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Sam I am
Proud of You !

"Picked in the last round of the draft, Michael Sam is the first openly gay man to play in the NFL. The Rams were also the first NFL team to sign an openly black man in 1946."

A friend of mine back in high school came out as black, it wasn't all that surprising to most of us who knew him. He was always sayin' black things, like "watchootakinboutwillis" and "Hi Mr. C!" and "Say 'what' again. Say 'what' again, I dare you, I double dare you motherfucker, say 'what' one more Goddamn time!"

Haha. I was waiting to see who would pick up on that.

Good for Sam. Now show us that you dont suck. Well... poorly worded as he probably does suck, literally. Show us that you can play football in the NFL.

PS. I'd have to say that I did puke in my mouth a bit when they kissed. Not judging, that was just my first reaction.

As matter of fact, my first thought was, "Yeah... that's going to go over well with the NFL's target demographic."

I hope he kicks ass. Unfortunately, he really needs to. Otherwise he'll only be remembered for being openly gay. It'd be really cool if he has a long, distinguished career. People could then forget he was gay. Which would be perfect.

LOL, as opposed to straight players that don't "kick ass" and are not remembered AT ALL?

Emo.

Ahhhh yeah. Those players aren't going to validate stereotypes for the insecure when they don't have memorable careers. You can bet every mistake he makes, even mediocrity will justify many individuals bigotry.

You completely missed the point I was attempting to make.

Any player who makes it into the NFL has succeeded. It would actually HARM future GLBT players if he is merely remembered for being gay. Being a footnote in history rather than a milestone.

For example, Obama will be remembered for being the first black president. What else?