Rams select Michael Sam, NFL's first openly gay player [W:282]

Kobie said:

He wasn't insulted, degraded, mocked, laughed out and generally denigrated because he was a Christian. He was all of the above because he was a crappy quarterback that ESPN put on TV 24/7.

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brothern said:

Yes. They've been married for 25 years.

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tres borrachos said:

Thank you for your answer. I'm just curious if them kissing made you uncomfortable.

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Kobie said:

He wasn't insulted, degraded, mocked, laughed out and generally denigrated because he was a Christian. He was all of the above because he was a crappy quarterback that ESPN put on TV 24/7.

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Top Cat said:

I wouldn't say they wore it on their sleeves. They rarely brought it up other than a "Thank God" after a big play etc. Tebow was more overt about it but lots of players have been vocal about their faith long before them.

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brothern said:

... my parents? What? Why in heaven's name would anyone want to watch their parents ... urghadghadsfk. Gross.

Or, do you mean Sam & Cammisano? I've seen far worse at weddings, including when the bride/groom feed each other cake.

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Navy Pride said:

Why do lefties always attack the DP member when they are proven wrong?

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votemout said:

BS whats that NFL QB that played for the NINERS that was openly gay?
I cant remember his name. I know someone here knows who it is.

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Kobie said:

Jeff Garcia? Not openly gay. In fact, not gay at all.

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wist43 said:

Our society has degenerated into a dysfunctional, backward mess.

Children should not be subjected to this crap... 2 men kissing on national TV?? Now I can't even let my kids watch the NFL draft??

I was in the supermarket last year with my 3 year old daughter. She was sitting in the cart, and I was shopping. I turned around and noticed her staring... 2 lesbians acting the fool!! If they want to do that crap - get a room, same as a man and a woman. It made me sick that I had to whisk my daughter out of the area, so she wasn't subjected to that type of misbehavior.

Decency in public is all-but gone.

As for the Sam thing and the CB for the Dolphins getting suspended - what the Dolphins did was every bit as sick and disgusting as Sam kissing his boyfriend on TV.

Sick, sick, sick.

I truly hate Amerika - horrible place to live now.

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northwinds said:

The NFL is there for a reason.........to promote the leftist agenda.

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AGENT J said:

well america proves your statement factually false everyday, not only for gays but straights too lol

if gays had equal rights and there wasnt still a large amount of hatered and bigotry and discrimaintion towards them in this country then you MIGHT have a point but since thats not true your statement if false.

Not to mention millions are made on the stories of who straight people sleep with daily in the media.

Now if you want to say it SHOULDNT matter I agree 100% it shouldnt matter but the bigots make it matter along with the gossip king and queens.

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AGENT J said:

not to mention was tebo the only CHRISTIAN in the NFL? if not there goes the crap theory he was mocked for being a christian. lol

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johndylan1 said:

1.)I am saying it doesn't matter.
2.)That's the only non bigoted answer.
3.) Everything else is taking sides and dividing US into groups of interests.
4.) This in my estimation is bad and bigoted in its own way.

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tres borrachos said:

Here's one quick example from the NY Times who even acknowledged it (the Times, not a right wing paper)

While Tebow is not the first openly religious athlete, the circumstances surrounding his performance this season are so unusual, the N.F.L. is experiencing a rare, if not unprecedented, religious feud. The latest chapter in the Book of Tebow played out Sunday, when he threw two touchdown passes in the Broncos’ upset of the Oakland Raiders, perhaps saving his status as the starter, but not ending the larger debate.



and from the same article:



One columnist in Denver called Tebow the worst quarterback in football. Another columnist in Canada labeled Tebow the “Kim Kardashian of sports,” for the intense reaction he elicited. Online, the torrent of mockery and criticism has been fierce. Blog posts included “God explains why he let Tim Tebow fail” and Twitter exploded in hateful vitriol, to which the Sports Illustrated writer Joe Posnanski mused: “I believe Tim Tebow isn’t an N.F.L. starter and I want him to prove me wrong because I believe he’s a great guy. Is that allowed?”

In sheer volume and intensity, the comments section on an ESPN article best captured the storm known as Tebow mania. They ranged from critical to crude under the theme “X is > Tebow,” with X being “eating your kids” among the options, as moderators struggled to delete the escalating venom.



http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/sports/football/in-tebow-debate-a-clash-of-faith-and-football.html?_r=0

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In October, Doug Gottlieb, a radio host and basketball analyst who'd decamped for CBS the previous month after nine years with ESPN, went on The Dan Patrick Show and dropped something of a truth bomb about his time in Bristol:

I was told specifically, "You can't talk enough Tebow." I would jokingly throw it into a segment. "I gotta find 15 seconds here to talk about Tebow, all right let's move on and talk about Major League Baseball."

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This helps explain why, over the summer, ESPN dispatched veteran reporter Sal Paolantonio and a crew to cover Jets camp as if it were the run-up to the Super Bowl. ("ESPN embarrassed themselves," Dan Patrick, who spent 18 years in Bristol, said of ESPN's flood-the-zone coverage in Florham Park.) This helps explain why ESPN2's First Take referred to Tim Tebow more than seven dozen times in late May even though there was absolutely no Tebow news to report on. This helps explain why SportsCenter covered Tim Tebow's 25th birthday like a moon landing. This helps explain why it seemed perfectly reasonable to a SportsCenter anchor to ask in-studio guest Liam Neeson whether Tim Tebow should be the Jets' starting quarterback even though Liam Neeson had no clue what he was talking about. This helps explain how ESPN wound up breaking Tim Tebow news to, yes, Tim Tebow.

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tres borrachos said:

Here's one quick example from the NY Times who even acknowledged it (the Times, not a right wing paper)

While Tebow is not the first openly religious athlete, the circumstances surrounding his performance this season are so unusual, the N.F.L. is experiencing a rare, if not unprecedented, religious feud. The latest chapter in the Book of Tebow played out Sunday, when he threw two touchdown passes in the Broncos’ upset of the Oakland Raiders, perhaps saving his status as the starter, but not ending the larger debate.



and from the same article:



One columnist in Denver called Tebow the worst quarterback in football. Another columnist in Canada labeled Tebow the “Kim Kardashian of sports,” for the intense reaction he elicited. Online, the torrent of mockery and criticism has been fierce. Blog posts included “God explains why he let Tim Tebow fail” and Twitter exploded in hateful vitriol, to which the Sports Illustrated writer Joe Posnanski mused: “I believe Tim Tebow isn’t an N.F.L. starter and I want him to prove me wrong because I believe he’s a great guy. Is that allowed?”

In sheer volume and intensity, the comments section on an ESPN article best captured the storm known as Tebow mania. They ranged from critical to crude under the theme “X is > Tebow,” with X being “eating your kids” among the options, as moderators struggled to delete the escalating venom.



http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/sports/football/in-tebow-debate-a-clash-of-faith-and-football.html?_r=0

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AGENT J said:

this changes nothing LMAO
the idea he was mocked only because he is a Christian is idiotic unsupportable and retarded

answer the question was Tebo the only christian in the NFL?

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tres borrachos said:

1.)Ah, so you're smarter then the NY Times. Okay. :roll:

How many people pay to read you?

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tres borrachos said:

''Inside the NFL'' analyst and former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Cris Collinsworth concluded that much of the hatred against Tebow was based on his religious beliefs. Responding to a question from fellow host James 'JB' Brown, Collinsworth showed his disgust for Tebow's treatment: ''It's unbelievable, though, JB, that one of the best kids - just pure kids that's ever come into the NFL - is hated because of his faith, because of his mission work, because of the fact that he wears it on his sleeve, because of the fact that he lives his life that he talks about.''

This isn't the first time the issue has come up. Many sportswriters and fans have mocked Tebow and hoped to see him fail - in large part, his defenders have argued, because of his strong Christian beliefs. Other football analysts are starting to agree with that assessment.

NBCsports.com commentator Jelisa Castrodale argued: “The NFL's other backup-turned-starters don't generate this type of negativity.” And CBS analyst and former 49ers offensive lineman Randy Cross blamed the media for anti-Tebow coverage: ''People, especially the media, root against him because of what he stands for.''

Showtime Sports' Oct. 12 edition of 'Inside the NFL' featured a nearly 5-minute segment on Tebow. Analysts Brown and Collinsworth were joined by former NFL stars Warren Sapp and Phil Simms discussing Tebow's faith - and the controversial reactions to it.

Brown teased the segment: ''This is a guy that you either love to have him or you hate to love him. What is it about him that folks are so polarized?''

Brown and Collinsworth concluded that much of the hatred against Tebow was based on faith. Brown pointed out: ''There's a number of guys who come into the league with a big marquee, fat paychecks, a lot of attention, and folks don't seem to hate them with the same intensity that they hate Tim Tebow.'' Collinsworth concurred with Brown: ''I couldn't agree with you more. And it's kind of a sad commentary, that, you know, if someone is out carousing every night, the Joe Namath thing, or whatever, they're American heroes, and Tim Tebow, who's working in missions in Asia somewhere, is a guy that we're going to vilify.''


NFL Analysts: Tim Tebow Hated Because of His Faith | NewsBusters

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Kobie said:

Cris Collinsworth is wrong. There.

Newsbusters? C'mon, TB, you're way better than that.

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AGENT J said:

1.) because if its in the paper its a fact LMAO
2.) nobody how many people pay for the Koran, must make it true and factual and all other religions are fake your logic complete fails and gets destroyed again

maybe this time you wont dodge the question (which is VERY telling)

was Tebo the only christian in the NFL? are thier Christians in the NFL now?

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tres borrachos said:

So they made up that entire exchange, Kobie? No, they didn't.

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tres borrachos said:

Show me all the articles written about the other Christians in the NFL. Then show me how many times Bill Maher tweeted profanity-laced crap about the other Christians in the NFL.

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