Great Scott! I never thought of that angle and I’m sure the general public, many like me, have forgotten the HIV epidemic of a few years past.
Yes, I believe the NHS said the HIV virus is transmitted through the exchange of body fluids, specifically blood. Wonder how the media is going to handle this scenario since football is a contact sport and blood does get splattered from time to time?
Wonder how the St. Louis Rams off the field grunts are going to handle the bloody towels and equipment. They may have to get HAZMAT training and equipment. This might end up costing the NFL an arm and a leg. Also the Rams probably need to lawyer up before the first lawsuit is filed.
And Oprah and her friends in showbiz need to tell us how they are going to play down this situation. Last I heard, OWN has decided to cancel their plans for Sam’s début in showbiz.
Liberals continue to amaze me with their lack of common sense and respect for the law of unintended consequences.
The “Sam I Ram A Guy Between The Hams” show has been postponed. My guess is that if he is cut it will be too early for the show to even film more than a couple of episodes.
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/10944070/michael-sam-documentary-oprah-winfrey-network-postponed
Getting beyond that what happens when an opposing player's assignment is to make a hole for his RB or QB to complete the route and the only way he can do it it is to knock the defender out of the game? Would he go lighter on Sam so he doesn't get the backlash if he does knock him out? It would almost be like beating up a girl. Players shouldn't have to consider such things.
What really puts the focus on the blood issue is the fact that blood banks recently confirmed that they still will not accept blood donations from homosexuals (which surprised me; I thought they’d fold). If you read the questionaire for donors, it is amazing how they stress “even once” in the question about sexual relations with someone of the same gender.