Im probably am a little bit less laser-focused and more focused on helping other people and just being in there." 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This IS a story about the story of Super Bowl Media Day.Its a story about the media covering other media pretending to cover players and coaches for the Patriots and Seahawks, who, in turn, will pretend to shed light on the issues of the day while also taking videos with their iPhones, clowning with credentialed reporters dressed up as superheroes and dodging the occasional wedding proposal. (See, Tom Brady, 2008.)Tickets for Tuesdays annual Super Bowl Media Day extravaganza are available for $28.50 — really — and have been since 2012.All of which leads to a few journalistically significant questions: Namely, if the players and coaches dont really want to do it — yes, thats you, Bill Belichick and Marshawn Lynch — and if were almost certain they wont say anything newsworthy beyond a few takes that might generate a was-it-or-wasnt-it-trash-talk debate, then why does the NFL insist they talk? On Media Day or any other day?Its not so much that anyones really expecting any great insight, said Bob Thompson, the pop culture guru at Syracuse University. Its not that were expecting the athletes to deconstruct what happened in ways that will open new venues of thought for us. But theres still that desire to see them respond, to see them with the helmet off and see them doing something that looks off the cuff. I think everybody, even the most cynical people, would miss it if it went away entirely.The history of Media Day, and mandatory player availability, actually has deep roots and has played a key role in making the NFL Americas most popular sport and the Super Bowl its most-watched TV program.The first news-making quote of Super Bowl week came in 1969 when Joe Namath guaranteed his New York Jets would beat the Baltimore Colts, even though the Jets were from the upstart AFL and were 18-point underdogs.He first uttered the famous words at a Miami Touchdown Club banquet, three days before the game, then expanded on them while lounging by the pool at the Galt Ocean Mile Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale. Neither rendition was widely reported.Only after New Yorks 16-7 win did the quote become legendary.As the years passed, the NFL realized it would be better to move all these interviews — all these chances to make history — to a more official setting: And so, a media day on the Tuesday before the game was created.By the mid-80s, media day became MEDIA DAY. These days, there are upward of 2,000 reporters, cameramen, brides and sock puppets credentialed for the interview-fest — one hour for each team, counted down on the big scoreboard above, just like the game.It is, at best, entertainment disguised as journalism, though not all of it is worthless or totally unmemorable. Ray Buchanan wore a silver-spiked dog collar. Chris Culliveer got into hot water when he dissed gay people. Adidas Brayden McNabb Jersey. And there was, of course, the question asked of Doug Williams: How long have you been a black quarterback? though the question wasnt asked precisely that way.Underneath all this fun and games, the NFL has spent decades honing a strict interview policy designed to keep the mikes in front of these players, virtually all season long.Even when they dont want the attention.Exhibit A is Lynch, the Seahawks running back, who has been fined $100,000 over the last two years for not making himself available for interviews. When he has made himself available, the sessions have turned into farce, with Lynch answering every question with some version of , Thanks for asking, while the reporters come up with new, weird ways to bait a man they know will not respond.Earlier this month, a Seahawks fan petitioned the NFL to leave Lynch alone, saying the league should do something to stop the media bullying.Theres a great deal spoken in his silence, too, Seahawks coach Pete Carroll explained.Whether Lynch shows up for Media Day — hed be risking an almost certainly unprecedented fine — and what he says figures to pass for some of the biggest news of Media Day. And if he says anything at all of interest, it could, at least for the news cycle, bump Deflategate off the top of the ticker.Speaking of which, Belichick called an impromptu news conference Saturday to address their role in the deflated-balls controversy once and for all. Essentially, he claimed, the Patriots knew nothing about it.Its the last time I plan to talk about it, he said.Brian Billick, who coached the champion Ravens in 2000, played the same sort of game the Monday before the Super Bowl, reaming the media for its refusal to let go of murder charges against Ray Lewis that were dismissed.As much as you want to do this, we are not going to retry this. Its inappropriate, and youre not qualified, Billick said.It was one of the very few times a coach used any of his five hours behind the microphone during Super Bowl week to say anything unexpected or interesting.A calculated move, he called it. I wanted everyone to come after my ass, he said this week, reflecting on the moment.As I always said, Ill fill up your notebook, Ill give you the 30-second sound bite, Billick said. But Im not obligated to tell you anything.But Belichick is no Billick.The Patriots coach almost seems to delight in being unforthcoming, cantankerous and un-entertaining. Its a sure thing hell spend his hour at Media Day with zero intention of saying anything about anything anyone might want to know about, particularly Deflategate.It doesnt mean the media wont try. Perhaps through a marriage proposal.It is, after all, Media Day.___AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP_NFL ' ' '