Here is the story. He's a good football player who led the SEC in several categories. Everything else shouldn't matter.
Yup, pretty much. What I will never understand is why so many athletes, celebrities, or anyone else for that matter, feel the need to openly broadcast/proclaim their homosexuality ? ...I mean, do I go around flapping my arms and proclaiming "Hey everybody, I'm heterosexual !" ...???... No, and why?...because it's completely irrelevant. ...doesn't matter whether you're male or female...if you prefer men or women, fine...just keep it to yourself.
Agreed... It shouldn't matter yet it does... and ironically, the same people "praising" Sam and Collins and the like for coming out and broadcasting what should be private are the same people chastising people like Tebow and others for talking about his faith..... go figure
And I'm quite sure someone will call us klansman or something for discussing how it shouldn't be a story...
I was asking the same question after the 1st 16 minutes of this mornings sports center was devoted to this story. And then after 6-7 minutes of remembering that there were actually other sport stories to report about they went right back to the same story again.
I guess that tells you how bad the Olympics are that there is no news feed worthy of dislodging this story.
...^^^hey, once you're branded as a "racist" and a "bigot", it follows you for the rest of your days.
I just turned on the news just in time for sports reports & the top story is.........wait for it...................Will the NFL except a gay player? WTF????
...this issue, which should not be an issue at all, is the very thing that Michael Sam himself, chose to create by making it public.
Agree again. This shit is STILL the top story on sports center this morning. Now they're talking about the courage it took to come out. And A G A I N....will the NFL except him?. What's next athletes announcing that they're jewish, they're amish, they're into S&M, Or perhaps that they have a foot fettish. Give me a F'king break.
...yeah, still trying to figure out why it was so "courageous"...ESPN was even comparing it to what Jackie Robinson did...unbelievable.
...lol, since hammer was the first to whip out the grammar correction book...here's one that bugs me; when comparing 2 or more things, the correct word is "than" not "then".
there is a huge difference between a player saying he is jewish or Arabic or muslim vs stating that he or she is gay. Why do you say is this a story...well for one..look at all the controversy there is with gay marriage. if it is not a big deal than why is this such a issue? shouldn't everyone be equal? guess what..in real life people get discriminated for being different, whether that difference is being an African American or choosing who he or she sleeps with. This individual is telling his story because there are so many who hide in shame about their sexuality who SHOULDNT. If he can do it...and make some change in how people think, then the next one who follows would have an easier path to burden.
