Jason Collins

[fisherhog]

"I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. I'm gay"
First guy to come out of the closet that still actually plays a major team sport in the US. Think this will start a trend? I can't beleive it's taken this long for someone to come out. Good for him... Who's next Piazza?....Jeff Garcia?....

 

[eezycheez]

Lebron and D-Wade will be next.

 

[fisherhog]

....no doubt.

 

[WMFC]

I bet John Rocker was gay.....

 

[asafa07]

I'm just glad he decided to come out today. It prevents the media from talking about Tebow all day.

 

[Livin' La Piggy Loca]

Originally posted by fisherhog:

"I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. I'm gay"
First guy to come out of the closet that still actually plays a major team sport in the US. Think this will start a trend? I can't beleive it's taken this long for someone to come out. Good for him... Who's next Piazza?....Jeff Garcia?....

Not sure if a punter counts but Chris Kluwe of the Minnesota Vikings is openly gay. Only one in the NFL I know of until Teo comes out.

 

[Hawgindawz]

They'll just mention that in passing so that they can spend an unbelievable amount of time on the Tebow story. That will be sickening at best!

 

[Hogswell Hogs]

Good for him.

 

[asafa07]

Originally posted by Livin' La Piggy Loca:

Originally posted by fisherhog:

"I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. I'm gay"
First guy to come out of the closet that still actually plays a major team sport in the US. Think this will start a trend? I can't beleive it's taken this long for someone to come out. Good for him... Who's next Piazza?....Jeff Garcia?....

Not sure if a punter counts but Chris Kluwe of the Minnesota Vikings is openly gay. Only one in the NFL I know of until Teo comes out.

He's never come out publicly as being openly gay, he's just been a open supporter of gay rights. He's also married to a woman.

 

[razorblues]

I don't know about that; have you seen Garcia's old lady? Yowwwwwwwwwwwww

With regard to the news at ESPN, I'm sure they're not through talking about Matt Barkley and Teo yet.

 

[gbbaber]

Originally posted by Livin' La Piggy Loca:

Originally posted by fisherhog:

"I'm a 34-year-old NBA center. I'm black. I'm gay"
First guy to come out of the closet that still actually plays a major team sport in the US. Think this will start a trend? I can't beleive it's taken this long for someone to come out. Good for him... Who's next Piazza?....Jeff Garcia?....

Not sure if a punter counts but Chris Kluwe of the Minnesota Vikings is openly gay. Only one in the NFL I know of until Teo comes out.

Kluwe is married to a woman. He's a straight man who strongly supports gay rights, just like myself and many others. Glad to see Collins announce that...I bet it took a lot of courage.

 

[479deerhunter]

Whats incredible is that anyone even brings it up. What is the % of NFL or NBA players that are gay? Less that 1% if that many.
Who gives a crap if you are gay or not? Who always brings it up? Get a life. If you are gay good for you. Now go live your life
I don"t want to listen to micro social groups bull crap issues when there are millions of children world wide that has no idea
where they are going to get their next meal. Good lord get your head on straight.

 

[rzrbk7777]

Noah. If he aint one there aint none.

 

[athunt]

 

[WMFC]

Originally posted by 479deerhunter:

Whats incredible is that anyone even brings it up. What is the % of NFL or NBA players that are gay? Less that 1% if that many.
Who gives a crap if you are gay or not? Who always brings it up? Get a life. If you are gay good for you. Now go live your life
I don"t want to listen to micro social groups bull crap issues when there are millions of children world wide that has no idea
where they are going to get their next meal. Good lord get your head on straight.

Calm down bro!

 

[jdlee23]

Originally posted by 479deerhunter:

Whats incredible is that anyone even brings it up. What is the % of NFL or NBA players that are gay? Less that 1% if that many.
Who gives a crap if you are gay or not? Who always brings it up? Get a life. If you are gay good for you. Now go live your life
I don"t want to listen to micro social groups bull crap issues when there are millions of children world wide that has no idea
where they are going to get their next meal. Good lord get your head on straight.

Do what now?

 

[rzrbk7777]

Originally posted by Hogswell Hogs:
Good for him.

Not picking on you in particular, but why is it good for him? Why is it my business, your business, or anything for public consumption at all?

 

[Capt.Chaos]

This thread will end well.

 

[mcflow]

It wouldn't be such a big deal if people were not so hateful and prejudice about it. My goodness it's 2013. Next.

 

[WMFC]

Originally posted by rzrbk7777:

Originally posted by Hogswell Hogs:
Good for him.

Not picking on you in particular, but why is it good for him? Why is it my business, your business, or anything for public consumption at all?

It's a pretty major thing man. Even though it is 2013, a lot of people act like it is 1910...

 

[Hogswell Hogs]

Originally posted by rzrbk7777:

Originally posted by Hogswell Hogs:
Good for him.

Not picking on you in particular, but why is it good for him? Why is it my business, your business, or anything for public consumption at all?

It's good that he doesn't feel the need to hide who he really is, anymore.

 

[lsmhog]

Originally posted by Hogswell Hogs:

Originally posted by rzrbk7777:

Originally posted by Hogswell Hogs:
Good for him.

Not picking on you in particular, but why is it good for him? Why is it my business, your business, or anything for public consumption at all?

It's good that he doesn't feel the need to hide who he really is, anymore.

His twin brother didn't even know until recently...

It is a big deal.

 

[rzrbk7777]

Originally posted by WMFC:

Originally posted by rzrbk7777:

Originally posted by Hogswell Hogs:
Good for him.

Not picking on you in particular, but why is it good for him? Why is it my business, your business, or anything for public consumption at all?

It's a pretty major thing man. Even though it is 2013, a lot of people act like it is 1910...

It's only a big deal b/c people want it to be. We have long passed the stage where people give a crap what anybody else does in privacy. This quit being about rights and moved into proponents wanting it to be celebrated by all and daring anybody to say otherwise a long time ago. I consider it none of my business until somebody tells me I must be thrilled or else. I'm all about folks living how they see fit but the trend these days is for people to tell me what is fit for me and mine.

Alot of people act like it's 1910? That is total BS. You guys are just as bad as the folks from that era though. Woe be it if anybody sees life from any perspective but yours. Moves back to the super hypocritical tolerance movement where the folks that scream tolerance the loudest are the least tolerant on the planet of any opinions beside theirs.

 

[BOSSHOGFREE]

Originally posted by WMFC:

Originally posted by rzrbk7777:

Originally posted by Hogswell Hogs:
Good for him.

Not picking on you in particular, but why is it good for him? Why is it my business, your business, or anything for public consumption at all?

It's a pretty major thing man. Even though it is 2013, a lot of people act like it is 1910...

Have to agree with rsrbk777. If we truly want a tolerate society then were going to have to stop making massive issues out of the small steps. It should be a blip on the radar so to speak. The loud beating of the drum only works to spark more public push back. Only when something goes unnoticed or causes very little peak of interest will it truly be on equal footing in a public setting. For example in the big 3 pro American sports NBA,NFL, MLB only baseball still has a majority of White players. As there are fewer and fewer references to race in sports it becomes acceptable to all... as it should. IMO the less we make of changes the easier they are to be integrated. The louder the announcement the greater the push back. Its like being in a bar and someone bumps into you and you spill your drink. If you act cool then no harm no foul we all have fun. However if you choose to blow it up we just might have a bar fight on our hands.

 

[Hogswell Hogs]

Originally posted by lsmhog:

Originally posted by Hogswell Hogs:

Originally posted by rzrbk7777:

Originally posted by Hogswell Hogs:
Good for him.

Not picking on you in particular, but why is it good for him? Why is it my business, your business, or anything for public consumption at all?

It's good that he doesn't feel the need to hide who he really is, anymore.

His twin brother didn't even know until recently...

It is a big deal.

uh, I agree. Or were you responding to rzrbk7777?

 

[President_Camacho]

Originally posted by asafa07:
I'm just glad he decided to come out today. It prevents the media from talking about Tebow all day.

Just think how much pub Tebow will get when he comes out of the closet.

 

[Kris P Bacon]

The next outing will be Justin Acri. Everytime Chris Kane is on he falls over himself to tell him how sexy and handsome he is.
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[Hogs of Anarchy]

The better question is when will Chris Bosh admit he's a Dinosaur?

 

[lsmhog]

Originally posted by Hogswell Hogs:

Originally posted by lsmhog:

Originally posted by Hogswell Hogs:

Originally posted by rzrbk7777:

Originally posted by Hogswell Hogs:
Good for him.

Not picking on you in particular, but why is it good for him? Why is it my business, your business, or anything for public consumption at all?

It's good that he doesn't feel the need to hide who he really is, anymore.

His twin brother didn't even know until recently...

It is a big deal.

uh, I agree. Or were you responding to rzrbk7777?

Yeah, seconding your notion with some good ole fashioned Razors Edge piling on technique

 

[asafa07]

And our first controversial reaction comes from Mike Wallace. You knew the media was looking for it. He didn't even say anything that bad. You be the judge: "I'm not bashing anybody don't have anything against anyone I just don't understand it." -- "All these beautiful women in the world and guys wanna mess with other guys SMH...

 

[jdlee23]

Originally posted by BOSSHOGFREE:

Originally posted by WMFC:

Originally posted by rzrbk7777:

Originally posted by Hogswell Hogs:
Good for him.

Not picking on you in particular, but why is it good for him? Why is it my business, your business, or anything for public consumption at all?

It's a pretty major thing man. Even though it is 2013, a lot of people act like it is 1910...

Have to agree with rsrbk777. If we truly want a tolerate society then were going to have to stop making massive issues out of the small steps. It should be a blip on the radar so to speak. The loud beating of the drum only works to spark more public push back. Only when something goes unnoticed or causes very little peak of interest will it truly be on equal footing in a public setting. For example in the big 3 pro American sports NBA,NFL, MLB only baseball still has a majority of White players. As there are fewer and fewer references to race in sports it becomes acceptable to all... as it should. IMO the less we make of changes the easier they are to be integrated. The louder the announcement the greater the push back. Its like being in a bar and someone bumps into you and you spill your drink. If you act cool then no harm no foul we all have fun. However if you choose to blow it up we just might have a bar fight on our hands.

If he was the 100th pro athlete to come out of the closet this year and people were making a big deal of it then I would understand your reasoning, but he's the very first, so... it's a big deal. As Collins said, he wishes someone had done it a long time ago, but they haven't.

 

[jdlee23]

Originally posted by asafa07:
And our first controversial reaction comes from Mike Wallace. You knew the media was looking for it. He didn't even say anything that bad. You be the judge: "I'm not bashing anybody don't have anything against anyone I just don't understand it." -- "All these beautiful women in the world and guys wanna mess with other guys SMH...

It's not that bad, but that last bit is pretty ignorant.

 

[razorbacks2012]

Originally posted by Hogs of Anarchy:
The better question is when will Chris Bosh admit he's a Dinosaur?

Not any time soon. The dinosaur rights movement really isn't mainstream yet and it would be far too shocking right now.

 

[tcoach24]

Wait a second. Jason Collins is black? Glad he cleared that up for everybody. Couldn't care less what he prefers to do in his sex life...none of my business. It's not a big deal, only newsworthy at all because he's a dude. The LPGA and WNBA have had openly gay players for years.

Chris Kluwe isn't gay.

 

[Charlie B Barkin]

Smh at some of the responses in this thread.

 

[hogatexan]

Originally posted by tcoach24:
Wait a second. Jason Collins is black? Glad he cleared that up for everybody. Couldn't care less what he prefers to do in his sex life...none of my business. It's not a big deal, only newsworthy at all because he's a dude. The LPGA and WNBA have had openly gay players for years.

Chris Kluwe isn't gay.

lol

 

[Mrs.Whiskey]

he's made a difficult move in a profession that has not publicly dealt with it before. it's a big deal because some gay people have to hide that, lie in social situations so they aren't found out. because of fear. fear of being let go from their job, fear from gay bashing...

it is 2013 and just like WMFC posted, there are people who act like they are living in pre- civil rights era. toward gays, other races, other religions, & the list goes on.

he's not looking for those people to approve of him or even know what goes on in his privacy. he's setting an example for his community so someday it won't be a news story

 

[AtlantaRazorback]

well put Mrs. Whisky, well put.

 

[Mrs.Whiskey]

thanx

 

[pokerpig]

So a guy admits he's a homosexual and it's a big story. LOL. If those folks are so proud of being homosexual why do they want to be called "gay", when most are anything but? Waiting for those who practice incest to come "out of the closet" and demand their rights, of course we would have to call them "Family Men or Family women", I mean who could be against that? Actually those who practice beastiality should be having parades and declaring their right to marry their pet, of course we couldn't use the term "beastiality" but we could call them "Animal Lovers" I mean who could be against that. No difference between homosexuality and incest at all, I mean if your daughter or son is of age, it's two consenting adults engaging in what most conside a depraved or perverted lifestyle. People have the right to practice any form of perversion they choose, but shouldn't be upset if others don't act like it's "normal" behavior. And before you jump on me for my right to voice my opinion, ask yourself which persersions you accept and which you don't, then explain why.