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Shut up and play? No, Michael Sam should do it the way Tim Tebow did
Yahoo Sports ^ | 05/13/2014 | Dan Wetzel

Posted on 05/14/2014 9:23:18 AM PDT by thetallguy24

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To: DoughtyOne

You seem to have taken offense. I was just making a joke.


21 posted on 05/14/2014 9:45:17 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Not at all. I was too. Sorry. I thought you’d just laugh.


22 posted on 05/14/2014 9:46:14 AM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: DoughtyOne

I apologize.


23 posted on 05/14/2014 9:47:11 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("The more numerous the laws, the more corrupt the government." --Tacitus)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

He’s neither big enough or fast enough to play on an NFL defense. If they force him onto a roster as a special-teams player, he’s going to get hurt, and probably badly, when going against actual NFL-caliber players.

Of course, then we’ll get treated to a never-ending lecture on how he was “targeted” for “cheap shots” aimed at ending his “career”. His real career will be as a “celebrity” for the homosexual agenda.


24 posted on 05/14/2014 9:50:54 AM PDT by kevkrom (I'm not an unreasonable man... well, actually, I am. But hear me out anyway.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

No need to. Just a simple misunderstanding. Take care.


25 posted on 05/14/2014 9:51:16 AM PDT by DoughtyOne
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To: Caipirabob

I don’t think I’ll be watching any more football either.

I am not interested in this crapola, I’m tired as Hell of it being shoved down my throat by this idiot country, and I am going to simply turn it off.


26 posted on 05/14/2014 9:52:33 AM PDT by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: thetallguy24

Read about how Sam and his “handlers” manipulated the timing of his “coming out” To avoid (supposedly_ the “distraction” of his senior season (ie. amateur)

Yet in time before the NFL draft, just in time to get drafted (or scream and bitch if he didn’t) and of course, to get $$$ endorsements.

“Courageous”? I think now. All calculated to make him money regardless of draft status.

BTW, interesting that these “handlers” haven’t been looked into re Sam’s amateur status.


27 posted on 05/14/2014 9:56:11 AM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Hey 2008, we told you so)
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To: thetallguy24

I’m sure the Rams were doing the league a favor by drafting him.... it would have been a PR nightmare if he’d gone undrafted.

Having said that, there is not much chance of him making this team. He lacks the athletic skill to play special teams, so he’ll have to beat out one of the Rams two backup D-Ends, William Hayes and Eugene Sims.... both of whom are very productive players.

There is probably a team that can use his pass rush ability, it’s just not the Rams.

I’ll be glad when the novelty wears off and we can get back to football. Jeff Fisher has told the media to do their thing now because once mini camp starts Michael Sam won’t be available.

AMEN to that.


28 posted on 05/14/2014 9:56:35 AM PDT by schaef21
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To: Rennes Templar

“He should do a pose, as Tebow did. One can imagine the possibilities.”

Downward Dog?


29 posted on 05/14/2014 9:59:08 AM PDT by VanShuyten ("a shadow...draped nobly in the folds of a gorgeous eloquence.")
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To: Dr. Thorne

His front teeth? They look a little.....off?


30 posted on 05/14/2014 10:01:00 AM PDT by LeonardFMason (LanceyHoward would AGREE)
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To: thetallguy24

The first thing out of Sam’s mouth after he finished his cake kiss was crying and moaning that he should have been picked in the first rounds. Anyone who thought Sam wasn’t using his gayness for political calculation should have been shut up right then and there. This entire ordeal is a calculation he cooked up to get drafted and nothing more.


31 posted on 05/14/2014 10:04:28 AM PDT by Organic Panic
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To: jrg

“Wonder if anyone will notice his boner in the locker room? “

They’ll have to do their best not to. Otherwise that’ll be cause for banishment to the NFL’s reeducation camp.


32 posted on 05/14/2014 10:05:30 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Obama is so far in over his head, even his ears are beneath the water level.)
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To: thetallguy24

Good is evil. Evil is good. We are a messed up nation. Evil on the Throne - Good (decency & truth) on the Gallows. Sad, but true.


33 posted on 05/14/2014 10:08:03 AM PDT by mulligan (I)
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To: schaef21

“Having said that, there is not much chance of him making this team”

There’s more of a chance of Sam trading in his boyfriend for Heidi Klum that being cut from the Lambs. Does anyone think pressure isn’t being applied by Goodell’s office or Goodell himself to keep him on that team at all costs?


34 posted on 05/14/2014 10:09:58 AM PDT by ScottinVA (Obama is so far in over his head, even his ears are beneath the water level.)
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To: ScottinVA

And don’t forget the Government holding the NFL’s Anti-Trust Exemption over their heads like a Sword of Damocles.


35 posted on 05/14/2014 10:15:22 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: thetallguy24
Just shut up and play?

That is a tough question, Mr. Serious Writer. What's a guy supposed to do when he can't shut up and can't play?

36 posted on 05/14/2014 10:19:11 AM PDT by SamuraiScot
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To: VanShuyten
Here's how they do it in soccer...
37 posted on 05/14/2014 10:20:00 AM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Bible Summary in a few verses: John 14:6, John 6:29, Romans 10:9-10)
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To: mulligan

America-2014 has indeed become like an “evil” mirror-universe of everything the country used to be and everything it used to stand for.


38 posted on 05/14/2014 10:25:49 AM PDT by greene66
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To: thetallguy24

Will he get hazed in training camp? Made to sing the Village Peoples greatest hits?


39 posted on 05/14/2014 10:28:00 AM PDT by AU72
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To: Rennes Templar

This writer better hope his pal doesn’t get treated like Tebow. After all Tebow got a team to the playoffs, went 2 games deep in the playoffs, and then the next season got blacklisted.

However, we all know that if Sam is an integral part of taking the Rams to the playoffs and going 2 deep into those playoffs that there’d be bloody hell to pay with the media if he suddenly got blacklisted the next season.

Not so with Tebow. It’s ok to discriminate against outspoken, conservative Christians. It’s unadulterated hate, bigotry, prejudice if it were happen to a homosexual.


40 posted on 05/14/2014 10:32:30 AM PDT by xzins ( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
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