All American From Missouri Make Announcement

[bobabode]

http://www.thenation.com/blog/178298...-and-nfl-clock

Michael Sams from Mizzou came out today.

[Zeke]

I don't care if he's gay or not but it would be naive to believe that the presumed media circus won't be weighed against how good a professional player he is projected to be.

Were he the second coming of John Elway? You draft him and press annoyance be damned.

He's not.

Meaning I take a comparable player -- there are lots of them -- and avoid the hassle.

That's not discrimination, that's just business.

[bobabode]

Wouldn't the NFL count amongst their fans gay men? After all it's a bunch of big sweaty men piling on each other in the middle of a field while cameras are rolling?

Football is the gayest of sports, imo. Right behind Greco Roman wrestling.

[finnbow]

Originally Posted by Zeke

I don't care if he's gay or not but it would be naive to believe that the presumed media circus won't be weighed against how good a professional player he is projected to be.

Were he the second coming of John Elway? You draft him and press annoyance be damned.

He's not.

Meaning I take a comparable player -- there are lots of them -- and avoid the hassle.

That's not discrimination, that's just business.

QFT. Even without his coming out, he was projected to go in the ~ 5th round. After the bullying fiasco in the Miami Dolphins locker room, ownership is going to tread carefully on this.

I wish him luck and great success, but he'll need the former to achieve the latter.

[4-2-7]

It would be nice when shit like this wasn't even a story.

The article states First gay man in the NFL, doubt it.

Hey I must be a lefty now.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by 4-2-7

It would be nice when shit like this wasn't even a story.

The article states First gay man in the NFL, doubt it.

Hey I must be a lefty now.

It's only a story because he announced it.

I'm going to take out a NYT add reporting that I think the Olympic curling girls are hot. I'm as entitled as he is to parade my sexuality.

[4-2-7]

Originally Posted by Zeke

It's only a story because he announced it.

I'm going to take out a NYT add reporting that I think the Olympic curling girls are hot. I'm as entitled as he is to parade my sexuality.

lol Did you see all the blond girls skiing for the US.

[Ike Bana]

And of course all the major network news pimps are out trying to generate a titillating discussion of what the atmosphere is gonna be like in Sams' professional locker room.

The world comes late to the NFL "professionals and US military "professionals" as well. Where the professionals, we're told will have their professionalism mortally struck by the presence of homosexuals.

Would that either of the above groups be as professional as actors, musicians, dancers and most other "professionals" who have been working, traveling, and perhaps even sharing a locker/shower room with their gay colleagues for decades without the need for comment.

[merrylander]

Sorry but what do you expect in a country that advertises little blue pills or matching bathtubs in wheat fields?

[Dondilion]

Just another circus, heightened by the gay media.