Hi all! I know I already posted today about Brendon Ayanbadejo, which was a bit of a read so thank you so much to all that read it! However, I stumbled upon a web article earlier and wanted to share it with you.
Last week, before the Super Bowl, San Fransisco 49ers' cornerback Chris Culliver made anti-gay comments when doing a podcast. When asked about gay players, Culliver responded with "I don't do the gay guys, man. I don't do that. No,
we don't got no gay people on the team, they gotta get up out of here
if they do. Can't be with that sweet stuff. Nah … can't be … in the
locker room, man. Nah." He also said that players should wait 10 YEARS after retiring before coming out. He later apologized and recanted his comments, but, it's still a bit skeptical to many that it him being honest and not someone writing out his apology for him.
The article I found includes various statements from both the Baltimore Ravens and the San Fransisco
49ers in regards to the anti-gay comments made earlier this month by Culliver.
Here are a my favorite statements from the article.
"On this team, with so
many different personalities, we just accept people for who they are. We
really don't care too much about a person's sexuality. You know who
you are, that's who you are, and we accept you for it."
-- Ravens linebacker Terrell Suggs
"I don't think we should
tear a man's head off or a woman's head off just because of their sexual
preference. I think we're all good people. I really believe we should
be able to look beyond that in this day and age. It's here in our world,
it's not like it just came yesterday. So for us to act like, oh my god,
this is like a bad disease that just hit our country, it's not."
-- 49ers receiver Randy Moss
"If people hear you say those
things, regardless of whether you mean them or not, they're going to
fry you for it if it's in a public arena, and your whole reputation is
going to be roasted for it. He apologized and hopefully he'll learn. I
think he's going to learn and he's going to grow from it and he's going
to be a better person for it.''
--Ravens linebacker Brendon Ayenbadejo
"Who knows, there could be someone who's gay in our locker room right
now that's scared to come out, which he has a right to be if he is
because of all of this and how other teammates might feel. I feel like
anybody can be who they want to be as long as you don't disrespect other
people and go about your business in your own way. "
-- 49ers safety Donte Whitner
If you have a moment, check out the whole article. The statements are pretty interesting. =)
http://www.mercurynews.com/sports/ci_22494882/
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