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You can keep trying to spin this any way you want. A select few of you are on here crusading that anyone who says something negative about Michael Sam is a bigot and hates gay people. It's your mind set that needs to change, not mine.


If he were "all about football," he would not have a reality show. Neither is AJ Mccaron, neither was TO. We are talking about a 7th round draft pick that may not even make the team. If I could make millions playing football, I would put everything else on the back burner until I was assured of at least a spot on the team.

 

 

I'm not saying anyone is a bigot.

 

While I disagree that having cameras following him around automatically means he isn't focused on football, I will say that if I'm Fisher, I'm not happy about it as at the very least it will draw unwanted attention to the player and the team. What a player does off the field is not an indicator of how focused on football they are, how they handle it is.

Every player has distractions of the field, if they can't manage them, then they fail. Adrian Peterson kept playing hard through the death of his son for heavens sake, if he can do that you think another player can't deal with a camera crew for a few hours a day?

 

The fact that its pretty hard to put a definative answer on what being 100% focused on football means shows what an irrelevent term it is. If Michael Sam is doing all the things he is supposed to be doing with regards to practice and staying in shape, then he is doing his job. Justin Blackmon, while clearly having major issues, was just a passed drugs test away from being what any lay person would consider 100% focused on football. he would be practicing every day, working hard (so the coaches said) and playing football to a high level.

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