For Michael Sam, a victory even if cut from St. Louis Rams roster

Washington Post ^ | 8/21/14 | Mark Maske

[SoFloFreeper]

......Sam is far from a lock to start the season as one of the 53 names on the Rams’ active roster. His attempt to survive cut-down day is further complicated by the Rams’ talent-rich corps of defensive linemen, led by Robert Quinn and Chris Long. But while he may fall short of securing a roster spot when rosters are trimmed for the final time Aug. 30, from a certain perspective, Sam may have already succeeded. By turning a media frenzy into business-as-usual, by fixing the preseason narrative solely on Michael Sam the football player, both Sam and the Rams have already earned an important victory for sporting social rights.

[teeman8r]

MICHAEL SAM RAMS SPLIT

this is why i do not write headlines.

[dfwgator]

Well at one time LA had two teams, so moving one there won’t necessary mean it will stop.

[Nervous Tick]

If he can’t play defense, there’s no reason to keep him; his days of playing tight end are LOOOOONG gone. (Dare I say, “behind him”...?) Probably hasn’t been a good tight end since high school.

[RckyRaCoCo]

[Nervous Tick]

I hear he’s still quite a receiver though.

[C. Edmund Wright]

FABULOUS GIF! Thanks for that.
(it’s an awesome series too, but that’s another thread)

[discostu]

Yeah it would. With no teams there LA is a blackhole that everybody thinks the NFL desperately wants to fill. One team there and the hole is gone, the best you’ve got then is “two teams could be viable”, which just doesn’t gape like emptiness.

[BigEdLB]

Keep it Gay

[Vision Thing]

If he is a wide receiver or a full back, it’s more than likely he’s no tight end.

[Izzy Dunne]

the homos would have rioted.

That is one strange picture...

[Old Yeller]

So they’re saying he sucks.

[DoodleDawg]

For Michael Sam, a victory even if cut from St. Louis Rams roster

Must not be having a good preseason if they're already setting it up for his being cut.

[fortheDeclaration]

He might and up being picked up by the Cowboys.

[dfwgator]

Anyone find it curious that his number is “96”?

[BigEdLB]

96? Ya mean he has dyslexia? Poor fellow....

[musicman]

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[shelterguy]

“””They know he doesn’t belong there. They know the only reason he’s there is because if he hadn’t been drafted the homos would have rioted.””””

I don’t worry about the homos rioting, What would they do, break into places and redecorate everything? Tidy up the place a bit? Create some fabulous window treatments?

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I was being facetious.

Homos don't get mad.

They get even by destroying non-homo culture.

[trebb]

Have they announced the new position they created for him yet - “once-tight end”