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Gay Nfl Player Considering Coming Out In Next Few Months.

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by TomsSportReport, Mar 25, 2013.

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  1. "I'm told this player feels the time is now for someone to take this step -- despite homophobic remarks from San Francisco 49ers defensive back Chris Culliver and the controversy arising recently at the Indianapolis Scouting combine, when prospects were asked questions about their sexuality.

    This player's true concern, I'm told, is not the reaction inside an NFL locker room but outside of it. The player fears he will suffer serious harm from homophobic fans, and that is the only thing preventing him from coming out. My sources will not say who this alleged player is.

    There has never been an active openly gay player in a major American team sport, but the information I've gathered on the player in question comes from several current and former players."..

    http://www.cbssports.com
     
  2. LongTimeListener

    LongTimeListener Well-Known Member

    Re: Gay Nfl Player Considering Coming Out In Next Few Moonths.

    You have an actual link there, champ, or did you mean to send us to the CBS homepage featuring Geno Smith?
     
  3. Ace

    Ace Well-Known Member

    Re: Gay Nfl Player Considering Coming Out In Next Few Moonths.

    If the guy thinks he will suffer serious harm from homophobic fans, I guess that makes him a kicker.
     
  4. TheSportsPredictor

    TheSportsPredictor Well-Known Member

    Re: Gay Nfl Player Considering Coming Out In Next Few Moonths.

    Good Q&A with a former player who is gay: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/01/09/wade-davis-on-nfl-players-who-live-semi-open-gay-lives.html
     
  5. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Re: Gay Nfl Player Considering Coming Out In Next Few Moonths.

    What are moonths?
     
  6. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Re: Gay Nfl Player Considering Coming Out In Next Few Moonths.

    Really good interview. Incredible insight.

    And then this at the bottom:

    Editor's note: An earlier version of this article contained a photo that incorrectly identified Wade Davis.

    Oopsy. ... Was it a photo of someone else?
    Or did they just misspell his name or something like that?
     
  7. Riptide

    Riptide Well-Known Member

    Re: Gay Nfl Player Considering Coming Out In Next Few Moonths.

    I think they are moths that regenerate every 28 days. Especially at night.
     
  8. Vombatus

    Vombatus Well-Known Member

    That sounds like PMS. The horror. The horror.
     
  9. Sea Bass

    Sea Bass Well-Known Member

    It was a picture of Richard Simmons.
     
  10. Wasn't it Freeman who basically implied that Teo's big secret was that he was gay... he struck out on that one.

    Count me as skeptical until there's a firmer report.
     
  11. Hey Diaz!

    Hey Diaz! Member

    If the unidentified gay NFL player happens to be Tim Tebow, the Internet will explode into a million little pieces.
     
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