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"Whoa Nellie"
Join Date: Mar 2009
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I promise that I will be the first in line to eat crow if Elway pulls the trigger on Sam. What do you think the odds are of Jerry Jones drafting him? In other words the kid has limited the list of teams that will give him a look. |
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Join Date: Sep 2013
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![]() You can Nostradamus it all you want. Fact of the matter is, people, including the media, will be talking about it all season. Non-sports media already salivating over it is only exhibit A.
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#103 |
Seasoned Veteran
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: South Dakota
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![]() I don't see why someone's sexual orientation is such big news.
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Kicking & Screaming
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Denver
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But you're not going to hear about it week in and week out. You can stop clutching your pearls now. |
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#105 | |
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And I agree it's not that big a deal. Which is why the need for press announcements is more curious than anything. From a team perspective, the bigger concern than his actual sexuality is whether you have someone with an oversized craving for media attention. |
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Couches - not even once!
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Granada Nicaragua
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It's not a moral judgement word, that would be saying something is "wrong". It's just a comparative word that compares an actions against what people usually do. |
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#108 | |
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When did Travis Henry have his first press conference informing us that he had Hoes in different area codes? Some things you should just find out about organically (if at all) What color a guy is can't really be considered a private matter. |
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#109 |
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Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: 256
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![]() I think some of you guys are equating "normal" with "social norm." Its not the same. Especially when you place that in conjunction with a subculture like the NFL.
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#110 | |
Kicking & Screaming
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Denver
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He's a proud, gay man. Yell it at him. Try to insult him with it. He's not going to hide from who he is, and that's important. Travis Henry is maybe the worst comparison you could make. Talk about a guy who chose his actions. |
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Young Buck
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Los Angeles
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#112 | |
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But if I'm a GM, my guess is I might prefer a guy who answered honestly if asked, but didn't have any appearance of wanting any poster-child status. "Yes, I'm gay. But I consider that a private matter." |
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#113 | |
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#114 | |
Kicking & Screaming
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Denver
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Hopefully, anyone else who comes out of the closet will be greeted with a "meh. So?" The kid can play ball; that should be the only consideration. As for the GM who would rather ask and get the honest answer, first, I'm not sure how you cross that subject without crossing several lines of an employee/employer relationship, and second, if the GM suspects and the player answers "no," is the GM so strong in his suspicion that he thinks the player is lying? |
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But there are plenty of teams and coaches in more liberal parts of the country. And younger people/players of all political persuasions tend to see this as a non-issue. The Jets, the Seahawks, The 49ers, the Patriots...those are a few that jump to mind as teams that would not surprise me at all. |
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#116 | |
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And my doubts would center far more around the media than about the player himself. You have far more faith in their restraint than most. As a fan, I'm not sure I really want every game to be a discussion about who one player has sex with, and why that matters (or doesn't) It doesn't matter. Or at least that's the message I thought we were supposed to be selling. |
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jungle
Join Date: Aug 2009
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I was just trying to imagine how I would act on a woman's volleyball team. I could succeed, but it would be difficult for me to suppress my feelings. It would be tough, but I think I could make it. However, if someone on the team was interested in me, I wouldn't shy away from it. Last edited by pricejj; 02-10-2014 at 09:40 AM.. |
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#118 | |
Couches - not even once!
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Granada Nicaragua
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I do some things people don't find "normal". No one is 100% "normal" in everything. |
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#snakelife
Join Date: Sep 2013
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You wouldn't go around and say that it isn't normal to have red hair, or to be a big fan of horror movies, or to collect model trains, or to enjoy flying kites, or to not own a smartphone. Semantics, I know. Forgive me. |
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#120 |
Young Buck
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 43,625
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![]() If you've played sports in your life, you've played with someone who is gay. Life somehow has gone on.
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#121 |
Couches - not even once!
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Granada Nicaragua
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![]() Weird, it put my quote above your post.
Now that, is NOT normal. |
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#122 | |
#snakelife
Join Date: Sep 2013
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I'm thinking not. |
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#123 |
Couches - not even once!
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Granada Nicaragua
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Adopt-a-Bronco: Devontae Booker |
![]() It's not normal to see black people in my town, but that doesn't mean there is anything wrong with it. It just means it's a rare occurrence.
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#124 |
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#125 |
Facta Non Verba
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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![]() Should bring him in tbh, nearly our entire roster was caught sucking cock on national television just over a week ago so he'd fit right in.
Seriously though, as admirable as what he did is, he just made himself a sideshow. Should have waited till after the draft till he said it. |
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