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Hall of Famers believe gay player will be accepted
Associated Press ^ | May 3, 2014 5:28 PM EDT | Tom Withers

Posted on 05/03/2014 2:33:00 PM PDT by Olog-hai

Once Michael Sam is drafted in the NFL, the Missouri defensive end will be judged strictly on whether he can play and whether he can help his team win.

Everything else—even that he’s gay—will be trivial.

As the first openly homosexual player to enter the draft, Sam could face scrutiny unlike any player before him. But many of the greatest players and coaches in football history don’t believe he’ll be subjected to any hatred, harassment, discrimination or bullying by teammates.

“I don’t think he’ll have any problem in the locker room. I don't think he’ll have any problems on the field,” said Hall of Fame offensive tackle Art Shell. “The one thing about football players, they’re inclusive. They will take you for who you are, not what people try to portray you as.” …

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Society; Sports
KEYWORDS: artshell; enough; halloffame; homosexualagenda; inourfaces; lavendermafia; michaelsam; nfl
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1 posted on 05/03/2014 2:33:00 PM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

He’s an automatic hall-of-fame inductee.


2 posted on 05/03/2014 2:35:53 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: Olog-hai

Hall of flamers?


3 posted on 05/03/2014 2:36:09 PM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin.)
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To: Olog-hai

What else are they going to say, given the current state of politics and the press?


4 posted on 05/03/2014 2:36:58 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Olog-hai

They DARE NOT say otherwise, lest any hope of ever working in the media again is destroyed.

Welcome to the New Fascism...


5 posted on 05/03/2014 2:37:18 PM PDT by tcrlaf (Q)
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To: Olog-hai

The two big rules of sports. 1. Do your job. 2. Don’t be a distraction.


6 posted on 05/03/2014 2:38:44 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Abortion - legalized murder for convenience)
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To: Olog-hai

Not sure if we can post AP photos here.

Tom Withers:

http://collegebasketball.ap.org/author/tom-withers


7 posted on 05/03/2014 2:40:10 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: Olog-hai
This is all part of the ongoing destruction of the NFL.

I predict the league will be defunct by 2025.

8 posted on 05/03/2014 2:42:19 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (100% pure organic, free-range conservative)
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To: Olog-hai
“I don’t think he’ll have any problem in the locker room."

Uuhhh... Ok.

The author should go bathe with faggots and continue the narrative.

"Oh, thorry! It'th an involuntary reaction! You thilly!"

9 posted on 05/03/2014 2:50:31 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Olog-hai

Don’t care. Don’t care. Don’t care.

in other news...


10 posted on 05/03/2014 3:04:45 PM PDT by Walrus (I love the America that used to be ---I hate the America that now IS!)
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To: Olog-hai

Judas Priest! Enough is enough! We’re more focused on homos than homers.


11 posted on 05/03/2014 3:09:28 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Olog-hai

Even been in a pile when about 7-8 players are scrambling for a loose ball? ( no pun intended)...they kick, punch, gouge.... you know someone’s gonna grab him by the cojones and squeeze..


12 posted on 05/03/2014 4:03:56 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: Cicero

A homosexual AP writer writing an article about homosexual athletes and how they will be embraced by homosexual fans living in the homosexual fantasy land.


13 posted on 05/03/2014 4:04:28 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus
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To: Darren McCarty
The two big rules of sports. 1. Do your job. 2. Don’t be a distraction.

3. No Pooftahs.

14 posted on 05/03/2014 4:04:58 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dfwgator
3. No Pooftahs.

Too right, Bruce. Isn't that right Bruce, Bruce, Bruce, Bruce and Bruce?

15 posted on 05/03/2014 4:07:18 PM PDT by ssaftler (I am both ashamed and afraid of my government, Federal AND State. Local not far behind...)
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To: windsorknot
Judas Priest! Enough is enough!

Judas Priest, didn't they have a gay lead singer?

16 posted on 05/03/2014 4:08:56 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Olog-hai

If I were an owner I wouldn’t go near him. After what happened in the NBA it isn’t worth the gamble.


17 posted on 05/03/2014 4:13:46 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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To: dfwgator
Judas Priest, didn't they have a gay lead singer?

Could be. Gay players are the rage.

18 posted on 05/03/2014 4:15:06 PM PDT by windsorknot
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To: Olog-hai

If he hasn’t even played in the NFL yet, why on earth are they talking about the Hall of Fame?


19 posted on 05/03/2014 4:15:49 PM PDT by SuziQ
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To: Olog-hai

Anyone who doesn’t accept him will be promptly destroyed by the league, which is in cahoots with the pink mafia. I would expect acceptance as long as he can play - wouldn’t want to shower with him though.


20 posted on 05/03/2014 4:38:56 PM PDT by Some Fat Guy in L.A. (Still bitterly clinging to rational thought despite it's unfashionability)
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