When will a major elite athlete come out?

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  1. mojoreece

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    Its been 2 years since Micheal Sam came out as gay and 3 years since Jason Collins came out. I wonder when will a major elite athlete particularly in the NFL or NBA come out as gay. I wonder if other gay athletes were sacred when they saw how much of a circus the media was in handling Sam. Jason I think had more of a smoother journey but he was on his way out. What are your thoughts?
     
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    Using the examples you gave, there is no plus side to a BLACK pro athlete coming out. What does it change in the grand scheme of things?
     
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    It would not be a progressive affair, especially for a very well known athlete whose a proclaimed coochie grabber. Just do your job and keep your love and attraction of ding-a-ling away from the scope of your career.
     
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    I have to agree with @Ockydub the whole Michale Sam fisco did not help in the least in fact i think it just kind higlighted a lot of fears that many gay athlete have about coming out as gay .
     
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    The first one who will 'successfully' come out and who is a bigger star, etc. will probably be white. They already have a couple in hockey and baseball-none 'elite' though. But I think it is just a matter of time and they are building up to it. I think the Michael Sam thing said to black gays in sports: stay in the closet. I think he got used and fucked around with and that boyfriend(who dated the porn star) was unfortunate for him and added drama that did not need to be there.

    And that boyfriend was all about how his family embraced him, Sam, them, so supportive, etc. Did they also embrace him and Austin Wilde together? Did they know about it? Once I found out about Austin Wilde that made everything about the boyfriend suspicious to me.
     
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    Thank you. I was thinking the same thing just from the title of the thread, alone. What benefit does it bring in the long run?
     
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    It seems like it would be hard for a young gay black elite athlete no matter how talented to come out. I mean the pressure of going through the combine, the draft, and starting as a rookie and getting accused to being in the NFL or NBA. For the NFL, I also think about what Beckham went through (I not calming hes gay) this past year with his man hood questioned and being called a diva. Hazing is also very common for rookies so I wonder how that would play out. Then you have the 24 hour media who I remember was reporting on how many times Mike Sam went to the bathroom smh. It would still be nice for visibility to see an out elite gay black athlete though and in a relationship with another black or afro-latino dude. I just saying...
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    I also think another reason whey a lot will not come out is because a lot of them are still question their sexuality and/or not total "gay". Like some of them are bisexual or pan-sexual or tri/omi sexual (they will have sex with anyone lol). Try explain being pan-sexual to the media. Some my have sexual relationships with men but see them selves eventually having a main wife with kids and family. Look a Jason Collins before he came out.
    Also look at Kerry Rhodes lol
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