The bad thing is, he’s already apologized.
There is no apologizing for thoughtcrime. There is only punishment.
As I understand the NFL’s new unwritten rules...any subject in the Oxford English Dictionary is fair game except two...race and sex. We can rip Johnny Football til doomsday, we can mock players’ wives/girlfriends, we can chortle at DUI arrests, domestic violence, drug use/busts, bad clothing choices, silly car accessories, taste in music, etc.
But when it comes to confused, weak-minded males looking for love in the wrong body cavity of the wrong sex, suddenly we have created The Protected Class To Be Shielded From All Disapproval, Criticism & Revulsion.
In a sport where equal application of the rules is required for competitive balance and a sport with a near-constant amount of trash-talking, much of which has always centered on a lack of masculine attributes and a surfeit of feminine ones (however imaginary), it will be interesting, though entirely predictable, to see the referee, line judge, umpire, etc. add the title of Thought Police to their responsibilities.
As I write this, Roger Goodell is in his ivory tower printing The New Rules Of The Protected Class. Because he’s a lawyer, a liberal and entirely convinced that a sports league is no different from a widget making business.
Mike Ditka and every other self-respecting heterosexual commentator must be considering retirement. The alternative is to talk about sodomy rather than football for an entire preseason and beyond.
He needs to show that he's REALLY sorry. He needs to play tonsil hockey with Michael Sam and post it on Facebook.
If you are not willing to make out with another man, then you must still think it is yucky. Don Jones needs to prove that he's not a homophobe by becoming a homo... or at least a Bisexual or Transsexual or some perverted sexual deviant.
Oops, did I say perverted sexual deviant?