Quote:I don't have an issue with a team not wanting to bring in added media distraction (stemming from a late rounder no less).


I'd bet that there were a few GM's that actually passed on the guy for that very reason.


Dungy is hardly alone in his line of thinking - and he doesn't seem to have taken any moral stance here - only a practical football consideration.


Whether or not the kid makes the team - gay players in football will eventually just be "normal" and not deserving of a media circus.

Well said NYC. This is what I tried to say but you put it better than I did. I'm guessing most if not all GMs factored in the media distraction to some extent. You would have to. Some locker rooms would handle that distraction better than others too. At the time he was planning on a reality show following him around. That type of distraction and attention would play a factor with most teams I would think.

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