Is it? Most experts were saying before he came out that the chances he would get drafted were very slim. It's entirely likely he was drafted just so the Rams could say they were first in accepting gays.
The tired of living a lie is also, most likely, apart of it as well. It very much sucks and is quite suffocating living a lie.
except he wasn't living a lie,he had already came out to everyone in his life.... his public coming out was something entirely different.
like you said before, I think he was getting out in front of it.. and I think he was most likely hoping for some good national PR going into the draft.
Is it? Most experts were saying before he came out that the chances he would get drafted were very slim.
It's entirely likely he was drafted just so the Rams could say they were first in accepting gays.
Only because he won't play. Their line is Ridonkulous.
Um, no. He was projected as a 3rd-4th round pick. Did you even read about this prior to this thread?
What worked? Collins was a professional basketball player before he came out as gay. What are you getting at?[/Q
Professional bench warmer seems he is an ass man all around.
Yeah, because being the first gay NFL prospect to come out really helped his draft prospects. :roll:
If anything, it hurt his prospects.
When was that?
after his performance at the combine, i'm surprised he was drafted at all.
it was nearly unanimous that he's a great dude... but not good enough for the NFL
he's not fast, and he's not strong.... so I guess, here's to hoping he has something in his bag of tricks to overcome those extremely important attributes.
personally, I hope he sucks... but that's just because I can't stand the Rams and I hope they have a losing season.
I wish him well. I hope he proves the naysayers wrong. But since when is a seventh round pick big news? It doesn't mean that he can't be a great player - Tom Brady was a 6th round pick and Marques Colston was the second to last pick. So I hope he cam be as good as them, and we can talk about how he's a GOOD Linebacker instead of a GAY Linebacker.
It's news, because he's gay and that if he hadn't come out of the closet, he wouldn't have been picked, at all.
Since when is SEC defender of year a 7th round pick? Pretty sure cause he's gay. Should've been more like 5th round pick at least, or taken by a team that needs DLs more. So yeah it is news because most the NFL and especially their fans are too bigoted for a gay player and still stuck in 1950s, and yet Sam had the courage to come out before draft
Why else would he come out of the closet? Because he figgered he wouldn't get picked, otherwise.
It worked for Jason Collins.
which is a smart choice ...and more believable than the " tired of living a lie" argument.
it's only news because he's gay... no other reason.
I'm expressing an opinion, just like anyone else.
before the combine, he was projected as a 4th round pick... most wrote him off entirely after the combine, he was just that bad.
7th round was a very generous pick
That's a rather disgusting thing to say - to suggest that the only reason one is open about their sexuality is to find employment opportunities.
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