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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsChris Kluwe's CNN editorial about gay NFL players coming out
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Why do people care so much about someone else's sexuality? Why do people give two s***s how someone else lives his life? Why do people have this absolutely idiotic notion that being gay has any sort of effect on how well a player can play football, or basketball, or baseball? Why the f*** do I even have to write this column for a major news organization to talk about something that shouldn't even remotely be a factor in sports?
Well, the reason is simple. I'm writing this because no gay player is currently out, and the first gay player who eventually does come out needs to know that -- despite all the indoctrination from the league about not being a distraction -- if he's the one to take the first step, he will have allies. He will have support. He will have those of us who realize that people's sexuality doesn't define who they are, just as their jobs don't define who they are, and that guys who bring our wives and children to games and team events are no different than those who would bring their husbands and children.
Most importantly, I'm writing this so that coaches, managers, players, owners and fans realize that the first gay player who comes out won't spontaneously cause rainbows to erupt out of everyone's rear.
In professional sports, the players on a team are a team. We eat together. We practice together. We watch film together, and we succeed or fail together. We see each other more than our own families during the season. To think that a gay player is suddenly going to destroy all that because he's out is asinine.
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http://www.cnn.com/2013/03/31/opinion/kluwe-gay-player-distraction/
kurtzapril4
(1,353 posts)But this guy is a hero, in the true sense of the word. Count me in as a fan!
C'mon, have you seen the pants they wear. Skin tight and somewhat see through. The funny thing in the "mas macho" NFL is when a gay linebacker lays out another player. His gayness will matter not at all when he flattens someone.