You are correct of course , and you included a thought that has always been one of my own, That the main reason Homosexuals advertise is for better recruitment.. In a heterosexual person it is pretty well known what is available, Homosexuals have to advertise to get others to come out so they can look for fresh sexual partners.
By the way Jeff Gordon has never actually come out of the closet.
I know, but he doesn't do it during the races which is good. In NA$CAR you can be fined for saying naughty words during a broadcast; I don't imagine they'd look favourably on a driver trumpeting any kind of sex either.
There are plenty of gays in sports. But who cares?