All of a sudden all the talk show hosts want Dale Hansen on their shows to laud him for his courage. Why? Because Dale Hansen said on one of his "Unplugged" segments that Michael Sam, the college football star who recently revealed he is a queer, was just an OK guy and should be welcomed into the NFL with open arms. If you want to be famous, jump on the "courageous and brave homosexual" bandwagon.
Granted, I can agree with Hansen on some of what he said -- it's just that he and I come to different conclusions. He says he doesn't understand what the big deal is when the NFL takes players accused of rape, murder, drug use, and consorting with prostitutes.
On that, we are completely in sync. Where we diverge is that Hansen comes to the conclusion that because the NFL takes the others, it should take Sam, too. I don't think they should be employing any of them.
I did read an interesting opinion piece about the Michael Sam situation, though, and it will be interesting to see if it pans out like the columnist thinks. Rick Gosselin thinks, that despite being a college standout, Michael Sam won't fare will in the NFL draft, and that it will have nothing to do with a bias against his perversion. Rather it will be because he is not big enough and not fast enough to compete on the pro football field.
Which causes me to wonder. Does Sam suspect that he won't be snapped up as quickly as a lot of sports prognosticators think, and he's laying the groundwork for a discrimination suit? Or at the least, perhaps he's trying to prepare an excuse for a poor showing. Time will tell.
"Hansen 'stunned' about going viral." The Dallas Morning News; February 14, 2014; p. 1A.
http://www.dallasnews.com/sports/columnists/rick-gosselin/20140215-gosselin-michael-sam-faces-other-hurdles---lack-of-prototypical-nfl-height-speed.ece
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