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Gay Athletes

Posted on April 30, 2013 at 10:01 PM.

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As most of you have heard, Jason Collins has come out and announced that he is Gay. We as members of OS have tackled many issues before. This needs to be discussed intelligently as well.

Now, personally this doesnt bother me any more than if he announced he was wearing a different brand of deodorant.
Good for him. I wish him well. And I hope there's no backlash.
Oh, and its about time.
But that's just one fringe level basketball player. He's expendable.
I have no doubt that just by looking at the odds there must be more. There just MUST be more.
That being said, How do members of the OS Community feel about this?
Would it affect who you'd have on your teams?
And how are you going to feel when (not if) someday it's not just going to be a Jason Collins or a Glenn Burke? It might be a LeBron James or a Derek Jeter instead.
Again, we need to talk about this.