[untenured]

What happens if the gay player loses the game because he fumbled at the goal line or threw an interception? You don't think the player will be the target of gay slurs from fans? And what about the fans of the other team? It would matter not whether the gay player is the hero or the goat.

After a short time, any such player will be booed by the fans and benched or cut by the coach, just like a straight player. Any fans who shout anti-gay remarks in the stands will be isolated voices, universally ignored.

And what about the locker room? Will some players have a problem showering with the gay member of the team?

If these players stage this media event, within two years at the outside it will be completely forgotten. It will have no long-term effect on the playing field or in the locker room, and almost none among the NFL's vast and passionate fan base.

...human nature and biology are hard to control.

What actually belongs to "human nature and biology" has been known to be exaggerated.

Are you gay? Not that there is anything wrong with that.

Did you really write that?

[kabar]

After a short time, any such player will be booed by the fans and benched or cut by the coach, just like a straight player. Any fans who shout anti-gay remarks in the stands will be isolated voices, universally ignored.

I guess it will depend on how much political correctness can be used to subdue the crowd. I must say that political correctness has cowed the American public on almost every thing imaginable so perhaps it will also work in the football stadiums around the country. The gay activists have succeeded in so many areas whether it is marriage, adoption, military service, etc. They have even convinced the ill-informed that being gay is a civil rights issue much like race and ethnicity.

If these players stage this media event, within two years at the outside it will be completely forgotten. It will have no long-term effect on the playing field or in the locker room, and almost none among the NFL's vast and passionate fan base.

Dream on. You sound like those left wing utopians who think they can change and shape human behavior. That is the kind of wooly thinking that empowers and fuels big government and reduces individual liberties. As far as the NFL is concerned, I don't share your rosy view about its future.

What actually belongs to "human nature and biology" has been known to be exaggerated.

Spoken like a true leftist. Sex drive is one of the most powerful emotions--human and animal. I wonder what the reaction would be if a couple of gay teammates were cavorting in the locker room, even if sex was not involved.

Did you really write that?

Yes, I was serious. You didn't answer it. Are you gay?