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One year later, has Michael Sam been frozen out of the NFL?
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02-12-2015, 01:56 PM | #46 |
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I would blame Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless... they should have done for Sam what they did for Tebow with all their hype debating that they did for ratings. There's another big All-Everything SEC player that didn't work out and was kicked to the curb rather quickly.
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02-12-2015, 02:09 PM | #47 |
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I think it's more about the media circus that Sam pretty willingly invites along with him than it's about Sam as a player. He's probably good enough to make the bottom end of a roster, but distractions are distracting.
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02-12-2015, 02:14 PM | #48 |
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Exactly. Don't blame NFL teams, blame media who can't let openly gay people just be gay
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02-12-2015, 02:21 PM | #49 |
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Sam could be a decent 4th or 5th DE, situational pass rusher type, for a team. But he doesn't play special teams (big strike against him) and frankly, I just think most NFL teams don't want to deal with the media circus that comes along with having an openly gay player.
That being said, if he was a big enough talent, no one would care. If JJ Watt suddenly came out and said he was gay, most would be fine with it and deal with whatever media headache came along with that. Talent rules all in the NFL. |
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02-12-2015, 03:49 PM | #51 |
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Someone should inform Sam that he's being treated equally.
He's being bounced out of the NFL just like all of the other substandard, Arena League and CFL level talent. It's not because he's gay, it's because he's not good enough. |
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02-12-2015, 03:56 PM | #52 |
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Comes off as too cocky and anal. It's like he tried to back door his way into the NFL. Dude needs to man up, grab the problem by the balls and don't stop trying until something erupts. This is when he needs to be stiff and firm if he wants to get a head.
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02-12-2015, 03:58 PM | #53 |
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I'm with a few of the other dudes that posted in this thread about not giving a shit one way or the other.
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02-12-2015, 04:11 PM | #54 |
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I wouldn't want him on my team either because of the distraction. Had he keep his crap quiet he might have had more opportunities
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02-12-2015, 04:12 PM | #55 |
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Media blew him up because he was gay not by his performance
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02-12-2015, 05:12 PM | #57 |
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Pretty much this. You can't expect to be treated like all the others by making a big public announcement about being gay in an age where athletes who are different get all the media attention. It didn't help that he almost had a show on Oprahs channel either.
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02-12-2015, 05:22 PM | #59 |
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Hahaha, funny but so true
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02-12-2015, 05:56 PM | #60 |
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Well, that and the whole SEC Defensive Player of the Year thing.
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