I don’t like
“openly” as a modifier; it always seems to go in front of “hostile” or some
other in-your-face adjective. Why can’t
a person be “d.c.” gay, as in “don’t care who knows”? College football star Michael Sam was
anything but confrontational during a news conference during which he came out,
this before the NFL draft in May. A
solid pass rusher, Sam projects to go in the third round, that is, if general
managers aren’t scared off by someone who’s out of the closet.
There are
already gay players in the NFL. They
just don’t tell anybody because they do care who knows; teammates and fans
can’t be counted on to be openly supportive.
The testosterone isn’t ramped up nearly so much in baseball, but the
fears and prejudices are in the same ballpark, you might say. If there were two “d.c’” gay players on the
same pro team, the locker room would be on edge. Add a female player, and it would be chaos.
Personally, I can’t
wait.
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