As the NFL Draft approached, there was a lot of buzz about what would happen with Michael Sam, who was going to be the first openly gay active NFL player. The Missouri defensive end had to wait until the seventh and final round to be selected by the St. Louis Rams. That choice will allow […] Read the whole post here.
Read my Sam post from February 22, 2014 here http://fantasyknuckleheads.com/michael-sam-de-missouri-breaks-barriers-field/
In your original article you said "...it was about the talent that got him drafted and not the expected media attention." I think everybody would agree with that. What will be interesting is if/when Sam gets cut by the Rams, will the media say he was cut because he wasn't good enough or will they pounce and say he was cut because he was gay? Keeping in mind that media's job is to make news, I'm betting on the latter just for the sake of a headline/story.
