ESPN is now reporting on how often Michael Sam showers with teammates
 

http://www.vox.com/2014/8/26/6069421...nter-teammates

The St. Louis Rams' Michael Sam sleeps with and has feelings for men. He's gay. Though the U.S. is as gay-friendly as ever, there are still some people who don't grasp this concept.

Enter ESPN's SportsCenter, which is reporting on how Michael Sam is fitting in with his team. Because Sam is a gay man, this means reporting on which teammates are okay with showering in the same room as him, how often he showers, and whether or not he is creeping on his teammates.

ESPN's Josina Anderson reported:

Another Rams defensive player told me that "Sam is respecting our space" and that, from his perspective, he seems to think that Michael Sam is waiting to kind of take a shower, as not to make his teammates feel uncomfortable.

No other 2014 NFL rookies have been asked about their showering habits.

Awesome.

This is the hard hitting sports news that I needed to know.

Inb4 DC

Disgusting, I need to hear more about this. /Prison Bitch

http://i59.tinypic.com/2wdbz8w.jpg

I was going to FYP, but Bowser beat me to it.

He's probably pretty stanky if he's not showering.

wut?

It's a fair question to ask Chris Long. If its no big deal and simply a media creation, he should have no problem showering with Sam. If he won't then it's fair to question his statements.

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LMAO

I see a marketing opportunity for Old Spice...

Peyton Manning

Long needs to give him the ice bucket challenge in the shower. And do not drop the bucket Chris

It would be hilarious if someone slipped a viagra in his sports drink during the game

If you've ever taken a shower in a gym, chances are you've showered near a gay guy. People who piss in the shower? Yeah, those are the assholes we should be discriminating.

That's missing the point. If Long says this is no big deal but refuses to do it himself, he's a blatant hypocrite

This post is not getting enough attention. I'm not sure who this Iconic is, but this is one of the best posts I've read on CP.

He used quotation marks. He wasn't trying to pull a fast one.

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/tpa/409930561.html

Ha.

Never would've read that until you quoted it. Glad I did.

No he's not. I don't have a problem with people who rub feces on their upper lip, it doesn't mean I have to do it.

That's not a fair analogy.

If you want to equate to what Long is saying, you need to rephrase like this:

"I don't have a problem with people who rub feces on their upper lip, it doesn't mean I want to drink from the water fountain after them."

pretty sure 300 lb athletic freaks aren't afraid of showering with a gay man

if anyone is really so homophobic they won't shower with a gay teammate because they are afraid of said gay teammate checking them out...that person has some serious issues that probably need to be addressed anyways

What did Long say, exactly?

Homophobia is an invention. There's a difference between having disgust/being revolted by homosexuality and being afraid of it.

That'd be like talking down to Royals Fan for not poor attendance and not attending the games yourself.

I didn't notice that. Don't care, thought it was funny anyway.

He said (in a Twitter Tweet):

I'll shower butt to butt with a gay dude in my own personal shower...as long as we get equal time underneath the spout.

That should be the next viral charity challenge...

Okay, so where's the hypocrisy?

His? Or...?

There isn't any. Prison Bitch is jelly that he isn't getting a peek.

What's the charity?

I thought I was the only one who did this; nice to know certain forms of mental illnesses always have a friend...

well I haven't thought this one out yet!!!

ROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFLROFL

Agreed. Someone shouldn't complain about it and go to zero games.

Prostate Cancer Foundation?

I'd definitely butt to butt it for that!!!!

What's the date of the over/under for a Sam boner picture in the shower by ESPN? That's what they're looking for, right?

He can double as a hanger outside the shower for all their towels

"Thanks rook "

NFL is TMZ.

Just like 300 pound athletic freaks can't be bullied into walking away from their team either, right?

if a 300 lb athletic freak is afraid to have a gay man shower in the same community shower as him...

then he has some serious issues IMO

LMAO

There are plenty of MU fans on this board that would kill their wife or girlfriend if it meant a shot to shower with Sams alone...

Lmao

Again, you are confusing disgust with fear, apparently intentionally.

they should spot check him during the year in any interviews.....

"Michael, how do you feel you did today?"
answer.....
"So, were you excited to get your first sack?(talking about on-field)?"
answer.....
"what has been the most difficult thing about transitioning from the college game to the nfl"
"who has the biggest pickle on the team"
Answer.

GOTCHA!

Who hasn't gotten wood in the shower? !?!?!

I disagree. If dudes are showering together in an open shower setting who cares what everyone's sexual orientation is? You ever hear stories about players being like, "oh man player C has a huge dong!!!" We think it's funny, but if Sam says that suddenly it's inappropriate and gross? Meh. Not buying it. If athletes are disgusted about showering in the presence of a gay teammate they are homophobic. Period.

If you think gay is gross, you're a homophobe. I'm not condemning anyone who feels that way and it's probably a natural feeling. But it is what it is...

Linking not embed b/c slightly NSFW, nothing explicit

http://youtu.be/cCW10ZwUlwc

That's easy, Coach Fisher!

The NFL should just move to separate showers. Gay and straight.


Why don't we have coed showers? Male and female. Because we don't want anyone to feel uncomfortable, embarrassed or aroused.


Well, isn't that essentially the same thing here?

I don't feel that way.

I think Gay, as in woman on woman, is awesome.

Sorry, dude railing dude. Not so much.

There is no hate for homo in me. I have friends who are gay, guys, and girls, it doesn't bother me, I just don't want to think about dude on dude.

Asshole.

;)

uhhhhh.

LMAO.

just wrong, so wrong.

I hate getting out-trolled. :#

Honestly, I've never seen a lipstick lesbian that I didn't think was just being cheeky, maybe Portia Di Rossi, that seemed to have landed.

And the bulls I am cordial to but don't think about much at all. Always figured it wasn't all that different from Roseanne and Dan Connor, or I guess Tom Arnold IRL, only with more scissoring.

So back to the story: Rams players told ESPN that Sam is "respecting their privacy" with respect to showering. This isn't really much of a story. But it becomes one when Chris Long flaps his gums and accuses the media of inventing the story. They did no such thing: They quoted Rams players - who, obv, gave the media their start

Long either agrees with his teammates or he does not. If he doesn't then he will gladly shower with Sam. If he refuses then he's proving the entire point.

The fact that ESPN had to ask the question in the first place proves Long's point dramatically. A sports channel should not be asking about what happens in the shower, because it's so irrelevant to football. It's shitty journalism at best.

I can agree with that, but Sam was never solely about football. He created this circus.

Agreed. Classic example of media trying to create the news, rather than report.

Can you imagine any scenario where Sam is in the NFL and isn't closeted about his romantic life that would satisfy you?

I can't help that feeling. I was born that way.

So since I was born that way, there's nothing can be done about it.

Even if he ends up just being a scrub who only plays special teams for his entire career, ESPN will still pump out stupid stories about him and Manziel. I love how their header for the Rams V Browns game was "Manziel vs Sam" when neither are starting players.

Talk about a circus.

Your Avi has a great crotch...

ESPN is and has been the biggest joke for the longest time. Nothing but non stop big market sports talk and once in a while you get a clown with unique personality such as Tebow and Sam and the circus begins. Its unwatchable.

NFL Network has been taking a similar turn over the past few years as well. Its pathetic.

Report has it that ALL soap is now on a Rope

I understand that you've been conditioned to use the term "homophobic" against anyone who finds homosexuality revolting, but that's all it is: a made up expression used as an attempt to denigrate someone who finds something abnormal to be nasty.

Nope. Tolerance only works one way.