Quote:There are people who are very glad we didn't take Manziel.

 

But there were also people who said things like "Sam can't be cut.  There'll be too much backlash."  Of which there wasn't.  Sam never played the gay card either.  Sam has opened the door for other openly gay players.

It does make me wonder though--

 

Imagine an openly gay player is drafted in a state with gay marriage.  Would they then be unlikely to sign with a team's state where gay marriage is banned?  I'd have to imagine so.  One of my best friends is a lesbian, and she's considered moving so that she could marry her girlfriend.  I'd think it'd be something that effects their decision.  

 

I'm glad we didn't take Manziel, but it has nothing to do with media coverage.

 

The bigots railing against Sam and the media aren't actually railing against Sam or the media, they're railing against the shrinking acceptance of society against LGBT individuals.

 

I think the gay marriage issue won't be an issue much longer. If the supreme court doesn't strike down the bigotry of state laws refusing to recognize gay marriage it won't be long for it to come through conventional federal political process, I'm sure.

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