Posted on 11/17/2014 12:02:52 PM PST by massmike
Michael Sam, the NFL's first openly gay player, has been named one of GQ's Men Of The Year as it emerges he could be recruited into the Arena Football League by Mötley Crüe front man Vince Neil.
Sam, 24, made history this year when he was drafted into the NFL's St Louis Rams after publicly revealing he is gay.
But he has yet to play a regular season game as he was dropped by the Rams in August, snapped up by the Dallas Cowboys days later, only to be dropped again in October, having never made it out of the practice squad.
His first signing prompted a letter from Barack Obama congratulating the NFL on 'taking an important step forward today in our Nation's journey' by drafting a gay player.
The latest potential lifeline for Sam, who has yet to play a regular season game, comes as Mötley Crüe's Neil builds the franchise's first ever squad for their debut season in 2015. Deemed to be too small to play defensive end in the NFL, the smaller scale of Arena Football could play to Sam's strengths. The singer told the Las Vegas Review Journal he plans to make the offer in the coming days. It is unclear whether Sam plans to accept the offer.
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I always knew this about GQ.
I always knew this about GQ. All those articles about sex with your girlfriend were just a cover.
I stopped reading GQ when they advised not to shave against the grain.
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