Posted on 05/03/2014 2:33:00 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Once Michael Sam is drafted in the NFL, the Missouri defensive end will be judged strictly on whether he can play and whether he can help his team win.
Everything else—even that he’s gay—will be trivial.
As the first openly homosexual player to enter the draft, Sam could face scrutiny unlike any player before him. But many of the greatest players and coaches in football history don’t believe he’ll be subjected to any hatred, harassment, discrimination or bullying by teammates.
“I don’t think he’ll have any problem in the locker room. I don't think he’ll have any problems on the field,” said Hall of Fame offensive tackle Art Shell. “The one thing about football players, they’re inclusive. They will take you for who you are, not what people try to portray you as.” …
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He’s an automatic hall-of-fame inductee.
Hall of flamers?
What else are they going to say, given the current state of politics and the press?
They DARE NOT say otherwise, lest any hope of ever working in the media again is destroyed.
Welcome to the New Fascism...
The two big rules of sports. 1. Do your job. 2. Don’t be a distraction.
Not sure if we can post AP photos here.
Tom Withers:
http://collegebasketball.ap.org/author/tom-withers
I predict the league will be defunct by 2025.
Uuhhh... Ok.
The author should go bathe with faggots and continue the narrative.
"Oh, thorry! It'th an involuntary reaction! You thilly!"
Don’t care. Don’t care. Don’t care.
in other news...
Judas Priest! Enough is enough! We’re more focused on homos than homers.
Even been in a pile when about 7-8 players are scrambling for a loose ball? ( no pun intended)...they kick, punch, gouge.... you know someone’s gonna grab him by the cojones and squeeze..
A homosexual AP writer writing an article about homosexual athletes and how they will be embraced by homosexual fans living in the homosexual fantasy land.
3. No Pooftahs.
Too right, Bruce. Isn't that right Bruce, Bruce, Bruce, Bruce and Bruce?
Judas Priest, didn't they have a gay lead singer?
If I were an owner I wouldn’t go near him. After what happened in the NBA it isn’t worth the gamble.
Could be. Gay players are the rage.
If he hasn’t even played in the NFL yet, why on earth are they talking about the Hall of Fame?
Anyone who doesn’t accept him will be promptly destroyed by the league, which is in cahoots with the pink mafia. I would expect acceptance as long as he can play - wouldn’t want to shower with him though.
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