ESPN reports the first openly gay player will come to the NFL

[Clay_Allison]

Agreed 100%.

I made that same argument on this board last year when the Te'o thing happened.

It's amazing to me how an out and out playmaker can be dismissed because he was a step slow in some stupid shuttle drill. Likewise, a 4th round talent skyrockets because he throws a ball 80 yards in basketball shorts.

It's flawed thinking.

Te'o performed really well in the short shuttle and 7-cone. Those tend to be better measurables (because they show whether a guy can move laterally).

 

[1bigfan13]

If people were paying attention during the Senior Bowl, his stock was already dropping because of his poor showing as a 3-4 OLB...to the third-fourth round area. In the event he goes around there, I am sure the sentiment will be that his disclosure was to blame. I have no doubt there will be some revisionist history at work.

I have no issue with his stock dropping based on his projection as an OLB.

I just think it's asinine for someone to claim he shouldn't even be drafted. The dude was the SEC Defensive Player of the year. Obviously he should at least be drafted.

Also, my comment wasn't based solely on Sam's situation. I've always felt that on field production should outweigh height and weight.

 

[GForce78NJ]

“It’s not even going to be about football anymore,” Crayton said. “That’s going to be a problem. That’s going to take away from whatever he does on that team and whatever that team’s doing. Every time he makes a play, the announcers are going to open with ‘Michael Sam on the play, he’s the first openly gay player…’ Who gives a care about him being the first openly gay player when it comes to playing football?”

I thought it was gay when you dropped that sure touchdown against the Giants in the playoffs

 

[boozeman]

I have no issue with his stock dropping based on his projection as an OLB.

I just think it's asinine for someone to claim he shouldn't even be drafted. The dude was the SEC Defensive Player of the year. Obviously he should at least be drafted.

Also, my comment wasn't based solely on Sam's situation. I've always felt that on field production should outweigh height and weight.

Heisman winners have gone undrafted, just saying.

But yeah, I think he's got enough utility to be drafted.

 

[1bigfan13]

Like I said earlier, our society has a very short attention span. I'll bet anything this will be a non story by November.

So sorry, Cray Cray, I'm not buying that this will be a sustained distraction.

 

[boozeman]

Like I said earlier, our society has a very short attention span. I'll bet anything this will be a non story by November.

So sorry, Cray Cray, I'm not buying that this will be a sustained distraction.

I think it will pop back up if say he got drafted in the middle rounds and got cut. You bet your ass it would.

 

[SfielDallas]

Like I said earlier, our society has a very short attention span. I'll bet anything this will be a non story by November.

So sorry, Cray Cray, I'm not buying that this will be a sustained distraction.

Yeah, I really think ESPN will forget about it and not mention it a bazillion times at the draft...

By Novemeber....probably.

 

[Carp]

Hopefully his boyfriend reacts like Russell Wilson's girlfriend did.

 

[Cotton]

I think it will pop back up if say he got drafted in the middle rounds and got cut. You bet your ass it would.

Inappropriate.

 

[boozeman]

If Aaron had any guts...
http://dccforums.com/showthread.php?1939-Aaron-Rodgers-Allegedly-Outed-By-Rumored-Boyfriend&highlight=rodgers

 

[Clay_Allison]

If Aaron had any guts...
http://dccforums.com/showthread.php?1939-Aaron-Rodgers-Allegedly-Outed-By-Rumored-Boyfriend&highlight=rodgers

He's a guy who has a lot less to lose than a draft product.

 

[Carp]

He's a guy who has a lot less to lose than a draft product.

I disagree...he has much more to lose. Endorsements in particular...regardless of what we think those would dry up.

 

[Clay_Allison]

I disagree...he has much more to lose. Endorsements in particular...regardless of what we think those would dry up.

Some might, others might not. I think Nike might realize that gay people buy shoes. Also the demographic they and a lot of other athletic companies cater to is in the under 30 crowd that have the least problem with gay people.

 

[EZ22]

Yeah, I disagree with Carp on this one. I think Aaron Rodgers would be just fine.

 

[Carp]

Nobody really knows Sam...so him coming out is not a big deal...Rodgers would be a completely different story.

 

[EZ22]

Rodgers has already made millions and won a Super Bowl. He could never play another down and be set for life. Sam hasn't made a dime. I don't see how anyone could argue that Rodgers has more to lose.

 

[Carp]

The scrutiny he would be under would be far more than Sam will ever face. Sam will never have the chance to make what Rodgers still can.

 

[2233boys]

Don't take that, LT. Stand up for the white man!











white power?

 

[Carl]

I thought he might have better teeth though.

 

[Clay_Allison]

The scrutiny he would be under would be far more than Sam will ever face. Sam will never have the chance to make what Rodgers still can.

Well, he PROBABLY won't have a chance to make that much. He's a 4th round DE. So probably you are right.