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Is NFL Ready For Michael Sam?

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Michael Sam final Mizzou home game Is NFL Ready For Michael Sam?America’s most popular sport has been engulfed by the mother of controversies and at the centre of this controversy stands Michael Sam, the all American young football player from the University of Missouri.

On Sunday, Michael Sam who plays football as a defensive lineman announced that he is gay and he is proud to be so. He said that it was important for him to stay true to himself and hence he is making it public that he is a proud gay man.

Many news channels have openly praised this accomplished young footballer for his honesty; a news channel reporter said that “it takes a strong heart and immense courage to do what he has done”.

If Michael Sam gets drafted (he is one of the top contenders) this spring then it will create history as he will become the first active player in the history of American football who openly admitted his homosexuality.

  • He is not alone:

Contrary to the usual responses, Michael Sam has garnered some support in his favor. Doug Williams said that the young football player must be appreciated for the courage he has shown when he made the public announcement regarding his sexual orientation.

According to many experts, this move can have an impact on his drafting for the upcoming NFL season. But Doug Williams doesn’t think this way and said that he cannot see any particular reason that can affect his selection. He further commented that according to his views and the changing mood of society on such matters, he will not encounter any bullying in the locker room.

Doug Williams is himself a sports legend; he became the first African American to play as a quarterback in the NFL. His proud moment of glory came at a time when none of the African Americans were allowed to play as a quarterback in the NFL.

In an interview he said that anything can happen in a dressing room. It is possible that someone gets out of line and passes a rude comment but that’s just one of the possibilities. At the end of the day what matters is his playing ability. He cited the track record of Michal Sam and said that he has had one heck of a season and his team finished fifth in the entire country. What it means is that his team mates had no problems what so ever while playing with a gay man. According to him for the team that ends up drafting Williams must focus on his talent and not on his sexual orientation.

  • But there are haters too:

Soon after Michael Sam went public by openly accepting his homosexuality, some anonymous NFL general managers commented that his prospects of being drafted have decreased tremendously. Some even went to the limit of saying that it was unacceptable for them to have a gay man in their team.

Ryan Clark (plays for Pittsburg Steelers) said that he is not sure of how to treat Michal Sam after this revelation. One former NFL coach even said that according to him Michael’s homosexuality is nothing but a burden for him and a burden for the whole team as well.

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