henster311 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 this is awesome http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/magazine/news/20130429/jason-collins-gay-nba-player/?hpt=hp_t1 RowBearToe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dethrock Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Yeah pretty amazing. Not exactly an easy career to come out in. I just hope that his teammates/other players in the league are as okay with it as the people on here will be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 so fucking happy about this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henster311 Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 Yeah pretty amazing. Not exactly an easy career to come out in. I just hope that his teammates/other players in the league are as okay with it as the people on here will be. yeah i know...i think to be against him would be a bad choice for teams or players for their careers, in a sense. but for Collins, this should definitely bring some commercial or sponsors, this is huge. but who knows... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgato48 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 If you feel like losing some iq points read the comments on the article. On the story itself I could care less. People can live their lives how they choose and font have to come out for approval or acceptance. The sooner more people realize that the better things will be Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henster311 Posted April 29, 2013 Author Share Posted April 29, 2013 If you feel like losing some iq points read the comments on the article. On the story itself I could care less. People can live their lives how they choose and font have to come out for approval or acceptance. The sooner more people realize that the better things will be ive stopped reading comments a long time ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpitts Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Gays and minorities want equality and it feels like society is progressing towards that more rapidly than ever before. And I think it's awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
travis Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 This is great, it's time for this. I'm sure there's many more gay guys playing professional sports right now who arent "out" but hopefully will feel comfortable enough soon to follow this guys lead. The sooner this isnt really an issue anymore the better. trevorxramage 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elgato48 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 ive stopped reading comments a long time ago... Ah. Sometimes they can bring a chuckle but in a story like this I should have avoided them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3arl Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Hopefully this will be as ridiculous one day as it would be for a player to announce he's left handed today. RowBearToe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbruise Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 If you feel like losing some iq points read the comments on the article. On the story itself I could care less. People can live their lives how they choose and font have to come out for approval or acceptance. The sooner more people realize that the better things will be I feel the same way, when ESPN was reporting how NFL players were on the brink of coming out, a few were known but the source wasn't going to out them himself, blah blah blah...i was kind of surprised, figured this had already happened. More power to him though, sure he's going to make a lot of other gay dudes feel comfortable about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seangj Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 It's about time. This is great for professional sports. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lonesomexloveus Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 seeing conservatives/random people i know tweet multiple times about how this 'isn't news' blah blah blah is really disheartening for me. i see the dumbest stuff posted daily about amanda bynes' shenanigans or dogs balancing things on their face, but these people don't make a huge fuss about that. being gay shouldn't be a big deal, but it is in today's society because of people like that. dude is brave and should be proud of himself. henster311 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedeni Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Hopefully this will help with all the homophobia that goes on in football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdventureIsOutThere Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=G4PTUPXdfE0&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DG4PTUPXdfE0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shitty Rambo Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Now all those shitty twitter jokes I read this morning make sense. Still not funny, but I have closure. There is peace. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjb2k1 Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 now, all the rest of them. because you know there are more! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelmanfredi Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=G4PTUPXdfE0&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DG4PTUPXdfE0 oh, brother Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GradedOnACurve Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?v=G4PTUPXdfE0&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DG4PTUPXdfE0 One of the reasons I need to stop watching ESPN. Also they devoted 30% percent of coverage today to the Jets cutting a backup QB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 like i said on facebook- the story isn't a basketball player's orientation. the story is in the way america responds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanRees Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 that is great, hopefully more follow suit. The You Can Play project is pretty amazing and i can see a few hockey players coming out in the near future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxonviolons Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Its always kinda blown my mind that people are so adamantly supportive of a lifestyle where the people who participate are 18 times more likely to spread HIV. Being an African American, those chances increase. Whatever helps you sleep at night. http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/07/20/biology-leaves-gay-men-highly-vulnerable-to-hiv-study Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catalinacaper Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Wasn't there a kicker in the NFL that came out a few years back? This is still good news but I feel like it's being hyped the wrong way. Edit - Chris Kluwe, I thought so. Does he not count or is the headline just too good to be correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanRees Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 Its always kinda blown my mind that people are so adamantly supportive of a lifestyle where the people who participate are 18 times more likely to spread HIV. Being an African American, those chances increase. Whatever helps you sleep at night. http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/07/20/biology-leaves-gay-men-highly-vulnerable-to-hiv-study Does it help me sleep at night to know I'm not a bigot and am accepting of all human beings regardless of their sexual orientation? You can bet your ass it does. travis 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxonviolons Posted April 29, 2013 Share Posted April 29, 2013 So you're supportive of horse fuckers? Cause if not, that makes you a bigot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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