Quote: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.

 

Bill Maher said on his show a few weeks back that there's a gay mafia out there that will punish anyone who goes against their agenda.  He was right.

 

If Sam gets cut, the claws will come out from advocacy groups around the country.  I don't think Fisher is going to let that deter him from making decisions that are the best for his team, but you and I both know the clamor that will arise from him being cut will be louder than if a guy drafted in the first round this year was cut. 

 

The thing about your last point is he supposedly lived in the closet until he came out to his team last year.  So, anyone who was ridiculing him or doubting him wasn't doing it because of his sexual preference, correct?  Setting aside the notion that he was being ridiculed, maybe they were doubting him for completely legitimate football reasons? 

 

Personally, I don't care what he does in his private life.  I just think the there was more motivation here than getting ahead of the story when he came out in such a public manner.

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