Posted on 03/26/2013 8:20:27 PM PDT by Colonel Kangaroo
The NFL appears more ready than ever for an openly gay player. It's possible we'll find out how ready this offseason.
CBSSports.com's Mike Freeman wrote Monday that he was told a current gay NFL player strongly is considering coming out publicly. The plan would be for the unnamed player to do so in the next few months, then carry on with his NFL career.
Freeman based the information on several interviews with active and former NFL players, but the reporter doesn't know who the player is. If the player does come out, it would be a landmark moment in U.S. professional team sports.
The topic of homosexuality and gay rights never has been so much a part of NFL discussion. Players like Baltimore Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayanbadejo and Minnesota Vikings punter Chris Kluwe have spoken loudly in support of gay marriage throughout the last year. New York Giants owner Steve Tisch, NFL Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith and players like Scott Fujita, Scott Shanle, D'Qwell Jackson and Eric Winston are among those who supported a brief filed to the U.S. Supreme Court related to Proposition 8 in California. The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments this week on the proposition that banned same-sex marriage in the state.
The NFL might be more ready than ever for a gay player, but that's still not saying much. The NFL is progressive in so many ways, and yet it's far behind the times on openly gay players. That's true for all major pro sports.
Fujita believes NFL players are ready.
"I honestly think the players of the NFL have been ready for an openly gay player for quite some time now," Fujita told Freeman. "Trust me, the coming out of a player would create much bigger waves outside the locker room than inside."
A player coming out certainly would create a lot of attention. It would take a lot of courage, and the act would make it easier for the men who come out publicly after. Frankly, the moment feels inevitable and almost overdue. Progress waits for no one
So will it be a tight end, or a wide receiver?
” the sales of his jersey will skyrocket.”
The pink or rainbow versions of the jersey?
Jerry Smith, an ex-tight end, no pun intended, came out as being gay after his career was finished. He died of AIDS.
The jersey for what ever team he is on.
That jersey will become one of the top three selling NFL jerseys.
Ancient Western civilizations were steeped in beauty- and body-worship, and cruelty, pederasty and homosexual sex came along with it. Biblical morality sublimated that ancient pagan energy into the greatest civilization ever known. Removing that Biblical morality is taking us back to the horrors of those pagan roots.
AMEN to all you said! I am so f-ing sick of all this queer s##t I could scream.
Homosexuals are a prime target of advertisers: lots of disposable income and justifiably low self-esteem.
You bet the NFL will be courting them, and charging the networks accordingly.
So will they force teams to wear brown for gays, like they make them wear pink for breast cancer?
It would be one thing if the guy was saying it in an attempt to get someone to help him, to help him out of this sinful behavior.
But that is not why this guy is considering doing it.
I called then “outfits” to be funny.
Another sterling endorsement of the gay lifestyle and its' bitter conclusion. The gay lifestyle is anything but gay.
You are right, it is all about marketing.
Lots of gays are NFL fans and spend money on tickets and jerseys.
But, who ever it is, he had better be a damn good player.
It’s all planned. Is it any coincidence that Portman goes gay, Hillary goes gay, APA goes gay, NFL goes gay, and Mclame’s about to go gay?
They’ve been plotting this for years. This is like their version of homosexual Dresden. Bombarding the public and by extension, the court, with their propaganda to destroy this country’s civil society once and for all. That Facebook thing was likely planned years ago. We’re officially under attack at this very moment.
It’s still “all about me.”
AhHh, yes. Let’s fall into the contrived narrative that we should accept homos in macho ‘positions’.
I’ll bet you ANYTHING that WWF has one waiting in the wings for the kiddies.
I find no flaw in your logic.
Do you really think there are gay panda bears?
And the military. Probably going to have a “gay GI Joe” on sale soon.
I’m pretty sure the ‘08 Lions were all gay.
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