Rules and laws in society apply to all who are part of that society.
So if you want to exist in that society, you have to endure those rules,
until they are changed or modified....and then those new rules should
be abided by all.

Natural law is the same way. Prey/Predator. Nature doesn’t
make specific laws for certain animals, all animals fall under the
same rules of survival. It doesn’t matter if you’re a sheep or a lion.

Whatever rules or protocols that are in place, no one should
be exempt from them. They should apply to all persons. Period.

So either players are allowed to be critiqued, judged and questioned
by the press in regards to their game, or they are not. It’s as simple
as that. There can’t be a rule to exempt certain players, while others
have to follow the rules and protocols.