Topic: Tired of hearing about Michael Sam

[BuyNtelos4]

The ESPN guys could be going around every conference in CFB, discussing different prospects that each team on the clock may legitimately be looking at; but instead all we have heard about is Michael Sam since the 3rd round.  I don't care if he is gay.  I swear I think it is going to Hirt him similar to The circus hurting Tebow.  Nobody cares about his personal life, but nobody wants to deal with all the media nonsense and all the questions.

[HERDFAN1999]

Me, too.  They lecture us about how him being gay shouldn't be a consideration then keep talking 24/7 about him being gay.  I don't care if he is or isn't.  Give it a rest already.  I am sure if a team feels he will help them win games they will draft him.  ESPN's coverage has been horrible.

[bigwormy]

It's called liberalism indoctrination so you will accept the 2-3 percent who are gay, but dang the other 97-98 percent.

[BuyNtelos4]

A couple minutes after I posted that, there was what seemed like a 10 minute segment on him, and I bought to myself, he must gonna be drafted anytime and ESPN already knows who is taking him, and sure enough 2 picks later he gets drafted.  I hope he does well and we never he about him being a gay athlete again, and instead let him just be an athlete that also happens to be gay.

[backontrack]

St. Louis is the perfect situation for him under the circumstances...after all, most Rams' fans also support the Missouri Tigers...

[Ovaltine Jenkins]

It's called liberalism indoctrination so you will accept the 2-3 percent who are gay, but dang the other 97-98 percent.

I'm a die hard progressive and liberal, but as some friends and I discussed today we're tired of everybody coming out of the closet.  I'm heterosexual but I'm not trotting out at a news conference to announce it.  Whenever, I go onto a news site someone else is exclaiming their sexual preference.  Call me old school, but that's info that I don't want or need to know.  Not that there's anything wrong with it.

[biggreenarms]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2059305-michael-sam-reacts-to-st-louis-rams-taking-him-in-2014-nfl-draft?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national

[phillyherdfan]

[Apollo]

I'm a die hard progressive and liberal, but as some friends and I discussed today we're tired of everybody coming out of the closet.  I'm heterosexual but trotting out at a news conference to announce it.  Whenever, I go onto a news site someone else is exclaiming their sexual preference.  Call me old school, but that's info that I don't want or need to know.  Not that there's anything wrong with it.

[BuyNtelos4]

I really didn't like them broadcasting the kiss over a sports station. 

It is ok for me to say tha because I don't want to see straight people kissing on sports tv either.

[herdfan429]

Or God forbid people honestly dont give a %^&* whether or not the starting linebacker likes dudes as long as he can make a tackle it's all good

[tazz60]

I was tired of it also. The thing that got to me was that he knew that he was on national television and kept kissing his boy friend and shoving cake in his face and kissing that. Be professional, don't exploit yourself in front of the camera. You're a football player, your new teammates will see the video and it may affect how their relationship will be with you. They will never say it publically, they have to be concerned on being PC.

[Ovaltine Jenkins]

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2059305-michael-sam-reacts-to-st-louis-rams-taking-him-in-2014-nfl-draft?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=programming-national

I didn't see this photo before my earlier post.  My only reaction to it is Oh, Hell No!  Not that there's anything wrong with it.

[goherd24]

Man, the media and left agenda rries to push this down everyone's throats. I could care less that he is gay, but they should not make it look like they are special because they are gay. No one wants to see rhat crap.

I will say though, brilliant PR move by him, he knew his draft stock was way low, so he threw this out there and got constant attention. No one would have even ralked about him had he not done this. ESPN might as well put an "MS" before it. They are about as slanted ad msnbc now days

[2xBison]

"Push this down everyone's throats"....no pun intended 😳

[herdman]

I am tired of ESPN. I can't stand them.

[firstate]

Won't get into whether its wrong or right, all I know is the pic makes me sick.

I'm sure this Probably means that I am flawed somehow....It must be me!

[Herdfan2005]

Did he get drafted by Green Bay?

[fedale]

The ESPN guys could be going around every conference in CFB, discussing different prospects that each team on the clock may legitimately be looking at; but instead all we have heard about is Michael Sam since the 3rd round.  I don't care if he is gay.  I swear I think it is going to Hirt him similar to The circus hurting Tebow.  Nobody cares about his personal life, but nobody wants to deal with all the media nonsense and all the questions.

You're tired of hearing about it, so you go on a message board and talk about it?

And others chime in and say "Good point, I am also tired of hearing about it!"

If you were tired of hearing about it, you would just shut the hell up about it.

[backontrack]

It's on ESPN and elsewhere because of the same reason it's the most active topic on HF, even ahead of the Herd guys going to the NFL...

[HerdBlizz]

My question.   Does he share the same locker room with other players.   

[Bob25526]

This guy was screwed from day one. Has two men's names. Dog me if you like, just joking!

[HaveUherd]

Man, the media and left agenda rries to push this down everyone's throats. I could care less that he is gay, but they should not make it look like they are special because they are gay. No one wants to see rhat crap.

I will say though, brilliant PR move by him, he knew his draft stock was way low, so he threw this out there and got constant attention. No one would have even ralked about him had he not done this. ESPN might as well put an "MS" before it. They are about as slanted ad msnbc now days

What exactly is the left agenda? If it means an agenda of not trying to use a book of 2000+ year old fairy tales to justify bigotry and govern for everyone then I'm all for it. Maybe some of us got tired of the Tim Tebow fanboys shoving that agenda down our throats. Seems to me like ESPN is an equal opportunity agenda-push

Man, the media and left agenda rries to push this down everyone's throats. I could care less that he is gay, but they should not make it look like they are special because they are gay. No one wants to see rhat crap.

I will say though, brilliant PR move by him, he knew his draft stock was way low, so he threw this out there and got constant attention. No one would have even ralked about him had he not done this. ESPN might as well put an "MS" before it. They are about as slanted ad msnbc now days

What exactly is the left agenda? If it means an agenda of not trying to use a book of 2000+ year old fairy tales to justify bigotry and govern for everyone then I'm all for it. Maybe we are tired of the Tim Tebow fanboys (Skip Bayless being the ringleader) shoving that agenda down our throats. Seems to me like ESPN is an equal opportunity agenda pusher if you've been paying attention the past few years. I say this as a guy with not one gay cell in my body. Maybe ESPN ought to just focus on sports and not this peripheral stuff for ratings. I say this as a guy with not one gay cell in my body.

Why is this topic even in this forum? What does it have to do with Marshall? I agree with the sentiment of if you are tired of hearing about him, why start a topic on a forum about Marshall sports?

[Huffnagel]

This guy was screwed from day one. Has two men's names. Dog me if you like, just joking!

Actually it's only one male name, because the name "Sam" has been used for both the male and female populations. It is one of the many names that can be properly used for either gender.  ;)

[Herd 90]

What exactly is the left agenda? If it means an agenda of not trying to use a book of 2000+ year old fairy tales to justify bigotry and govern for everyone then I'm all for it. Maybe some of us got tired of the Tim Tebow fanboys shoving that agenda down our throats. Seems to me like ESPN is an equal opportunity agenda-push
What exactly is the left agenda? If it means an agenda of not trying to use a book of 2000+ year old fairy tales to justify bigotry and govern for everyone then I'm all for it. Maybe we are tired of the Tim Tebow fanboys (Skip Bayless being the ringleader) shoving that agenda down our throats. Seems to me like ESPN is an equal opportunity agenda pusher if you've been paying attention the past few years. I say this as a guy with not one gay cell in my body. Maybe ESPN ought to just focus on sports and not this peripheral stuff for ratings. I say this as a guy with not one gay cell in my body.


Why is this topic even in this forum? What does it have to do with Marshall? I agree with the sentiment of if you are tired of hearing about him, why start a topic on a forum about Marshall sports?

Excellent post.