Anti-gay pundit claims Michael Sam’s signing unfair to straight people

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Michael Sam’s signing to the Dallas Cowboys is still the talk of the town, and while some are certainly praising Sam for making it to the team’s practice squad, others are still bashing the Cowboys for signing him. One of those naysayers is the American Family Association’s Bryan Fisher, who claims Sam’s signing was discriminatory against heterosexuals.

According to media reports, during a segment on his show “Focal Point,” Fisher claimed that the Cowboys only signed Sam because he’s gay.


“Everybody’s saying he’s just not good enough to play in the NFL. So why is he on an NFL practice squad?” Fischer asked. “Because he’s a homosexual.”

“What the NFL has done here is they have discriminated against every heterosexual football player that also got cut,” Fischer said. “They didn’t go to bat for those guys, they discriminated against everybody but Michael Sam.”


That’s ironic because looking at the way Sam has struggled ever since coming out and joining the NFL draft earlier this year, it seems like the NFL has been done anything but bend over backwards to give him a chance.

Although Sam was named the SEC co-defensive player of the year in 2013 and was poised to be a top round pick in the draft, after he came out as gay, Sam’s draft stock dropped and he ended up being the 249th pick in the seventh round of the draft because many teams said they just didn’t want to deal with the “distractions” that come with signing a gay player.

During his brief time with the St. Louis Rams, Sam compiled three sacks and 11 tackles throughout four preseason games. Yet he was still cut from the defense-heavy team just minutes before they finalized their roster. And after clearing waivers, Sam is now still only signed to a practice squad where there’s no guarantee that he’ll make it to the Cowboys’ permanent roster.

Yes, what straight player wouldn’t want to be in Sam’s shoes? How dare the NFL force that kind of experience on the lone gay player in the NFL and not its countless other straight players? – nicholas robinson

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