Quote:I have no idea what Michael Sam's objectives are. It's possible he just wants to play football.  

 

Where we disagree is with regard to the media. The media often does everything possible to set agendas. With an issue such as this one, I can't envision the media letting up anytime soon. Most of the public will want to move on to something else but that won't stop the media from trying to keep this story on or as close to the front page as possible.  

 

Michael Sam said, "I understand how big this is. "It's a big deal. No one has done this before. And it's kind of a nervous process, but I know what I want to be ... I want to be a football player in the NFL."

 

"I'm not naive. I know this is a huge deal and I know how important this is," Sam said. "But my role as of right now is to train for the combine and play in the NFL."

 

His agent, Joe Barkett, explained the timing of the announcement. "I think the timing of Mike's announcement was really based off of the reactions that we've received the last few weeks from not only front-office personnel, but journalists as well. When we were in Mobile for the Senior Bowl, Michael was being approached by people left and right by people trying to break his story, and it was something Mike wanted to do after the draft originally,"

 

He clearly wants to just concentrate on football but accepts the fact that there will be a media frenzy and is prepared for it.

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