Quote:But the very premise of the show has nothing at all to do with football beyond the fact that the main subject is a football player.  This is the Oprah we're talking about.  Not the NFL Network.  Success or failure on the field is irrelevant as far as this show is concerned.  That's not why this show exists.

 

Perhaps, but a show about the first openly gay player to make an opening day roster has much more staying power than a show about the first openly gay player to be drafted and cut. The longer he stays in the league, the longer the show stays on the air.

 

And if he has an agenda, so what? If he doesn't make the grade, he gets cut. I'm not buying into the theory that Fisher will keep him on the roster due to pressure from the league office. If Sam gets cut and fines result, I'll be the first to admit I was wrong.

 

Those of us who are not gay have no idea what his life has been like. For all we know, he may be entirely justified in putting his lifestyle on public display just to show anyone who ridiculed or doubted him how wrong they were.

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