You can bet if a player did come out, the NFL would issue a directive to the Referees that if they so much are hit, the opposing team should be penalized 15 yards for “Unsportsmanlike Conduct.”
Oh yeah...that I believe. I pretty well gave up on pro football about a decade ago. Same thing for pro basketball. I still what some college sports but I have to admit I would rather watch my local high school and club teams. I guess it just means I am old and cranky
I would like an NFL Gay player come out and tell their designs on young boys and to break marriages (as in Brokeback Mountain).
Libertarians would be far more receptive to live and let live gay players if the liberal PC media and the league didn’t shove the agenda down everyone’s throat (no pun intended).
It’s really between the players to decide. You can’t legislate or socially engineer mutual respect.