Posted on 02/14/2007 7:28:00 PM PST by Free ThinkerNY
Tim Hardaway: 'I Hate Gay People'
cbs4.com
Feb 14, 2007
(CBS4) MIAMI Former Miami Heat superstar Tim Hardaway told a local sports radio show that he “hates gay people.”
Hardaway made the comments while he was being interviewed by Dan Le Batard on 790 the Ticket Wednesday afternoon.
The five time All Star was asked how he would deal with a gay teammate.
“First of all I wouldn’t want him on my team,” said Hardaway. “ “Second of all, if he was on my team I would really distance myself from him because I don’t think that’s right and I don’t think he should be in the locker room when we’re in the locker room.”
Le Batard took Hardaway to task, pointing out that his comments were “flatly homophobic” and bigoted, but that only seemed to stir up the former point guard.
“Well, you know, I hate gay people,” Hardaway said in response to Le Batard. “I let it be known I don’t like gay people. I don’t like to be around gay people. I’m homophobic. It shouldn’t be in the world, in the United States, I don’t like it.”
Hardaway’s comments come on the heels of a groundbreaking revelation made by former player John Amaechi, who became the first professional basketball player to openly identify himself as gay.
Amaechi became only the sixth male atlhlete from one of the four major American sports (NBA,MLB,NFL,NHL) to admit he is gay.
Former NFL running back David Kopay , offensive lineman Roy Simmons and defensive lineman Esera Tuaolo just recently came out.
Glenn Burke, an outfielder for the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Oakland Athletics in the 1970s, and Billy Bean, a utility player in the 1980s and 1990s, have also come out.
No player has ever publicly admitted to being gay while currently playing for one of the four major American sports.
I hope he's prepared for the John Rocker-ing he's gonna receive from all those enlightened sports reporters now.....
But I thought Tim was the master of the crossover!
Oh Oh. Off to Rehab for him!
But Tim is not pigmentally-challenged, as was Rocker, so he may have it a little easier.
ha ha Utep two step.
Will the Dixie Chicks come stick up for his First Amendment rights? :)
He clearly doesn't mean hate in the "I'm going to harm you" sort of way. He doesn't like the practice and wants nothing to do with those who do. I wouldn't call that hate. Too bad he used that word.
You know, I have no opinion on this whatsoever, but I really want to watch it unfold. I really do.
Bigoted? maybe. Homophobic? Nope, homophobe is one who fears homosexuals, not one who simply doesn't like them. I tend to doubt that Hardaway fears many men.
Dan LeBatard, from what little I have heard of him, is a real left wing ass. It would have been fun to hear how he dealt with this.
I don't watch or pay attention to major league streetball anymore, who is John Amaechi?
Le Batard the Blow Hard! I once heard Le Batard on Tony Kornheiser's show complaining that not enough media types could speak to the Manny Ramirez-es and other Hispanic players in their native Spanish and that this was a sympton of a larger problem here in the United States. Per Le Retard it was one of the reasons contributing to September 11th!
I'm not kidding!
Uh oh. Tim's in hot water now. Very politically incorrect.
John Amaechi is a British-born former NBA player (a journeyman who played for several teams) who reveals in his new book that he's gay.
His brother, Penny Hardaway, is strongly suspected of being gay.
Hardaway is going to be sent to the Barney Frank Sensitivity Training Center for the Politically Insane.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.