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4/29/2013  11:45 AM
http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/04/29/veteran-nba-center-jason-collins-im-gay/related/
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4/29/2013  11:49 AM
Why is this the pic they show of Collins for this article?
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4/29/2013  12:07 PM
Good for him. I hope he finds peace and happiness and can move on. The anti gay crowd blows stuff like this way out of proportion.
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4/29/2013  12:10 PM
it'll be interesting to see if a team signs him this offseason since he's now a FA.
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4/29/2013  12:19 PM
I didn't realize he was the first active American pro athlete to come out. I assumed it would have happened by now.
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4/29/2013  12:20 PM
nyk4ever wrote:it'll be interesting to see if a team signs him this offseason since he's now a FA.

If he was 27 and avg 15 he get signed. Whether he is gay or not--hes been terrible for many years now. I think he was firing this as a last shot. Remember he was the Nets starting C when they were going to the finals--he was somewhat lucky by chance at that time--but it parlayed into a long career. He has that twin brother--but no word on him.

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4/29/2013  12:21 PM
Bonn1997 wrote:I didn't realize he was the first active American pro athlete to come out. I assumed it would have happened by now.

Right now he is a free agent with little hope to sign regardless of anything else--I dont know if this counts.

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4/29/2013  12:22 PM
Bonn1997 wrote:I didn't realize he was the first active American pro athlete to come out. I assumed it would have happened by now.

yeah, seems a bit creative in their narrowing of definition. Perhaps they mean Men's only too, right? I guess "major team" could mean men only.

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4/29/2013  12:27 PM
martin wrote:
Bonn1997 wrote:I didn't realize he was the first active American pro athlete to come out. I assumed it would have happened by now.

yeah, seems a bit creative in their narrowing of definition. Perhaps they mean Men's only too, right? I guess "major team" could mean men only.


I assume it means NFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA
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4/29/2013  12:27 PM
BRIGGS wrote:
Bonn1997 wrote:I didn't realize he was the first active American pro athlete to come out. I assumed it would have happened by now.

Right now he is a free agent with little hope to sign regardless of anything else--I dont know if this counts.


If he doesn't sign anywhere, he'll probably get many offers for paid speaking engagements
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martin wrote:
Bonn1997 wrote:I didn't realize he was the first active American pro athlete to come out. I assumed it would have happened by now.

yeah, seems a bit creative in their narrowing of definition. Perhaps they mean Men's only too, right? I guess "major team" could mean men only.

They're basically referring to the 4 major professional leagues in the USA; NBA, NFL, NHL, and MLB. There are a lot of athletes who've come out in women's leagues, the college level, and other men's sports but never those four. I guess you could probably add NASCAR to those 4 as well.

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4/29/2013  12:31 PM
Oh, and good luck to Jason Collins. Go take a look at the comments on the various articles about this and you can see why this is still a big deal.
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4/29/2013  12:32 PM
Didnt the guy on the Atros come out. Brad ismus or brandon inge or something
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4/29/2013  12:37 PM
BRIGGS wrote:
Bonn1997 wrote:I didn't realize he was the first active American pro athlete to come out. I assumed it would have happened by now.

Right now he is a free agent with little hope to sign regardless of anything else--I dont know if this counts.

yeah you're probably right briggs.. he's been pretty ****ty his whole career, but at one time was a serviceable player. i would imagine he wouldn't have been signed anyway at this point.

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4/29/2013  1:05 PM
He might be at the end of his career and thought he'd at leaast put it out there. Kind of has nothing to lose at this point.

IM sure there were rumors.

Good for him! I hope he can continue his career!
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4/29/2013  1:06 PM
callmened wrote:he sucks (no pun intended)

I think this is one of the more serious threads we have come across, if you dont have much to add, please refrain. Thanks.

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4/29/2013  1:08 PM
good call. i kinda felt like that wasnt a good idea. sorry if i offended you or anyone else
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4/29/2013  1:10 PM    LAST EDITED: 4/29/2013  1:11 PM
martin wrote:
callmened wrote:he sucks (no pun intended)

I think this is one of the more serious threads we have come across, if you dont have much to add, please refrain. Thanks.


Yeah, Callmened probably didn't mean to be offensive but making fun of a guy for his sexual orientation is just as inappropriate as making fun of him for his race, nationality, etc.
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4/29/2013  1:14 PM
i think this is bad for pro sports, not because he's a gay but because sexuality should not have anything to do with pro sports whether you are a hetero or a homosexual
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4/29/2013  1:14 PM
- good call. i kinda felt like that wasnt a good idea. sorry if i offended you or anyone else

- comments like that (no matter how mild/minor) are part of the problem. i admit that and i SINCERELY apologize.

Knicks should be improved: win about 40 games and maybe sneak into the playoffs. Melo, Rose and even Noah will have some nice moments however this team should be about PORZINGUS. the sooner they make him the primary player, the better
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