Posted on 03/27/2015 6:46:29 AM PDT by massmike
Michael Sam reveals that he is not the only gay player in the NFL.
Speaking at the 2015 Dallas Holocaust Museum Upstander Speaker series, the first openly gay player drafted into the league that other gay NFL players have reached out to him.
“I am not the only gay person in the NFL,” Sam told the audience, according to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. “I’m just saying there is a lot of us. I respect the players that did reach out to me and had the courage to tell me that they were also gay, but they do not have the same courage as I do to come out before I even played a down in the NFL.”
Sam, who was drafted in the seventh round by the St. Louis Rams and later was signed to the Dallas Cowboys practice squad before getting cut, was surprised at how it was a “huge deal” for an openly gay player to get drafted.
“Was it a risky move? Yes. But at that moment, the reason why I came out is I thought it wasn’t going to be a big deal,” Sam explained, according to the Star-Telegram. “Maybe I was naïve. Maybe I thought it was 2014, and people will understand that there’s gay NFL players. There’s gay athletes everywhere. But I was clearly wrong. It was a huge deal.”
Sam recently participated in the NFL’s veterans combine as he still hopes to latch onto a team for the 2015 season. He told reporters following the combine that he was open to playing in the Canadian Football League.
Sam is currently on ABC’s “Dancing With The Stars.”
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Who cares. The world is on fire.
You and your whiny-ass special interest group have SO overplayed The Gay Card. Go away.
Leave football alone, ya poofter!
I didn’t realize he was in the NFL
My thoughts also. I don’t really give a crap what 1-2% of the population thinks. Especially when they demand privilege like they were the majority.
Just shut up and play ball!
I’m surprised he didn’t play quarterback so he could touch 3 balls every play...: )
um.. your not IN the NFL.
Interesting. Last I heard, he wasn’T IN the NFL, but I don’t care enough to find out if somebody picked him up after his recent ‘tryout’...
You’re not in the NFL, Princess.
Exactly, this whole world is about to burn to oblivion, and this fag thinks we care about where he decides to plunge his pecker into?
He’s not in the NFL. But he is the most famous low-skilled homosexual NFL prospect.
Cuz you they would NEVER run shotgun if he were quarterback
I think Sam is confusing the NFL with Dancing With The Stars.
Next he’ll break the news that there are gays on “Dancing With The Stars.”
Who would’ve thunk it? Out of approximately 1700 active NFL players a few might be gay?
Get over yourself, Mr. Sam.
Maybe the other players are smart enough to know that the fans don’t really want to know about their sex lives, and aren’t so narcissistic that they have to make it all about themselves...
This is BS. If Sam didn't think it wasn't going to be a big deal, he wouldn't have had that publicity stunt that 7th round draft picks don't get. He knew the homo obsessed media, BSPN and Rich Eisen would be all over his arse. More publicity, more endorsements.
He fails as a pro like most college athletes and will probably be some homo celebrity somewhere cashing in on that.
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