MORFORD: Where Are The Gay Pro Athletes?

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 11/2/5 | Mark Morford

[tuesday afternoon]

(all of which are also, of course, enormous hotbeds of homoerotic heat...) we're looking at a grand total of well over 2,500 pro male athletes, all sharing locker rooms and showers and sweat and intimate moments

Which is why straight guys don't want to share locker rooms with homosexuals.

[Fintan]

[judgeandjury]

I wouldn't want to know if my favorite athlete is gay any more than I'd want to know if my favorite athlete had a foot fetish, had sex with a sheep, or fantasized about having sex with his mother. I want my favorite athlete to keep his sexual likes, dislikes, perversions, and fantasies private, just like in the good old days.

[RayChuang88]

Mr. Morford,

It'll never happen for these resaons:

1. The athlete will be shunned in no time flat by his fellow teammates.

2. The athlete will likely be shunned by the team's own fans and definitely get denounced and heckled by opposing team fans.

3. The athlete will likely lose millions in advertising endorsement money. Even a relatively gay-friendly company like Nike would NOT want to risk the potential of a huge financial boycott by consumers for backing an openly-gay athlete.