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Three-year NFL vet reveals he is bisexual
CNN ^ | Updated 11:40 PM ET, Thu August 29, 2019 | By Lauren M. Johnson, CNN

Posted on 08/30/2019 11:12:00 AM PDT by Red Badger

Ryan Russell has played in the NFL for three seasons, but when he suits up and takes the field for his next gameday he will be the first man to play in a regular season game who identifies as bisexual.

Russell, currently a free agent, was drafted by the Cowboys in 2015 after playing college football at Purdue. He played one year at the Cowboys and then two years at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, but no one knew who the defensive end really was.

Russell told ESPN that he hid his sexual identity during the first three years of his career. He said he had a fear that it could be the end of his career if he was honest about being bisexual.

"I rationalized my fear because it was easy to convince myself that hiding who I was made the most sense. The competition is so stiff to stay in the league, that any small mark can lead a front office to choose another guy for your job," Russell told ESPN's Kevin Arnovitz.

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To: wardaddy
Ain’t no such thing as a bisexual man

Correctimundo

21 posted on 08/30/2019 11:29:02 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Red Badger

Bi-sexual...he wants it, he buys it!


22 posted on 08/30/2019 11:29:02 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Build the Wall Faster! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: wardaddy
Ain’t no such thing as a bisexual man

So says Andrew Dice Clay. :-)

23 posted on 08/30/2019 11:29:57 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to says it.)
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To: Red Badger
Russell, currently a free agent

He claims he is not free, but he is reasonable, depending on which way he has to perform.

Any free agent at this time of the season is not NFL quality.

He is using his sexuality as a lever/prayer.

No one cares.

24 posted on 08/30/2019 11:32:37 AM PDT by USS Alaska (Nuke the terrorist mooselimb savages, today.)
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To: dfwgator

I mean the degree to which it has affected the AAU basketball feeder teams to college and the NBA, example.

So Sandusky is known, but he’s almost like James Porter of the Catholic priest scandals — just an early indicator of much more to come.


25 posted on 08/30/2019 11:32:44 AM PDT by 9YearLurker (.)
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To: Red Badger

Why do we need to know this?


26 posted on 08/30/2019 11:33:33 AM PDT by Altura Ct.
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To: Red Badger
Well, he’s a kneeler...................;^)

Yeah and he plays Canadian football. Now can we get Kaepernick to apply north of the border, eh?

27 posted on 08/30/2019 11:34:24 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Red Badger

Shouldn’t he be with the Rough Riders?


28 posted on 08/30/2019 11:34:52 AM PDT by steve8714
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To: Vaquero

If he’s bi, then he’s more likely to have a loose end.


29 posted on 08/30/2019 11:35:12 AM PDT by RPTMS (You can't spell triumph without Trump!)
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To: Red Badger

Switches back and forth between quarterback and wide receiver, but likely no longer a tight end.


30 posted on 08/30/2019 11:36:22 AM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: davius

Started out as a tight end. Now he’s a wide receiver.


31 posted on 08/30/2019 11:37:39 AM PDT by freebird5850 (Trust Republicans Under My Presindency)
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To: Vaquero

It would be the ideal situation for everyone. He gets to play football without ever hearing The Star-Spangled Banner again, and we never have to see his ugly face again.


32 posted on 08/30/2019 11:37:47 AM PDT by RPTMS (You can't spell triumph without Trump!)
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To: Red Badger

Just in case kneeling didn’t turn away the entire sensible half of the country, they want to get this into the discussion of NFL sports too. I remember when people watched sports for a break from politics and real-world issues.


33 posted on 08/30/2019 11:39:19 AM PDT by Pollster1 ("Governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed")
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To: RPTMS

A friend was in medical school. He was an intern in an emergency room and told of strange objects lodged in men’s rectums. He also mention a common procedure to take in loose ends a few stitches and they’re good as new!


34 posted on 08/30/2019 11:40:54 AM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Morgana

I agree. Can he play football?

Actually, I don’t even care about that, since he doesn’t play for the team from my area.

We don’t need to know all this crap. Shut up and play your music, game, or whatever...


35 posted on 08/30/2019 11:41:38 AM PDT by DJ Frisat ( (optional, printed after my name on post))
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To: Red Badger

He sees a prime opportunity to shake down some idiots for money by claiming brave trailblazer status and eventually faux-discrimination. Lame and so redundant these days of incessant queer social hero-hood.


36 posted on 08/30/2019 11:46:06 AM PDT by Scott from the Left Coast (It's the corruption, stupid)
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To: Red Badger
Russell told ESPN that he hid his sexual identity

So why the need to expose it now????

37 posted on 08/30/2019 11:46:20 AM PDT by ontap
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To: Red Badger

so...he’s got a different reason for kneeling


38 posted on 08/30/2019 11:48:42 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer.)
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To: Red Badger
He is now playing in the Canadian Football League for the Montreal Alouettes.

I think the article was referring to Michael Sam when it said that.

I couldn't care less about his sex life. But I'm sure CNN will be rallying the troops if some team tries him out and then DARES to release him.

The mere prospect of unathletic media personalities suddenly pretending to be experts on NFL personnel decisions is probably too much for most teams to touch this.
39 posted on 08/30/2019 11:54:18 AM PDT by mmichaels1970
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To: Red Badger

He’s not bisexual any more. No woman will kiss a man who put’s male private parts in his mouth. Not one with any sense that is.


40 posted on 08/30/2019 11:55:38 AM PDT by Midwesterner53
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