First Openly Gay Athlete in Major American Team Sports
 

He is just the first openly gay player in the NBA that is still active. Not the first openly gay player in a team sport. There are a bunch of retired players that have said they were gay.

Since he is a free agent it will be interesting to see if he gets picked up by another team. I think there are a lot of guys that don't care, but there are plenty that still have that old school anti-gay sports belief and could hold this against him.

and yet, dennis rodman still goes above and beyond the 'shock and awe' factor

yeah, that guy just ended his career. you don't come out of the closet as a free agent......

Right, that's what I meant, and that is what makes this news so huge. If he were retired he wouldn't have to worry too much about being accepted etc.

Openly black and gay? Such a shame his career is over... LOL

hes 34 year old who plays about a minute a game. Its not like he was 'in his prime' or anything. His career was pretty much over anyhow. But he is still 'active'. Technically.

Maybe Richard Jefferson will come out now as well

But now if he doesn't get picked up by another team this off season he can always play the gay card and say he was treated unfairly..and sue for damages... Maybe he is smarter than I originally thought.

Probably why he did it. Publicity stunt. This way he can get some of those gay ad dollars and be a spokesman for ky jelly or something...

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how about contributing to the thread instead of just spamming your stupid pimproll banner. idiot

Not really. He is old and has shitty stats. Thats good enough for no team to want him.

He is a very smart guy. He went to Stanford.

Perhaps he did contribute, then decided his contribution was not opportune or correct, then proceeded to edit out his contribution.

Could be, because he sure as hell wasn't getting any 'straight dollars'. You obviously have to be a very good player to get into the NBA. But he never really turned out to what he was supposed to be, player wise.

I was watching some sports shows this afternoon and one of them was saying how a few teams might now pick him up because of this. It could be good publicity for them and prove the league is open minded.

At best this guy is a bench player who comes in for a few minutes and plays a role, but every team needs a few guys like this so he has a shot at getting another job.

If he doesn't I would imagine his book deal and speaking fees will make him plenty of money. I doubt he will sue the NBA.

Isn't most of the WNBA gay? Nice of the NBA media not to consider them a sport.
Liz Carmouche fought for the UFC title as a lesbian. Guess they aren't a major sport either.
Collins is a mediocre player in a declining sport.

The news here isn't that he is gay, the news is that the NBA thinks it matters more than the UFC, WNBA, Olympics and lots of other sporting organizations with openly gay athletes.

Openly is the keyword here.

Tebow.

They were saying this is among the four major sports. NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL

Actually, it was Luke Glenn Burke. He was an openly gay black male who played MLB in the 1970s! The fucking 70s.

He also created the high five

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[QUOTE=adulttraffic;19603710]really hate what he did :mad:

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The NBA, MLB, NFL, NHL. Those are the 4 MAJOR sports (in the US). No, the UFC, WNBA or Olympics are not Major sports. Sorry. This is not what the NBA thinks. This is what all of America thinks, except you obviously. UFC and WNBA have limited viewership, and the Olympics is only once every 4 years (8 years for the actual athletes). The Olympics is also not a sport. It is a bunch of sports. Track and Field, Skiing, are the actual sports. They are not MAJOR sports either.

hahahhahahahaha....fucking tebow. i heard he got an offer to coach the lingerie league, at least they won't have to worry about him banging the players.

The Olympics has been around in one form or another for a longer period of time than the '4 major sports' combined. The WNBA is an expansion of the NBA, at one point every team in it was owned by the NBA. The UFC is by far the fastest growing sport, dwarfing the growth of the NHL (which is on strike for a season at a time every few years). The NFL is about to be saddled with massive lawsuit liability from all the head trauma cases and is turning into two-hand-touch as a result of the claims being filed. Baseball is a regional game that has a hard time carrying much of a national audience and has no competitive balance due to payroll disparity among the teams. It will be interesting to see the state of the 'four major sports' ten years from now. Hell, NASCAR is already bringing in more revenue than the NHL http://www.forbes.com/sites/kurtbade...aluable-teams/

The 'four major sports' have mistreated their fan base for so long that it should surprise nobody when upstarts are able to dig into their audience. :2 cents:

Without going off on a tangent here. I am just telling you what the meaning of "4 Major Sports in America" is. As far as mistreated the fans. Not exactly what you mean by that. But Football and NBA are at all time highs. Baseball sucks because steroids are gone, and the NHL was never a powerhouse to begin with.

No one gives a fuck about the Olympics until they are on. I dont care how old the tradition is. Didn't they just cut wrestling from the olympics. The oldest sport in Olympic history is no longer a sport in the olympics?

big difference he's bi sexual

Declining sport? The NBA is the second biggest sport in the U.S. behind football, and is growing overseas as well.

i cant afford an Openly Gay Athlete... :(

At least he didn't marry his gf

:) right!

I had hotlinked a pic which didn't show.

To be honest I wasn't even letting the troll bother me...