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Michael Sam: I'm Not in the NFL Because I'm Gay
TMZ Sports ^ | December 3, 2104 | Staff

Posted on 12/03/2014 11:09:49 AM PST by C19fan

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To: C19fan
No, you're not in the NFL because you suck!

Oh, wait......

61 posted on 12/03/2014 11:50:01 AM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: C19fan
"I think I was the SEC Defensive Player of the Year last year ... so I don't think it had to do with talent."

Yeah, I think it was more the creepiness factor. Nobody wants you anywhere near the locker room shower.

62 posted on 12/03/2014 11:50:54 AM PST by Kenton
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To: etl lll

Wow. Did not know that. Maybe he repented, begged forgiveness and changed his life instead of trumpeting his disorder for political authority and victimness. Would you know?


63 posted on 12/03/2014 11:53:54 AM PST by GreensKeeperWillie (There are things so foolish that only intellectuals can believe them. - George Orwell)
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To: etl lll

Wow. Did not know that. Maybe he repented, begged forgiveness and changed his life instead of trumpeting his disorder for political authority and victimness. Would you know?


64 posted on 12/03/2014 11:54:33 AM PST by GreensKeeperWillie (There are things so foolish that only intellectuals can believe them. - George Orwell)
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To: rdcbn

Thank you...your friend had the right attitude AND the talent, which goes a long way in the NFL. There are more than a few marginal players who manage to make the roster each year because they work their butts off and know how to act like a professional athlete. No sense of entitlement and they know their spot on the roster is determined by what the do on the field—not some award they won in college.

I’m also guessing the team told your friend to stay in contact because the coaching staff saw something the first time around. My impression is that Sam did not demonstrate the right attitude in St. Louis or Dallas; that, along with the fact that he’s too small to play inside at DT and not tall enough (or fast enough) for DE are the reasons he isn’t in the NFL. Someone ought to ask Sam if either the Rams or the Cowboys (or any other NFL team) asked him to stay in touch, or plan to invite him to next year’s training camp. The real answer is “no.” They’ve seen enough of Mr. Sam and his NFL career is over.


65 posted on 12/03/2014 12:06:02 PM PST by ExNewsExSpook
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To: C19fan
Whether he would like to admit it, his gayness defines him.

He will never be able to be seen for his true talent.

66 posted on 12/03/2014 12:08:10 PM PST by Slyfox (To put on the mind of George Washington read ALL of Deuteronomy 28, then read his Farewell Address)
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To: C19fan

In the NFL, the only question asked is, can you help us win? If the answer is yes, you play. The answer for Sams was no. Had it been yes, he would be on a team a la Michel Vick, Plax Burris, Ray Lewis etal.


67 posted on 12/03/2014 12:09:21 PM PST by Phlap (REDNECK@LIBARTS.EDU)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...

No, it’s because he, uh, sucks.


68 posted on 12/03/2014 12:12:32 PM PST by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________________Celebrate the Polls, Ignore the Trolls)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin
Man up, Princess.

lol

69 posted on 12/03/2014 12:14:30 PM PST by Zuben Elgenubi (NOPe to GOPe)
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To: Diana in Wisconsin

Thats just funny.


70 posted on 12/03/2014 12:14:44 PM PST by carton253
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To: C19fan
He has it twisted all around. He was drafted in the NFL solely because he was openly gay while straight players with the same or more talent were overlooked. Heck, there may have been other gay players with more talent who didn't get drafted.

When it came down to the "rubber meets the road" his football skills were lacking and his gayness wouldn't buy him much on the field. He had his chance and he knew he had to prove himself. He was never a contender. It was a business decision and social experiment that did not in end in anyone's favour.

If the NFL had never drafted him in the first place based on his skills or whatever, he would have said the same thing. Get over it. I hear the networks are looking for a gay sports announcer. Maybe they will hire him.

71 posted on 12/03/2014 12:15:46 PM PST by Texicanus (Texas, it's a whole 'nother country.)
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Next up: Lawsuit against the NFL.

"Those big homophobe brutes made fun of me in the showers, and they even refused to wash my back for me when I asked them to".

"They would do that if a cheerleader was in the showers, so it's discrimination that they wouldn't do that for me".

72 posted on 12/03/2014 12:17:20 PM PST by Cementjungle
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To: GreensKeeperWillie

Don’t know all the details, but he was forced to resign as NJ gov as a result of a scandal involving a law suit and a totally unqualified gay lover he appointed NJ homeland security chief.


73 posted on 12/03/2014 12:25:53 PM PST by etl lll
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To: GreensKeeperWillie

Some additional info here...

A decade after Gov. Jim McGreevey’s ‘gay American’ speech:

http://www.nj.com/politics/index.ssf/2014/08/a_decade_after_gov_jim_mcgreeveys_gay_american_speech.html


74 posted on 12/03/2014 12:29:41 PM PST by etl lll
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To: C19fan
Michael Sam believes he's not on a NFL roster because of the fact he's openly gay


75 posted on 12/03/2014 12:34:57 PM PST by Hot Tabasco (Alexander Graham Bell's famous words: "Answer the damn phone you idiot!")
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To: C19fan

Has nothing to do with the fact that depraved narcissists generally don’t want to put in the time to be good at anything. They’re already FABULOUS! /sarc


76 posted on 12/03/2014 2:06:14 PM PST by afsnco
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To: dforest

He couldn’t even make the practice squad here in Dallas.


77 posted on 12/03/2014 4:30:56 PM PST by West Texas Chuck (STOP CO2 EMISSIONS NOW BEFORE GLOBAL WARMING FREEZES US ALL TO DEATH!!!)
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To: C19fan

Incorrect, Mr. Sam. You’re not in the NFL because you don’t have the skills to play linebacker in the NFL, which requires surprisingly smart players.


78 posted on 12/04/2014 9:56:00 AM PST by RayChuang88 (Ferguson: put your hands down and go to work!)
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To: CSM
No, it is because you suck!

Or he blows.

79 posted on 12/04/2014 9:57:58 AM PST by dfwgator
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To: West Texas Chuck

Maybe he should try the CFL. They’re liberal up there, so if he’s good enough for them, then he can make a case.


80 posted on 12/04/2014 9:59:04 AM PST by dfwgator
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