The institution and enforcement of the policy was poorly handled, but practices in May also don't really matter
You may have heard about how the Buffalo Bills implemented a new media policy for reporters at the team's minicamps and OTAs.
Needless to say, there was plenty of mockery pointed toward the Bills for the seeming insistence that they didn't want anything even remotely negative to be reported on.
Now, the implementation of this policy was pretty well botched. There was no forewarning that the people who have made a living covering these things would have their jobs turned upside down by the team.