Posted on 06/21/2017 2:54:24 PM PDT by Ennis85
Former NFL player Ryan O'Callaghan has come out as gay, revealing that his anguish over his sexuality drove him to write a suicide note. The New England Patriots and Kansas City Chiefs lineman told Outsports that fear of rejection spurred him to hide his homosexuality. He even built a cabin near his Kansas City home and bought guns, planning to take his secret to the grave. It is still exceedingly rare for top-flight male US athletes to come out. The 33-year-old told Outsports, a website focused on LGBT issues in sport, that he realised he was gay while at high school in a conservative northern California town.
The 6ft 7in, 330lb (149kg) hulk saw the ultra-macho world of American football as the perfect camouflage for his true identity. "No one is going to assume the big football player is gay," he said. "It's why a football team is such a good place to hide." A litany of sporting injuries eventually led O'Callaghan into painkiller addiction. "It helped with the pain of the injuries, and with the pain of being gay," he told Outsports.
"I just didn't worry about being gay when I took the Vicodin." As his NFL career waned, he began to distance himself from his family, telling himself that it would make his suicide easier for them to accept. O'Callaghan eventually plucked up the courage to tell Kansas City Chiefs general manager Scott Pioli about his sexuality. "I'm gay," O'Callaghan said, after asking for a meeting. Pioli responded: "So what's the problem you wanted to talk to me about?" O'Callaghan, who retired from the NFL in 2011, described the huge relief the revelation brought him.
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How do we know there are any homosexual athletes who are hiding their homosexuality???”
Well, if we assume that 90% of the people are gay, and only two athletes have “come out” then there must be more who haven’t. I base the 90% estimate on how much we are forced to talk about them in the news and on TV.
Also, I have to laugh that the author must not consider the ladies of the WNBA and LPGA as “professional athletes.” Good one, author!
“”It’s why a football team is such a good place to hide.””
He is probably correct.
I’m a Patriots fan, live in New England, and I never heard of him, either.
Who the heck gives a s#it!
It is no secret that pro sports is riddled with homosexuals.
But their fear of “rejection” is often not about their job, but being rejected by those they are sexually attracted to.
Murder rates 20 TIMES higher than normal.
Suicide rates 20-30 TIMES higher than normal.
Domestic violence rates 20-30 TIMES higher than normal.
Serious communicable disease rates 20-30 TIMES higher than normal.
Homosexuality should be punishable by death.
Me, too. Never heard of the guy. He must have sucked (no pun intended).
He was ok - bridge between when we had Nick Kazcur and got Sebastian Vollmer. Not as good as either, he tried hard, did ‘ok’. I was happy to see he was treated well by Pioli. Personally I’m flabbergasted by ‘gay’ people always wanting to talk about it.
I reject him. I won’t go to any games in which he participates and I won’t watch his games on TV. So there!
Ofentimes it is, though not in a law court.
When my younger brother told me, he broke the news by saying “I’m gay”. Since then, he’s also added “I’m autistic”.
“star”?
seriously?
started 20 games and played in 52 games total for the patriots and chiefs over a six year career.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_O’Callaghan#New_England_Patriots
oh, yeah, right. The Progs now label him a “star” because he announced he’s a homo.
Men's figure skating, men's diving...
That is his problem.
Most have far greater ones.
And, contrary to all idiot beliefs, we really do not give a Dorkbama where you stick it, so stick it. In a bedroom, car, shack, or football locker room and just don’t moan.
Live with it, itiot.
The definition of a Deviant. When you kill the anguish born of your own disgust with a thing.
This guy will probably off himself as his mental disturbance continues to plague him.
It would be more accurate to say, “I’m sexually attracted to men, not women.”
Aw. Don’t be so binary-minded. /s
Congrats, stupid post of the day.
I haven’t read the article, I haven’t even read what you posted, just the headline.
My initial response was,
1: Was he IN torment because he is a queer?
2: Was he tormented BECAUSE he is a queer?
3: Was he TORMENTING a queer?
4: Was he tormented BY a queer?
Ultimately the needle on my givashitometer didn’t move more than a single degree.
[Not rare enough.]
Amen to that.
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