NFL Executives Are On Crack

Of the many powerful reactions today to the egregious display of cowardice on the part of NFL executives, this one by Lt. Col. Robert Bateman hits the hardest.

Forgive me, Col. Bateman, for copying every word.

So it has recently been made apparent that a dude who is frickin' huge, fast, and hits people like they stole his tricycle, is gay.

News flash: So friging what.

Here is the most disgusting little bit of this "news" story. NFL executives apparently are telling journalists that this is not the time for a gay man to be in the NFL.

Really? Seriously? It has now been years -- not weeks, not months, years -- since gay men and lesbian women have openly laid down their lives for our nation in combat. And you, Mr. NFL executive who does not even have the slightest whiff of moral courage to even use your name, say that America is not ready for gay NFL players? Really? You think that the nation is cool with gay men dying in combat, in service to our nation, in desperate distant places, but you don't think the country is cool with them playing in your game?

Are you on crack?

Being a soldier, or being in any of the military forces, is about service. It means a lot to a bunch of people, about 1.4 million actually as of today. And there are about 27,000,000 veterans as well. Several years ago the decision was made that being gay did not matter anymore. (Prior to that point it was a crime.) Turns out there were tens of thousands of men, and some women, who served in silence prior to that day. Some of them won decorations for courage in combat that most people can only imagine.

Now look at the NFL.

They are "not ready" for a gay player? Regardless of how fking HUGE that motherfker is or how fast his ass can cross the field to lay absolute scunnion upon his foe? Are they that fking stupid?

A man is a man, regardless of how his genes inclined him. Some men are large. Some man are fast. Some men are large, fast, and violent. And some of those men are gay. Who the fk cares about the latter? When I am making my fantasy football team I could give a rats ass about the sexual inclinations of my preferred middle-linebacker. What I want to know is, "Can he make the mother of the fullback cry because he stuffed her little boy into last week?" THAT is what I want to know, just as with a soldier I want to know if they can kill, efficiently, when needed. Gay or lesbian does not matter, and maybe the morons leading the NFL might need to figure that out.

May I just add my voice to the many NFL fans hoping that the general manager of my favorite team will be smart enough to draft Michael Sam?  11.5 sacks and Defensive Player of the SEC - how could you NOT draft him?