It be good if the faces of leagues came out and supported gay rights.
Lebron
Crosby
Brady, Manning, Rodgers, Brees
It be good if the faces of leagues came out and supported gay rights.
Lebron
Crosby
Brady, Manning, Rodgers, Brees
Per Patrick Burke, every team in the NHL has had a player or players speak in support of You Can Play. YCP also has an official partnership with the NHL.
Not surprising that the NHL is leading the way on this. That Burke got it rolling obviously helped, but even a few years ago an SI poll found the NHL way ahead of the rest of the major sports in saying they'd welcome a gay teammate.
I've only seen part one of Ward's report so far, but it was great. Looking forward to the rest. The TSN web site also has an extended interview with the football player who came out after he retired - forget his name - and it is fantastic.
Esera Tuaolo is the player I think you're talking about. You got to feel for the guy, couldn't imagine feeling that alone or thinking about killing myself because you're that distraught. You can tell it still hurts, and will probably never stop hurting him.
Per Patrick Burke, every team in the NHL has had a player or players speak in support of You Can Play. YCP also has an official partnership with the NHL.
Not surprising that the NHL is leading the way on this. That Burke got it rolling obviously helped, but even a few years ago an SI poll found the NHL way ahead of the rest of the major sports in saying they'd welcome a gay teammate.
I've only seen part one of Ward's report so far, but it was great. Looking forward to the rest. The TSN web site also has an extended interview with the football player who came out after he retired - forget his name - and it is fantastic.
I think the reason you don't see more athletes speak out on the issue is because they would rather not cause the distraction. Just look at Chris Kluwe the former punter of the Vikings and the flack he took from coaches for speaking out for same-sex marriage.
No surprise. Canadians are very pleasant, agreeable, kind people.
Well, the ones that don't post on HF.
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No, but seriously, hockey players are the ****ing best and I am proud of the league on this front.
It be good if the faces of leagues came out and supported gay rights.
Lebron
Crosby
Brady, Manning, Rodgers, Brees
Or they feel it is just nobody's business but theirs.
I disagree.
These individuals should take a stand for what they believe in, one side or the other or no side at all.
They should not feel any pressure to take a certain stance in order to tow the company line IMO.
Nor should their super stardom be a factor in terms of whether they decide to take a public stance at all.
I disagree, it would be great if the faces of the league did support gay rights but of course they shouldn't have to. Now if they are on the other side as you say, then I think it would be best if they didn't take a stand.
That's how it works in our culture today. Preach tolerance, unless they disagree with you, then get really intolerant.So you are for free speech if the free speech agrees with you, but not if it doesn't?
I disagree.
These individuals should take a stand for what they believe in, one side or the other or no side at all.
They should not feel any pressure to take a certain stance in order to tow the company line IMO.
Nor should their super stardom be a factor in terms of whether they decide to take a public stance at all.
At the end of the day who really cares if someone is gay. How does it effect you? Yes superstars should probably speak up about gay rights. They're made to do other crap and speak on other **** all the time. Why not gay rights?
Maybe they don't agree with it?
I disagree.
These individuals should take a stand for what they believe in, one side or the other or no side at all.
They should not feel any pressure to take a certain stance in order to tow the company line IMO.
Nor should their super stardom be a factor in terms of whether they decide to take a public stance at all.
At the end of the day who really cares if someone is gay. How does it effect you? Yes superstars should probably speak up about gay rights. They're made to do other crap and speak on other **** all the time. Why not gay rights?
Perhaps read the last part I put?