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Michael Sam drafted by the Rams
espn ^ | 5/10/14

Posted on 05/10/2014 6:41:21 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper

EARTH CITY, Mo. -- Michael Sam made history Saturday afternoon, as the St. Louis Rams made him the 249th overall choice in the 2014 NFL draft.

The Missouri defensive end becomes the first openly gay player to be drafted in league history and seeks to be the first openly gay player ever to play in the NFL. Video of Sam receiving the call from the Rams and coach Jeff Fisher revealed the player's emotion while surrounded by friends, family and his boyfriend.

"In a world of diversity we live in, I am honored to be a part of this," Fisher told ESPN.

"I don't want it to become an unusual distraction for his teammates but him as well," Fisher added.

(Excerpt) Read more at espn.go.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 3rdthread; athletes; homosexualagenda; nfl; searchmuch; sodomy
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To: dfwgator

I remember that game, and the picture around the internet afterward. Lions fans have to have a thick skin. Lol.


61 posted on 05/10/2014 8:30:13 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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To: Steven Tyler

Mean machine!


62 posted on 05/10/2014 8:30:54 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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To: USAF80

Damn. Sam I Am a Ram. Just Damn..


63 posted on 05/10/2014 8:32:05 PM PDT by ken5050 ("One useless man is a shame, two are a law firm, three or more are a Congress".. John Adams)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Drudge has up that some magazine is saying “History will look back at moment sports changed forever”. Really? They are trying to make this out to be like Jackie Robinson.

http://time.com/95230/michael-sam-first-gay-nfl-rams/


64 posted on 05/10/2014 8:37:35 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: All

Note to myself: Oh, the author of the Time Mag editorial writes for Outsports, okay, no big deal I say.


65 posted on 05/10/2014 8:38:45 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: SoFloFreeper

The sodomite Michael Sam is absolutely disgusting in every way. Worse yet, he’s a native Texan and like Wendy Davis, Willie Nelson, Lyndon Johnson, Matthew McConaughey, Tommy Lee Jones and others so very fortunate to have been born here, Sam and those others have brazenly rejected the values that make Texas great: Christianity and Conservatism.


66 posted on 05/10/2014 8:38:56 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: All

For the record, I’m not going to look it up again but there was an openly gay LA Dodger back in the ‘70s. So, no, Sam isn’t even the first openly high profile gay athlete or first gay professional player actually taking in account the big 3 or 4 team sports, NFL, MLB, NBA and NHL.


67 posted on 05/10/2014 8:47:39 PM PDT by BeadCounter
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To: BeadCounter

I thought Eli Manning was the first openly gay player in the NFL....just ghey-looking.


68 posted on 05/10/2014 8:59:48 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (Nothing is more savage and brutal than justifiably angry Americans. DonÂ’t believe me? Ask the Germa)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
Scout reports stated that Sam is undersized (no pun intended) and has a habit of missing assignments.

His 40-yard dash time was one of the slowest in the recent NFL Combine.

Being an openly gay football player is one thing, but can he perform at the level demanded of the NFL? Time will tell whether he stick around in the NFL or ends up being out of the NFL completely.

69 posted on 05/10/2014 9:19:29 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (You have entered an invalid birthday)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

I don’t even know what position the fool plays


70 posted on 05/10/2014 9:22:50 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: BeadCounter

Sports didn’t change


71 posted on 05/10/2014 9:23:34 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: GeronL

He played Defensive End at Mizzou.


72 posted on 05/10/2014 9:32:41 PM PDT by BigSkyFreeper (You have entered an invalid birthday)
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A fellow employee of mine was always called Sam. One day after he came to work in my group I saw his records of his full name. His name was not even close to any of his name. I asked him why everyone called him Sam.
His reply was this:
When he arrive at his post in Nam, the First Sarge called him and the other newbies Sam. When asked, the Sarge told him he called everyone SAM, because they were all “Sorry A%% Mother”!
It was something that stuck.


73 posted on 05/10/2014 9:33:55 PM PDT by GOYAKLA (Waiting for the Golden Screw to be removed from Obama's navel and his a$$ falls off!)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Good for the Rams.

I guess the only proper thing to do is identify the deviant sexual habits of all the players on MNF, just as the do their college.

"I am Michael Sam, Homo Defensive End, Mizzou........

74 posted on 05/10/2014 9:47:32 PM PDT by eyedigress ((zOld storm chaser from the west)/ ?s)
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To: shalom aleichem
They just HAD to show him kissing his boy friend after they shared a good CRY...

They showed the video on my local sports - no announcement that some people might be offended.

And, they kissed not once, not twice, but three times ...

The news just HAD to show it ...

My question is whether his "significant other" will get to sit in the wives/girlfriends section at games ...

75 posted on 05/10/2014 10:08:26 PM PDT by Lmo56 (If ya wanna run with the big dawgs - ya gotta learn to piss in the tall grass ...)
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To: BigSkyFreeper

Too easy...


76 posted on 05/10/2014 10:12:40 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: BigSkyFreeper
Being drafted at the very end is not exactly earth-shattering.

If he weren't gay NOBODY would care.

And frankly I don't care either.

The media making a huge stink about it is ridiculous.

Watch the guy not even make the team.

Or at best, ride the bench for a couple of years.

Although as a Seahawks fan, I secretly hope the Rams play him all the time.

They could make mincemeat out of a barely competent, undersized, slow defenseman.

77 posted on 05/10/2014 11:09:11 PM PDT by boop (I just wanted a President. But I got a rock.)
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To: GeronL

It would be great if the Rams play a few games in Uganda, Nigeria, Yemen or the Sudan.


78 posted on 05/10/2014 11:38:42 PM PDT by re_nortex (DP - that's what I like about Texas)
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To: Wyatt's Torch
Thank god they don't play in L.A. anymore

They're St Louis' problem now

79 posted on 05/11/2014 12:23:55 AM PDT by atc23 (The Confederacy was the single greatest conservative resistance to federal authority ever)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Rams? Or gets rammed? I never watch NFL or NBA let the devil take the hindmost


80 posted on 05/11/2014 1:11:12 AM PDT by dennisw (The first principle is to find out who you are then you can achieve anything -- Buddhist monk)
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