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They're So Macho They Wouldn't Let Their Names Be Attached To Their Comments
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The reaction to Michael Sam's coming out has been positive and heartwarming everywhere, with one glaring and troublesome exception: the NFL executives and coaches who, to a man, told Sports Illustrated -- anonymously, of course -- that Sam's announcement will drop him in the draft and they would avoid drafting him. One said that the NFL is "still a man's-man game" and Sam would "chemically imbalance an NFL locker room and meeting room." All said that teams, faced with a choice between Sam and another player, would always take the other player. They also want to avoid the attention. If that's all true, then how did Missouri go 12-2 AFTER he told his teammates this season? It's amazing how everyone's assuming he'd be disruptive. All they're showing is their own prejudices. (Sports Illustrated)
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