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ESPN apologizes for reporting on whether Michael Sam is showering with his teammates after practice
Hotair ^ | 08/27/2014 | AllahPundit

Posted on 08/27/2014 1:40:58 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

I don’t get it.

After it found itself at the epicenter of a storm of criticism over a report on the shower habits of Michael Sam, the first openly gay player on an NFL roster, and his teammates, ESPN responded Wednesday morning with a further statement on the report.

“ESPN regrets the manner in which we presented our report. Clearly yesterday we collectively failed to meet the standards we have set in reporting on LGBT-related topics in sports.”…

In its initial response to the firestorm, ESPN reponded Tuesday: “In response to recent questions about Sam fitting in with the team, multiple Rams brought up the shower topic and we relayed that information as part of our reporting.” Clearly, it felt it was necessary to walk that back Wednesday.

Watch the report. From the term “shower habits,” you would think one of the anchors had asked, with a smirk, “So, has Sam dropped the soap yet?” But the exchange is low key and matter of fact. The anchor wants to know, go figure, how the NFL’s first openly gay player is fitting in. Remember him? The guy whose coming out last year was international news and inspired maybe eight thousand stories asking, “How well will Sam fit in?” Here’s ESPN following up, and here’s their correspondent with an update: He seems to be fitting in fine, although one Rams player thinks he might be delaying his own showers after practice so as not to make some teammates uncomfortable. However you want to slice that, it’s news. If Sam really is waiting to shower, it shows that he senses there might still be some awkwardness in the locker room and wants to introduce himself to the team gradually. If he isn’t, it shows there’s already some misunderstanding of his behavior

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TOPICS: Society; Sports; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: apology; espn; football; homosexualagenda; homosexuality; michaelsam; nfl
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To: SeekAndFind

File this under: gayest story of the day.


21 posted on 08/27/2014 1:52:02 PM PDT by jocon307
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To: F15Eagle

If I were his teammate, I’d be wanting to know.


22 posted on 08/27/2014 1:52:46 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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To: SeekAndFind

An ersatz apology from ESPN is less than worthless, it is as insulting as the offense for which they are faking the apology.

Typical lefties, knowingly offend then BS apology after.


23 posted on 08/27/2014 1:52:56 PM PDT by ChildOfThe60s ((If you can remember the 60s.....you weren't really there)
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To: SGCOS

Soap on a rope will probably be banned in the NFL. It’s homophobic.


24 posted on 08/27/2014 1:53:33 PM PDT by forgotten man
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To: Vigilanteman

Nobody has said this out loud that I know of. But a gay man in the locker room with other naked men puts him in a place with naked people to whom he is sexually attracted.

It would be as if a man on a sports team with females goes and showers with nude females after the game.

And that is why these locker room issues are something people are concerned about.


25 posted on 08/27/2014 1:54:18 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: SeekAndFind
“How well will Sam fit in?”

A question only his butt buddy can answer.

26 posted on 08/27/2014 1:54:18 PM PDT by NRA1995 (I'd rather be a living "gun culture" member than a dead anti-gun candy-ass.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Soap on a rope is #1 seller on amazon this preseason.


27 posted on 08/27/2014 1:54:56 PM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: NRA1995

Yikes! LOL


28 posted on 08/27/2014 1:55:52 PM PDT by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Probably using the “Other” shower with his boyfriend.


29 posted on 08/27/2014 1:57:01 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (If you are reading this then you are probably one of the NWO designated 6.5 billion excess people.)
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To: SeekAndFind

It was the report people wanted to know about, unfortunately it was not PC.


30 posted on 08/27/2014 1:58:01 PM PDT by 1Old Pro
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To: SeekAndFind
“How well will Sam fit in?”

Well, what did they have for lunch?

31 posted on 08/27/2014 1:58:26 PM PDT by polymuser ( Enough is enough.)
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To: SeekAndFind
“ESPN regrets the manner in which we presented our report. Clearly yesterday we collectively failed to meet the standards we have set in reporting on LGBT-related topics in sports.”

I laughed. That story was right up to the standards they’ve set. They’re obsessed with the guy. I’m not. They want to burnish their sensitive new-age liberal guy credentials. I just sit here and laugh.

32 posted on 08/27/2014 1:58:46 PM PDT by RichInOC ("ARMAGEDDON!!!" *BOOM!* "And the rodents' red glare...gerbils bursting in air...")
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To: b4its2late

F that id go home dirty


33 posted on 08/27/2014 1:59:15 PM PDT by al baby (Hi MomÂ…)
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To: SeekAndFind

ESPN has standards? Since when?


34 posted on 08/27/2014 2:00:06 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! Remember Mississippi!)
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To: massgopguy
LOL!


35 posted on 08/27/2014 2:00:25 PM PDT by maggief
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To: massgopguy
ESPN really dropped the soap on this one. BALL! I MEANT BALL!

Now that's funny, writch ere.

36 posted on 08/27/2014 2:01:08 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: 1Old Pro
In the good, real America I recall from the 1940s and 1950s, a goon like Michael Sam would be barred from all of sports. If he sincerely repents of his abominable sin, disavows homosexuality in all forms and becomes a committed Christian, then I'd be willing to let him in the NFL. Otherwise, lifetime banishment is the only recourse.
37 posted on 08/27/2014 2:05:23 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: Dilbert San Diego
It would be as if a man on a sports team with females goes and showers with nude females after the game.

Excellent analogy.

And, sorry, if I were a guy showering with nude females, I would no more able to get my penis to go limp than I would be to keep myself from falling if I jumped over a cliff.

The only way to do so would be to avoid the situation altogether. Not even as in not making visual contact. More like not even being in the same room.

Confession: I'm 58, been married for 30 years, am still deeply in love with my wife and have evenings when I have to flee to sleep in the spare bedroom when my johnson goes up and she is too tired to accommodate it. It is the only way I get any sleep.

38 posted on 08/27/2014 2:10:55 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Obama: Fake black man. Fake Messiah. Fake American. How many fakes can you fit in one Zer0?)
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To: VanDeKoik
That is a fact!

ESPN is such PC pansy outfit that's not even worth watching because you just know some leftist bonehead commentator is going spew the Obama/DNC/PC propaganda line.

39 posted on 08/27/2014 2:12:58 PM PDT by Obadiah (None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free.)
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To: SeekAndFind

Don’t drop the soap! If you do, don’t bend down to pick it up...


40 posted on 08/27/2014 2:16:27 PM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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