hey guys they make with you I T Sport Michael say I am drafted in the seventh
round by the Rams perhaps you've heard of him
church porch and I Michael Sam is now in to deal with
Oprah Winfrey's own network two-star
in a reality show as he prepares
to now that he's been drafted as prepares for training camp in
prepares to try to make an NFL team and become an NFL player
they tried to class up the announcement little bit by calling it a documentary
series
and I'm torn on it and I think it's okay to be torn on it
it great when somebody says that their own position is OK
but I think it's okay to be split I don't think you need to have a strong
opinion about this because on one hand
this could be a tremendous
to I don't want to sound like an after school special but this could be
a learning experience for a lot of people and I don't mean people who like
don't like gay people but I mean guys like me like this is a
about this guy crosses over he's an interesting dude because he's up
football player a guy I can identify with is a guy loves sports
and he's a gay man who stereotypically in traditionally we think we're gay guys
don't like sports and we know that that's probably an incredibly foolish
thing to think but
it can be an enormously effective tool because it'll be a stereotype buster in
a lot of ways
and I double the reasons I like it is will be in a show for a bunch Americans
to see hey look it's a gay guy and he's just mostly a guy
on so that'll be
terrific I mean mostly guy he's totally guy but I mean
most of what defines him as the same thing that defines every other man
collapsing
just to be clear so I like that part of it the part I don't like is probably the
parts are you know like either which is it a fucking reality show and it'll
probably stuck in it not it feels authentic
because the idea of reality shows providing us legitimate insight into
someone's life
has largely gone away there are occasional shows
did break that down and the idea of a documentary does seem a lot more
appealing than a reality show
but you know look a reality show you know where ru cameras followed Tori
Spelling and her husband around all the time and I don't know that the Michael
Sam reality show's gonna be a lot different
and it does seem to sort have
cheapened his journey and his story as he tries to make it in the NFL because
part of me would also like a just now
we've had this big event and you you had this incredibly legitimate moment
the thing that is he had the rat where he saw the reality show he had this
wonderful authentic moment where he maybe wasn't gonna get drafted
the world was watching the sports world was watching the rest of the world was
wood was paying attention to the late rounds the NFL Draft
like they never add and this guy this kid
played Missouri gets drafted and he does what every single person in that
situation would do
is turn around and hug and kiss the persons with them was the most important
person in their life
and that his boyfriend and so we got the people whirlpools walking off the Sat
Nav
terrible shows in Dallas and we have
a baby will celebrate it because it was a genuine human moment seeing him kisses
boyfriend that was great
seeing him behave differently cuz their cameras at his house I
you know I don't know man reality shows don't make me instantly start liking
people
one interesting reaction about the Michael Sam reality show came from a
ramp team Adrian want to be identified
and instantly when we're the with the subject is Michael salmon there somebody
is want to be identified you think they're about to say something helpful
but that's not the case here at all
Justin Anderson and ESPN got the quote from a Rams team mate and I think that
the teammate sort of put in perspective
really effectively that short %uh the
two schools of thought regarding Michael Sams to say here's with teammates said
it's an interesting case that he gets to work with Oprah and have his own show
but I think it does raise eyebrows and it may be somewhat of a distraction
lot talk about distractions all the time in sports are not binding
your professional the extractions all the time the media comes the interview
church traction
you ought to be able to say folks that I'll buy that but
it's a typical thing that an athlete would say but this is our first time
dealing with something like this so we'll have to wait and see how it plays
out and how people react
the player goes on clearly I'm not sure how everyone feels problem I can tell so
far I think it's a little bit a both honestly
I mean that quote isn't gonna make a headline but that quote is thoughtful
and insightful and
pay might be a reaction might be good we've never done it before I don't know
but I'm a little guarded but mildly interested that mean
I don't know this player is I understand that regarding Michael Sam that he
probably thinks
you know what I should probably not I should remain unidentified because
but the said nothing bad everything he said totally reasonable
a an interesting so I would love to know this players because it sounds like a
bubble bath
i'm for as I think some good covet and that it all boils down to
the production and who produces at and how well they produce it
area feels like a branding exercise for Michael Sam
it was a bad decision and I'm gonna hate it and a lot you are probably innately
if you give authentic and they were actually getting some sorta insight
into the human condition that'll be great
but how many reality shows provide insight
into the human condition and how many of them feel like marketing
feel like branding exercises for the people in the show
we'll see about michael says