Michael Sam Story - I am who I am..Inspired by his admission,,I'm gay....
What a story, or better yet what courage to admit to something man of us think is wrong , or unlawful tasteless sexual behaviour. But it took guts, courage and tremendous insight or foresight on his part. I mean, His story will be replayed and talked about forever. Its not that there has never been gay players in the NFL. But they waited until they retired before coming out.. This one,, is setting a tone. I mean, Now players will have to deal with a openly gay player. Now, based on my experience in the military, there are alot more gays , lesbians than the military knows about.. Now , How did I feel when confronted by it.. At first , I was somewhat shocked , but as time went by, I realized these gays , lesbians are people. they are funny , they are sensitive and they are comfortable with themselves. Sure , alot of them even went along with the gay bashing jokes.. in fact some of the funniest people I knew in the Navy were gay or lesbians. Why? Maybe because they are used to left out or a misfit and used to being alienated.. in life. I know being alienated is not a cool thing, regardless of sexual or racial lines.. Its tough when you don't fit in. I know the feeling.. and to be honest nothing hurts more than being left out or casted out as misfit . To be honest people are mean, and they seem to care more about their dogs and cats than human beings or raising a family. Its tough just to be alive to live with one another , and I applaud Michael Sam, he wants to make a difference , he wants to be the pioneer, but he also must realize this could and very well limit his choices for an NFL career, Because I'm sure many teams have already decided to waste their time. Why, the media circus this will create , remember Tebow.. He created such a storm by being a Christian. Now we have a human being saying I'm something or do things that are TABOO in life or religious circles. He knows it will take a very understanding and PIONEERING team to take a chance.. But I"m guessing if there is a team that has the youth , the new way of thing and experience at media circus acts... Yes, the New managing team San Diego Chargers, they have a new management coaching team, they dealt with a pecuilar situation with Mante Teo.. I mean, he is a guy who had this imaginary girlfriend and was and still the center of the jokes. Lets be honest, he had to affect him and it showed , he did not play well early and throughout the year, The attention he brought to himself and the team I feel affected the whole team.. But as time went on the team grew and overcame the controversy,, I mean the chargers are gamblers, they took a chance with Teo, took a chance with a fluker , and of course another one with the slow40 yd dash time Allen,, But guess what all of them were starters and allen became rookie of the year on so many polls and other other magazine voters.. The chargers gambled on a rookie GM and HEAD COACH, AND ARE taking chances again on rookie Offensive coordinator Frank Reich and others. This team is a pioneer in the NFL, they are making statements and are going to consider Sam,, in my take, because he fits the charger mentality,, judge me for the way I play, not for the way i look, if he can play and is available , The chargers will or should take a chance. This team needs players , they shocked the world , especially the Steelers, that they can overcome the odds and turn things around quickly. In today's NFL the team that has strong leadership , ability to adapt and overcome great odds do well,,, Take the seahawks, they built a team based on playing ability and if they truly believe in each other. The hawks have alot of late round picks , and they became stars and champions in the NFL. NFL IS NO FIGURE LEAGUE. Not all the stats tell you the truth.. Barry Sanders was the greatest running back ever and he barely stood 5-8.. if that.. Doug Flutie or Drew Brees are some of the shortest quarterbacks in history and both had tremendous success. In other words, even a guy like Russel Wilson, not the tallest , or fasest or smartest qb in the league , but has the biggest desire and heart , which cant be measured. In THE NFL or in life, many times , their is traits and qualities that can be measured , until pressure, adversity , and issues arise,,, That's when you find out who can adapt overcome and prevail. Nothing in life is easy o comes easy. We all have to make sacrifices and make efforts to succeed in life. We have to take risks and chances and be fearless.. to succeed. As for Michale Sams , I wish him well, and I hope and pray he does his best and makes fools of those that think because he's gay,, He can't play. I'm impressed he a defensive guy that has to knock guys off their ass. That's what makes this story impressive, he's not a kicker or quarterback or what , He's a bad ass , in your face ,, Tackling machine that is making the biggest tackle in his life and could also be the biggest mistake in his life. But he's showing that in order to be great , you have to take a risk and make a statement ,, and if any team takes that risk and makes that move. That's will be a moment in time. But it wont be easy , if anything he set a standard that will be hovering around him his whole life.. If he can play,, no issues, but if he cant he will face ridicule , jokes,, and media bullying forever. But if he can. He will be praised and elevated to high regard not only in the gay community .but to those that admire great players with great dignity and character.. Michael Sam is a story that needs attention and I wish whatever team takes the chance.. Just be ready for the media circus and unwanted attention, but maybe the admission that the NFL needs to address regarding human beings.. NFL players are humans , they play an emotional game and they need to express themselves, all these fines for excessive celebrations or illegal hits , is destroying the game , if this man can play and excels and share the lifestyle that many people are afraid to talk about ,then the NFL will become a more open and widely viewed game by those that would rather not watch the game. The game is full of lifestyles and personalities and that's why we watch the game. We enjoy the variety of personalities, the end zone celebrations, the trash talking players to the Brady like model lookers, to the Clean cut Manning Brothers to the loud mouth trash talking Rivers .. The NFL is full of players that make that SUNDAY , MONDAY , THURSDAY nights exciting to watch during the season,, which helps us forget about the trouble of life, family , work ,school , traffic etc.. Its a release from reality,. But we all seem Target that . We all think the NFL is all well and great. But this story shows that THE NFL - the NO FIGURE LEAGUE.. is part of main stream society. Where we have bullies, murderers, rapist , Christian's and now homosexuals entrenched in the league.. Which in some cases brings us closer to the players.. That these guys are just human trying to enjoy life.. I am what I am.. and that's all we can ask from anyone in this world....
THE SOURCE PRODUCTIONS @2014
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