Michael Sam - 1st openly gay football player

[KCOTT]

Maybe the 49ers will draft him

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[Soar]

I think he was projected to go around the 4th-5th round? Will be interesting to see how it plays out.

 

[AZ_]

I hope he doesn't turn his teammates gay.

 

[Ruken]

I hope he doesn't turn his teammates gay.

Don't worry if it happens they can just pray the gay away.

 

[AZ_]

 

[BimboColesHair]

Unfortunately, they are probably right. They won't come out and openly say it, but it does have an impact on their decision making. I remember a letter written by Chris Kluwe where he talks about how he was treated by the Vikings for simply speaking out for gay rights.



It is kind of lengthy, but definitely an interesting read.

Yeah, it wasn't that he spoke out about gay rights, its the way he went about speaking about gay rights. Go read his letter to Emmett Burns. You can speak out without saying shit like "lustful cockmonster" and "hot dong action".

 

[Norm]

Good for him.

He won't last the first time he makes IR due to a broken nail

Honestly though, his biggest issue will be fans and gaining the trust of his teammates. Especially since the Incognito crap last year. Best to take the advice of an openly straight man, tell whatever team you do go to, what is off-limits, besides your goodies. He will be hazed like any other rookie and whatever team drafts him, better be ready for the PR frenzy that will follow........

I honestly can't comment further, because no matter what I say, it can be misunderstood as wrong. That exact same that will follow Mr. Sam his entire NFL career. Good Luck.

 

[kosis]

A dilemma that I was curious about in regards to gay athletes. How does the dynamic change in the locker room... seeing as how a gay man in a men's locker room is essentially like having a straight man in a women's locker room, or a woman in a men's locker room, correct? If this makes other men in the locker room uncomfortable, it'll probably be seen as homophobic... when in actuality they may have a legit beef, no? We separate sexes for a reason in bathrooms/locker rooms. Doesn't make it a hateful thing, but I wouldn't be surprised to see things get complicated when more and more gay players enter the leagues.

 

[Nathan S]

A dilemma that I was curious about in regards to gay athletes. How does the dynamic change in the locker room... seeing as how a gay man in a men's locker room is essentially like having a straight man in a women's locker room, or a woman in a men's locker room, correct? If this makes other men in the locker room uncomfortable, it'll probably be seen as homophobic... when in actuality they may have a legit beef, no? We separate sexes for a reason in bathrooms/locker rooms. Doesn't make it a hateful thing, but I wouldn't be surprised to see things get complicated when more and more gay players enter the leagues.

It's not quite the same. Yes, if you put me in a women's locker room right now I would have a raging boner in <10 seconds, but if I had been in a women's locker room 5+ days a week for the last ten years there would be no issue.

 

[Randolphkeys]

Those three guys who fixed your parents' leaky basement screwed each other's brains out in the storage area. Its 2014. Get used to it.

 

[kosis]

It's not quite the same. Yes, if you put me in a women's locker room right now I would have a raging boner in <10 seconds, but if I had been in a women's locker room 5+ days a week for the last ten years there would be no issue.

I'm thinking more from the other perspective. I definitely would have no issue hanging in the women's locker room 5 days a week either, but the girls might be weirded out. :chuckles:

 

[Nathan S]

I'm thinking more from the other perspective. I definitely would have no issue hanging in the women's locker room 5 days a week either, but the girls might be weirded out. :chuckles:

Once the girls understand that I'm not getting any sort of pleasure from seeing them naked (which, as explained in my previous post, would be the truth), then I'm not sure how it's any different from them seeing each other naked. Maybe it would be awkward for the first day or two, but ultimately everyone's got more important things to think about.

 

[Maximus]

Once the girls understand that I'm not getting any sort of pleasure from seeing them naked (which, as explained in my previous post, would be the truth), then I'm not sure how it's any different from them seeing each other naked. Maybe it would be awkward for the first day or two, but ultimately everyone's got more important things to think about.

So let's just have co-ed locker rooms, showers and bathrooms in high school, college, pro sports, etc. Everyone will be used to it by 2015 and we will accelerate the process...right?

Good for Sam. Courageous.

 

[Nathan S]

So let's just have co-ed locker rooms, showers and bathrooms in high school, college, pro sports, etc. Everyone will be used to it by 2015 and we will accelerate the process...right?

Good for Sam. Courageous.

I'm not necessarily opposed to this sort of thing, but realize the difference between the two situations. In the gay athlete situation, the guy has already learned over the course of several years how to operate in that environment, and has presumably not let his sexual orientation distract him from the business at hand. That's what makes integrating a gay athlete into the lockerroom a relatively risk-free proposition; you know there'll be no trouble coming from the gay athlete's side of things. If we're talking about all-out gender integrated facilities then I'm sure there'll be a handful of people who cause problems, at least until that becomes the cultural norm.

 

[Lee]

He should write a children's book about coming out and tolerance.

I am Sam

I am Sam
Sam I am

That Sam-I-am
That Sam-I-am!
I do not like
that Sam-I-am

Do you like
gay pride and man

I do not like them,
Sam-I-am.
I do not like
gay pride and man.

Would you like him
if you're queer?

I would not like him
and I am not queer.
I would not like him
even if he was a bear.
I do not like
gay pride and man.
I do not like them,
Sam-I-am

Would you like him
in your house?
Would you like him
if your soused?

I do not like him
in my house.
I do not like him
when I' m soused.
I would not like him
and I am not queer.
I would not like him
even if he was a bear..
I do not like gay pride and man.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.


Would you eat him
if he had a box?
Would you eat him
or his cocks?

Not if he had a box.
Not with his cocks.
Not in my house.
Not if I am soused.
I would not eat him here or there.
I would not him and I am not queer.
I do not like gay pride and man.
I do not like them, Sam-I-am.