College Football Star Michael Sam Ruins Chance of Being Drafted by N.F.L. by Declaring He Is Gay

The disreputable New York Times may think all they want that Michael Sam may become the N.F.L’s first openly Gay player.  But, I’m pretty sure no serious N.FL. team would want to deal with the circus atmosphere he’d bring by being on the team. 

New York Times reports coaches at the University of Missouri divided players into small groups at a preseason football practice last year for a team-building exercise. One by one, players were asked to talk about themselves — where they grew up, why they chose Missouri and what others might not know about them.

As Michael Sam, a defensive lineman, began to speak, he balled up a piece of paper in his hands. “I’m gay,” he said. With that, Mr. Sam set himself on a path to become the first publicly gay player in the National Football League.

“I looked in their eyes, and they just started shaking their heads — like, finally, he came out,” Mr. Sam said Sunday in an interview with The New York Times, the first time he spoke publicly about his sexual orientation.

Mr. Sam, a 6-foot-2, 260-pound senior, went on to a stellar season for Missouri, which finished 12-2 and won the Cotton Bowl. He was named a first-team all-American. He was the defensive player of the year in the Southeastern Conference, widely considered the top league in college football. Teammates voted him Missouri’s most valuable player

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Whoever advised Sam really did him a disservice and very likely cost him millions of dollars by not being drafted at all.