CFL Gives Michael Sam the Opportunity That NFL Wouldn’t

May 22, 2015   ·   Mike Freeman   ·   Jump to comments

Whenever you mention the name Michael Sam, what follows is a thermonuclear explosion on Twitter and in message boards. There is something about an openly gay football player that causes some people to absolutely lose their minds. It's almost comical.
More sad but also comical.
I think what happened to Sam in the NFL was less about his play and more about bigotry. What has happened to Sam is unprecedented in the history of the sport. Something about The Gay—as Rachel Maddow might say—and football causes people to have aneurysms.
Whenever I say this, my Twitter mentions get quantum torpedoed, but I do believe bigotry played a part in Sam's NFL demise. I will always believe this. And please don't recite his draft or veteran combine numbers. There has been an army of great players who never dazzled in the 40. (Aaaaaand there go my Twitter mentions.)
But I think the latest piece of news—historic news—will solve this riddle. The Montreal Aloue...

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