the whole of sports is screwed up, as is the rest of society. the richie incognito stuff seems ridic to me. the fact that I, who do not follow pro football or basketball, have heard of richie incognito and Jason collins, but hear nothing about Ray Rice who coldcocked his gf or some other guy that xshub was telling me has been arrested for rape TWICE, is ridic. actual physical crimes are nothing, but unpolitic speech calls for the death penalty, it appears.
A long time sports announcer in Dallas had a little rant when Michael Sams came out last week. Basically he supports Sams but his reasoning was that Sams had come out to his Missouri teammates and had no issues this past fall, yet people are proclaiming how he will be practically molesting his teammates in the locker room of an NFL team. Then he went on to say that pro NFL players can “drag their girlfriend down the stairs by her hair” or “kill an innocent person while driving under the influence” (Dallas cowboy players?) and we continue to cheer them during the game. Interesting point about the crap we ignore for sports.