NFL made calls to get Michael Sam signed to a practice squad
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I'm not going to be mad at this. Just like I'm not mad at the Rooney rule. Teams were looking over plenty of coaches who were clearly qualified because they were black. League had to step in and check them. Now they are doing the same with Sam. Dude clearly can play some football, why are all these teams passing over him. It would be one thing if he was a scrub. But to say he can't get on a practice squad.
Could the nfl face a lawsuit by Sam if he is cut again?
I can't argue with you on that
The minute you start comparing being black to being gay is when you need to sit yo dumb ass down and log off from the internet.
If he wasn't gay he would have been drafted in the top 15.
all the dude is saying is it's DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES
Then just say it's discriminatory and stop trying to make comparisons.
Comparing this to the Rooney Rule is ridiculous. The Rooney Rule only requires teams to interview at least 1 minority candidate. And some teams try to get around that from time to time. What the league did with Sam was directly tied to getting him a job.
And as for that crap about him being a Top 15 pick he was being talked about as being at best a 4th round pick prior to him coming out and then he had a less than stellar combine performance which didn't help his draft stock.
Get the fuck out of here with that bullshit.
This cat made the CONSCIOUS choice to reveal his sexuality to the world then acted like he just wanted to be treated normal. Then why not just STFU and play football?? Straight player aren't holding press conferences, planning reality shows, etc based off their straightness are they? This cat wanted to be special and when his fruitiness did not make up for his lack of NFL-caliber talent then the NFL had to step in and prop him up.
This cat has lost respect with any football fan outside of the gay ones and most players I'd imagine.
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Not even an apples to apples comparison; a lifestyle choice vs. the skin color you're born as......come on man.
Yessir 
Way off. Micheal Sam had his NFL combine, and the scouts weren't impressed.
The Rooney rule guarantees at least one minority (more importantly one black) candidate actually has an opportunity to participate in the interview/ coaching combine process.
I catch a lot of people who don't know shit about football who say this a lot.
fucking ridiculous comparison
what is wrong with some of you Black men, fight for sam's cause that is cool, but that shit is not the same as Tony Dungy having to wait 20 years as an assistant to get a shot as a head coach, with the WORST franchise in the league at the time.
No way Sam still has job opportunities like this if the NFL doesn't prop him up. This is part of the reason other players more than likely resent him. Imagine the other "regular" guys grinding, putting in the work and struggling to earn a spot on team meanwhile the NFL personally makes calls to get this dude a job when he clearly didn't earn it.
If he wants to be treated normal then how bout treating him like you treat every other player NFL? All the people who think that he somehow got shafted need to look at the tape and realize he was a 4th round pick at best before he stunk it up at the combine and then in the preseason.
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If he wants to be treated normal then how bout treating him like you treat every other player NFL? All the people who think that he somehow got shafted need to look at the tape and realize he was a 4th round pick at best before he stunk it up at the combine and then in the preseason.
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Its all about the money.......The NFL is looking to get paid....period
Man what? Do you watch Football?
You are right, but donn't expect too many in today's BGOL to grasp the nuance.
I love the Fam, but there are some homophobic cats in it and once you introduce sexual orientation into a thread, otherwise intelligent folks start sounding like Fox News whiteboys.
As for agent fees, I know he doesn't owe his agent shit and will not until he collects a check on a 53 man roster. I wont say what his signing bonus was, but I will say that after the 3rd round agents are not making their money back. By the 7th round..... Let's just say it's linear with a steep fucking slope. Max or some other tech type bruhs can break that down for you.
Right to da fuckin Beeiii ban list you go. I'm not gonna waste another second of my life reading the ridiculous bullshit you type muthafucka!!!
Did they call anyone to get Tebow on a team?
So let me get this straight, the Christian guy is NOT wanted in the league at all yet they are afraid to touch the gay guy for fear of backlash? Wow... crazy!
So let me get this straight, the Christian guy is NOT wanted in the league at all yet they are afraid to touch the gay guy for fear of backlash? Wow... crazy!
It's logically flawed to compare civil rights to gay rights. They are not related in the slightest.
They say that gays should be treated like everyone else then they turn around and give him special treatment? Hypocrite much?
Cowboys fans have clearly lost all sense of reality. To think the season ain't even started either. You're in for a world of failure. Starting with the massacre my 9ers are about to put on you sunday.
THIS is the part that cracks me up!
Uhhh... No... He was a 3rd rounder at best... I do agree had he not come out he may have been a 4th or 5th rounder, but in no way shape or form was he ever 1st rounder.
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