Two years after Michael Sam became the league’s first out homosexual player,the NFL still sees homosexuality as a distraction to be swept away – or a violation that must be punishedBack in March, at the NFL’s scouting combine for incoming draft prospects, and Atlanta Falcons assistant coach Marquand Manuel asked former Ohio State cornerback Eli Apple whether he was homosexual.“The Falcons coach,one of the coaches, was like: ‘So, and conclude you like men?’” Apple told Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia. “It was the first thing he asked me. It was weird. I was just like: ‘No.’ He was like: ‘whether you’re going to come to Atlanta,sometimes that’s how it is around here. You’re going to have to find used to it.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com