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Reports suggest NFL is preparing for a major ‘coming out’ announcement
Reports suggest NFL is preparing for a major ‘coming out’ announcement
The head of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) said that the league’s union has been working hard to prepare players for the “unavoidable announcement” that an NFL player will soon come out as gay.
Domonique Foxworth, President of the NFLPA, told a Baltimore radio station this week that his organization has had “quite a few meetings with a number of organizations” to help educate and prepare players. “It’s important that we educate our guys and be ready for this inevitability,” he told WNST Radio.
Foxworth’s revelation coincides with a report by CBS Sports columnist Mike Freeman on Tuesday who wrote that, according to sources, a current NFL player is close to publicly revealing that he is gay.
Freeman wrote that, according to sources, the player’s true concern is not the reaction inside an NFL locker room, but outside of it.
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The head of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) said that the league’s union has been working hard to prepare players for the “unavoidable announcement” that an NFL player will soon come out as gay.
Domonique Foxworth, President of the NFLPA, told a Baltimore radio station this week that his organization has had “quite a few meetings with a number of organizations” to help educate and prepare players. “It’s important that we educate our guys and be ready for this inevitability,” he told WNST Radio.
Foxworth’s revelation coincides with a report by CBS Sports columnist Mike Freeman on Tuesday who wrote that, according to sources, a current NFL player is close to publicly revealing that he is gay.
Based on interviews over the past several weeks with current and former players, I’m told that a current gay NFL player is strongly considering coming out publicly within the next few months — and after doing so, the player would attempt to continue his career.
I’m told this player feels the time is now for someone to take this step — despite homophobic remarks from San Francisco 49ers defensive back Chris Culliver and the controversy arising recently at the Indianapolis Scouting combine, when prospects were asked questions about their sexuality.
I’m told this player feels the time is now for someone to take this step — despite homophobic remarks from San Francisco 49ers defensive back Chris Culliver and the controversy arising recently at the Indianapolis Scouting combine, when prospects were asked questions about their sexuality.
Freeman wrote that, according to sources, the player’s true concern is not the reaction inside an NFL locker room, but outside of it.
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At the link
Outed former NFL player Kwame Harris says he wished he would have come out while he was still playing
Video Interview:
http://newsroom.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/29/former-nfl-player-comes-out/
Former San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Kwame Harris, who was publicly outed days before the Super Bowl in January following an altercation with a former boyfriend, said in an interview with CNN on Friday that he wished he would have come out while he was still playing.
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http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2013/03/reports-suggest-nfl-is-preparing-for-a-major-coming-out-announcement/
Video Interview:
http://newsroom.blogs.cnn.com/2013/03/29/former-nfl-player-comes-out/
Former San Francisco 49ers offensive tackle Kwame Harris, who was publicly outed days before the Super Bowl in January following an altercation with a former boyfriend, said in an interview with CNN on Friday that he wished he would have come out while he was still playing.
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The video clip mentions The Last Closet, an organization created to encourage the end of homophobia in men's pro sports ~ check it out here:
http://www.thelastcloset.org/
