Actually Michael Sam is a very clever guy. He may or may not make money as a player in the NFL. However in today’s cultural environment there is a fortune to be made as a gay icon.
If Sam is okay with being permanently typecast as ‘That Black Gay Football Rookie” he will do well financially. This little episode here with Sam keeping a reality show secret from his Team Managers should be a teaching moment for them.
Look at how selfcentered and downright sneaky this fellow can be, and he has’nt even got started or met his team mates yet, plus; look at what happened to a player who dared to express himself in a nonsupportive manner; he was fined out of pocket and sent to a socialist styled ‘re-education camp, something we used to joke about as being uniquely Red Chinese. Hell, I wouldn’t say one single word to him until he calls off his Gay Mafia. These things and more will not endear him to the team. Maybe his skill will override all of that, one never knows.
Bingo.
If he flops in the NFL, he’ll join Jesse and Rev Al with a weekly TV show.