college football player Michael Sam who is going to be in the NFL Draft says
he's gay the question now is will he be
drafted Michael Sam is an American
football defensive and he attended University of Missouri where he played
football for the Missouri Tigers football team for four years
he was a consensus all-american in his senior year
after completing his senior year he came out
is gay his teammates already knew this if he is signed by an NFL team
either be at the draft or PNP picked up as a free agent
undrafted free agent he would be the
burst openly gay NFL
player the question of whether he is good enough to be drafted has a very
simple answer the answer is yes as a senior he recorded
eleven and a half quarterback sacks also 19
tackles for a loss he led the SEC in both categories he also tied missouri's
single-season record for sacks there is
no question that Michael San is an NFL caliber player
based on his achievements in college however as
former Minnesota Viking player click Chris clue we told us
and what his experience tells him there is an aversion
even two straight players who are outspoken in their support
LGBT rights in the NFL so what will happen what will the reaction be
to an openly gay player however it only takes one team to draft an even if you
have all but one team that want nothing to do with Michael Sam
if one team is interested that is all it will take to make this a reality
and interestingly enough Green Bay Packers head coach Mike McCarthy
told members of the press with absolutely no hesitation
that any player regardless of sexual orientation
is absolutely welcome on his team as long as he can play professional level
football he said I think you have to feel that he's a courageous young man
but my understanding is that he's a talented player we've always talked from
day one
about our program and our culture and we're going through the draft process
and at the end of the day
it comes down to good football players any player
that can come here and be a good teammate follow our rules
and be respectful and produce on the football field
we've got room for that guy will he be
playing professional football come next season Lewis
if you look at the draft last year look at the first round picks
I teams are quickly learning that it it's probably
safer to picket a damn good defensive end
over a quarterback maybe even who might not
I don't know might not last I yeah he will be playing football
and I think you can have this mob mentality here where
a lot of players don't want to admit that they don't actually care about this
because
they think they have teammates who might so I think once he's drafted
and I I think what is drafted at least on that team
that will pretty much disappear and then hopefully across the week
we've seen some comments on Twitter at reacting to Michael Sam saying
it really did nobody cares if the guy is gay or not we just don't want him really
talking about it
or being publicly gay and the level homophobia and
idiocy of those comment is incredible imagine just for a second
its draft night Michael San is there with his boyfriend he has a boyfriend I
don't even know if he has a boyfriend
and when he's drafted like many players with
with girlfriends or wives we do he stands up
and he kisses his boyfriend on the lips as he is about to walk up to shake the
hand over
whoever's up on the stage the event associates from the
from the team are you telling me that the reaction to that would be identical
to
to if he was to stand up and kissed his wife absolutely not the idea
that is sexuality would be in the background if you just didn't bring it
up is absurd
oh yeah there's no way that would be I would completely blow up are
and not just on the sports the Sports Network see would be
would be everywhere I whites I had maybe that's just a
a hurdle maybe maybe I maybe there'll be a good thing