Michael Sam says there are some famous gay NFL players
By Ernie Padaon
Michael Sam shared that there are other gay players in the NFL. He also says that there are some famous gay players in the game.
Michael Sam stepped up last offseason and shared to the world his sexual orientation before the NFL draft. He was selected in the 7th round in the draft by the St. Louis Rams. After he was cut in training camp, he was given a shot on the Dallas Cowboys practice squad.
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He recently was speaking about the sexual orientation of other players in the NFL:
“I am not the only gay person in the NFL,” Sam said, via Charean Williams of theFort Worth Star-Telegram. “I’m just saying there is a lot of us. I respect the players that did reach out to me and had the courage to tell me that they were also gay, but they do not have the same courage as I do to come out before I even played a down in the NFL.
“Was it a risky move? Yes. But at that moment, the reason why I came out is I thought it wasn’t going to be a big deal. Maybe I was naive. Maybe I thought it was 2014, and people will understand that there’s gay NFL players. There’s gay athletes everywhere. But I was clearly wrong. It was a huge deal.
“The players who have reached out to me and told me about their sexual orientation, it just means a lot. But I will never say anything about who they are, what teams they are [on]. I’m just saying there’s some famous people, and I’m not the only one.”
Currently Sam does not have a job in the NFL. He is a Dancing with the Stars contestant at the moment and is thinking about joining the CFL in order to get more reps on the field. He recently did the veterans combine and left with some unimpressive numbers. Sam is still confident that he will catch on with an NFL team.
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