There are people who don't accept minorities as equals, but there are laws to make sure there rights are protected. LGTB is only now getting such protection. That don't mean people like it.

Can't take Sam's and make it impossible for him to succeed because he is gay. IM sure there have been players denied the chance if their team did not support them. He is basically let the world know he expects to be drafted by a team that would support him. Why draft a kid to destroy him?

If a GM thinks his team won't, or the owner don't want any part of it perhaps thats better. His status will drop, but that happens all the time.

If shows he can play at that level but cut because he is gay, its now the same as if he was cut because he was black, or hispanic, or Asian!

Moonangie wrote:He said what his agenda is: He's getting out in front of the "issue" to avoid the repercussions when it inevitably comes out anyway. He didn't really have a choice since he was already out at his school.

NFL players need to man-up and stop being dumb ****s. They are supposed to be role models. They don't like gay players, go work in a car wash somewhere.

Sams would be welcome on the Giants if he's got game. We love us some ass kicking DEs.

fishmike wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

jrodmc wrote:Ahhhhh, sexual preference. Parades. Coming Out.
If you wanted to be accepted as normal, why does it have to be turned into a freak show every time? How's it working out for Jason Collins?

It's been almost 20 years since Time Magazine had Ellen Degeneris coming out and it's still a national media day event?

Spare me the comparisons to race, because they don't work.
Suppose he came out and said he's an animist or a Scientologist? What difference does that make to a football player?

Play for attention. Anyone talking about Michael Sams before this?

Is it Michael Sams turning this into a "freakshow" or the media? It seems like you're accusing the former for it and not the latter, given the tone of your post.

And sexual orientation absolutely is equitable to race. It is, after all, an element of the human character. And like any element of the human character, people can choose to hate and disparage it because of arbitrary reasons. As I've already pointed out, people can still be fired today for being gay....just like how minorities were barred from jobs before the 60s. It's just not frequently discussed in those terms because (1) minorities can be extremely homophobic, which forces many not to embrace this embattled community and (2) the LGTB community is projected to be smaller than most racial minorities, which makes it easier to beat up on them. The fact is that they are the same.

kinda like the old white guy who says he's not racist. Minorities can do whatever they want. So long as its in their own neighborhood, and not with white women. But yea... that guy's not racist. He's just saying "to each his own."

Freakshow? If anything he spared everyone that. He could have just done well at the combine, played well, earned a spot then when he has his first big game on a Monday night and they interview him at the post game dropped it then. Instead he probably wanted to avoid the freakshow, let everyone know ahead of time and go be who he is. A gay dude who plays football.

Yeah, I'm a Black, heterosexual male and don't necessarily have a dog in the fight. Still, right is right. It just amazes me that we keep fighting the same fights over and over again with different groups as the target and no one seems to get the inherent trend in them all. It especially disappoints me when the very same people who have been the targets of this hatred, jump in to do the same thing to others (my father and step-father among them).

fishmike wrote:

Moonangie wrote:He said what his agenda is: He's getting out in front of the "issue" to avoid the repercussions when it inevitably comes out anyway. He didn't really have a choice since he was already out at his school.

NFL players need to man-up and stop being dumb ****s. They are supposed to be role models. They don't like gay players, go work in a car wash somewhere.

Sams would be welcome on the Giants if he's got game. We love us some ass kicking DEs.

Exactly.

Yup. Our community has somewhat accepted all sexual orientations but a lot of southern and mid-western states are still not accepting of an alternate lifestyle. I applaud him for doing this now even though there is a risk of losing money due to his sliding in the draft. Before the announcement he was projected to go as high as the 3rd round. Now, he has slid to 5th or 6th round.

Imagine if he was drafted by a southern team and it comes out that he was gay during training camp or during the season. How do you think the fan base would react?

playa2 wrote:

jrodmc wrote:Ahhhhh, sexual preference. Parades. Coming Out.
If you wanted to be accepted as normal, why does it have to be turned into a freak show every time? How's it working out for Jason Collins?

It's been almost 20 years since Time Magazine had Ellen Degeneris coming out and it's still a national media day event?

Spare me the comparisons to race, because they don't work.
Suppose he came out and said he's an animist or a Scientologist? What difference does that make to a football player?

Play for attention. Anyone talking about Michael Sams before this?

Many will read what you just said and close their eyes, people are pushing their agenda in small increments so most won't even notice the big picture. Nobody has been denied to play pro sports by just keeping it to themselves.

So if we just do the math,you will see they are demanding something from heterosexual community to APPROVE of and not just tolerate and get along with.

Mike Sams and those he's speaking for are using the media for their agenda, not that big of a secret if you are in touch with how people use the media for their own personal agenda.

No, not approve, just not discriminated.

The NFL Union like any other union has to abide by the laws that protect the citizens of this country.

The rest of it is just noise.

THings change. I have a friend who was pretty much homophobic, as was his father, and his father, etc.....then his son came out. We sat and talked and pretty much he said he loved his son and would have to learn. I asked him if his grandfather would have turned his back on him if he had come out. He said his mother would have made sure "dad" would not have.

This is whats happening now. Be careful with comments because many families have member who are coming out and being accepted and loved regardless. People don't have have to keep up the false front anymore and hide in shame of who they are. Players have gay brothers and sisters, parents, cousins, and they themselves will have gay children.

At some point homophobic statements will become offensive becasue they are calling out someones child and that just don't fly.

playa2 wrote:The basketball player came out after he retired John Amaechi he went on the circuit.

Former football player came out after he had retired too.

Jason Collins came out when he wasn't on a NBA roster so he like the others didn't really lose any money, they just let it be known they played pro sports and was gay.

Now we have a young man who haven't made a red cent yet, why would he risk the higher salary by potential being drafted lower because of him coming out......unless he has something or someone to back him up legally as a community.

Everybody wasn't born yesterday, the NFL is being challenged with this in your face approach now that the WHOLE WORLD IS WATCHING. WHAT A STRATEGY !

Why? Maybe he has character and the laws now can allow him to not be discriminated.

and yeah, he has the backing of the federal government now.

PLAYERS WERE GAY AND PLAYING IN THE LEAGUE ALREADY, WHY THE BIG ANNOUNCEMENT TO EVERYBODY OUTSIDE OF NFL SCOUTS AND HIS COLLEGE TEAMMATES ?

They want people to approve not just accept it, because teams already in the past had gay players.

Wake up people !

fishmike wrote:

jrodmc wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

jrodmc wrote:Ahhhhh, sexual preference. Parades. Coming Out.
If you wanted to be accepted as normal, why does it have to be turned into a freak show every time? How's it working out for Jason Collins?

It's been almost 20 years since Time Magazine had Ellen Degeneris coming out and it's still a national media day event?

Spare me the comparisons to race, because they don't work.
Suppose he came out and said he's an animist or a Scientologist? What difference does that make to a football player?

Play for attention. Anyone talking about Michael Sams before this?

Is it Michael Sams turning this into a "freakshow" or the media? It seems like you're accusing the former for it and not the latter, given the tone of your post.

And sexual orientation absolutely is equitable to race. It is, after all, an element of the human character. And like any element of the human character, people can choose to hate and disparage it because of arbitrary reasons. As I've already pointed out, people can still be fired today for being gay....just like how minorities were barred from jobs before the 60s. It's just not frequently discussed in those terms because (1) minorities can be extremely homophobic, which forces many not to embrace this embattled community and (2) the LGTB community is projected to be smaller than most racial minorities, which makes it easier to beat up on them. The fact is that they are the same.

And what facts do you use to support the "fact" that a preference is the same as a racial minority? Because other people's reactions justify the comparison? Seriously, that's what you bring to the table?

Leave hate and disparagement aside, and just address the question. Human character is the same as race? Element of human character? What are you talking about? You make statements and then talk in a circle. Gays are like race because bad people do bad things to them, and people who actually are a particular race don't react well on the whole to them. So in your world, that makes sexual preference the same as race.

Elephants and tables both have 4 legs. Sometimes people sit on both of them. Are they the same?

white dudes lynch a black dude because they hate n!ggers. Black dudes kill a gay cause they hate f@gs. Are they they same? Equal? Is one more wrong than the other?

Black dude gets fired because white boss doesnt like him talking to the white girls in the office. Gay dude gets fired because boss doesnt like gays. Are they they same? Equal? Is one more wrong than the other?

Black family buys house in nice hood. Gets cross burned on lawn and rocks thrown through windows. Gay couple buys house in nice hood. Gets cross burned on lawn and rocks thrown through windows. Are they they same? Equal? Is one more wrong than the other?

Are those elephants or tables? Im not sure... Need more examples?

Congrats fish, you just repeated Nard's non-argument without explaining anything.

fishmike wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

jrodmc wrote:Ahhhhh, sexual preference. Parades. Coming Out.
If you wanted to be accepted as normal, why does it have to be turned into a freak show every time? How's it working out for Jason Collins?

It's been almost 20 years since Time Magazine had Ellen Degeneris coming out and it's still a national media day event?

Spare me the comparisons to race, because they don't work.
Suppose he came out and said he's an animist or a Scientologist? What difference does that make to a football player?

Play for attention. Anyone talking about Michael Sams before this?

Is it Michael Sams turning this into a "freakshow" or the media? It seems like you're accusing the former for it and not the latter, given the tone of your post.

And sexual orientation absolutely is equitable to race. It is, after all, an element of the human character. And like any element of the human character, people can choose to hate and disparage it because of arbitrary reasons. As I've already pointed out, people can still be fired today for being gay....just like how minorities were barred from jobs before the 60s. It's just not frequently discussed in those terms because (1) minorities can be extremely homophobic, which forces many not to embrace this embattled community and (2) the LGTB community is projected to be smaller than most racial minorities, which makes it easier to beat up on them. The fact is that they are the same.

kinda like the old white guy who says he's not racist. Minorities can do whatever they want. So long as its in their own neighborhood, and not with white women. But yea... that guy's not racist. He's just saying "to each his own."

Freakshow? If anything he spared everyone that. He could have just done well at the combine, played well, earned a spot then when he has his first big game on a Monday night and they interview him at the post game dropped it then. Instead he probably wanted to avoid the freakshow, let everyone know ahead of time and go be who he is. A gay dude who plays football.

So my question again is why drop it at all? Can you tell me you or anyone else would really care or need to know what he does with his weenie?
Do we need hetero ID cards?

Why the jump from preference to race? Because someone told you so?

The effect's of stupidity don't equate the cases. Stop for a second and just think it through.
Do you get to prefer your race?

jrodmc wrote:

fishmike wrote:

jrodmc wrote:

NardDogNation wrote:

jrodmc wrote:Ahhhhh, sexual preference. Parades. Coming Out.
If you wanted to be accepted as normal, why does it have to be turned into a freak show every time? How's it working out for Jason Collins?

It's been almost 20 years since Time Magazine had Ellen Degeneris coming out and it's still a national media day event?

Spare me the comparisons to race, because they don't work.
Suppose he came out and said he's an animist or a Scientologist? What difference does that make to a football player?

Play for attention. Anyone talking about Michael Sams before this?

Is it Michael Sams turning this into a "freakshow" or the media? It seems like you're accusing the former for it and not the latter, given the tone of your post.

And sexual orientation absolutely is equitable to race. It is, after all, an element of the human character. And like any element of the human character, people can choose to hate and disparage it because of arbitrary reasons. As I've already pointed out, people can still be fired today for being gay....just like how minorities were barred from jobs before the 60s. It's just not frequently discussed in those terms because (1) minorities can be extremely homophobic, which forces many not to embrace this embattled community and (2) the LGTB community is projected to be smaller than most racial minorities, which makes it easier to beat up on them. The fact is that they are the same.

And what facts do you use to support the "fact" that a preference is the same as a racial minority? Because other people's reactions justify the comparison? Seriously, that's what you bring to the table?

Leave hate and disparagement aside, and just address the question. Human character is the same as race? Element of human character? What are you talking about? You make statements and then talk in a circle. Gays are like race because bad people do bad things to them, and people who actually are a particular race don't react well on the whole to them. So in your world, that makes sexual preference the same as race.

Elephants and tables both have 4 legs. Sometimes people sit on both of them. Are they the same?

white dudes lynch a black dude because they hate n!ggers. Black dudes kill a gay cause they hate f@gs. Are they they same? Equal? Is one more wrong than the other?

Black dude gets fired because white boss doesnt like him talking to the white girls in the office. Gay dude gets fired because boss doesnt like gays. Are they they same? Equal? Is one more wrong than the other?

Black family buys house in nice hood. Gets cross burned on lawn and rocks thrown through windows. Gay couple buys house in nice hood. Gets cross burned on lawn and rocks thrown through windows. Are they they same? Equal? Is one more wrong than the other?

Are those elephants or tables? Im not sure... Need more examples?

Congrats fish, you just repeated Nard's non-argument without explaining anything.

knicks1248 wrote:Im not upset at all, I just dont understand why it has to become national attn when some one comes out, whats the big deal.

It's national news because enough people in the world are interested in the subject. News organizations are not in the business of publishing things that no one cares about.